they estimate a good 1500-2000 people are still there, not including any local officials that haven't left yet.
Seeing how it is flooding without any rain, I can see that happening. The people smiling and giggling while water is flooding their neighborhood on TV makes me wonder how smart they are. BTW, Mariza Reyes from Ch. 2 is a hottie.
Don't you have 10 xbox 360's to be peddling off somewhere? Are you gonna have a Hurricane Ike Super Sale?
Maybe. Do you have the fridge stocked up on B&J's yet for the Gilmore Girls marathon by candle light in your bathtub?
This is a serious situations. Every one near the water must get out! http://www.sunherald.com/pageone/story/811192.html Also watch the video at the bottom of the page.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/12/hurricane.ike.texas/index.html More than half of the community of Surfside Beach was inundated by 8 a.m. Friday, and rescuers drove a dump truck through the streets in a final bid to get people out before the storm hits, the Houston Chronicle reported. Watch floodwaters surge into Galveston » "It's dangerous, but it's Mother Nature," Bobby Taylor, 47, who planned to stay, told the Chronicle. "There are good parts about it. It's beautiful. The water doesn't frighten me.'' He told the paper he could walk or kayak out if necessary. "It's just water, man.'' ...Not a problem Bobby...as long as you are a fish. [Edit]More from that link... Galveston spokeswoman Mary Jo Naschke estimated Friday morning that just over half of the city's 58,000 people had been evacuated. Others chose to stay. "I've decided not to evacuate," said iReporter Matteu Erchull on Galveston Island. "We have a lot of faith in the seawall, and we have boards on the windows. Most people on the island live on second or third stories, so they don't have to worry about the water so much.
Maybe. I'll trade you 5 B&J's beer for a PS3, and you can trim my yard and mow my lawn if you need a job next week. $5/hour.
Oh man...are you kidding me.....Kayak in 100mph winds...and 20 foot surf.... Darwinism at it's finest. DD
Throw in 8x10 blowup of a Lauren Graham sideboob screencap and you've got yourself a deal. But seriously, How can people along the coast not realize they are going to die and die a lot? Texas holdouts urge Hurricane Ike to "bring it on!" http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080912/us_nm/storm_ike_holdouts_dc By Tim Gaynor Fri Sep 12, 12:17 AM ET GALVESTON, Texas (Reuters) - Hurricane Ike may be taking aim for the low-lying coast of Texas, but grocery store worker Jacqueline Harris is staying put -- in a flimsy, wooden beach bar. "If nature is going to come and get us, bring it on!" Harris said as she sipped a Bud light beer at the Poop Deck, a tavern a stone's throw from the sandy coastal strip thrashed by white-capped waves. "Everything I own and love is on the island; I'm going down with the ship," she added. Residents of vulnerable coastal areas like Galveston Island are under a mandatory evacuation order. They face 111 mile per hour (177 kph) winds and tidal surges of up to 20 feet if Ike makes landfall as a dangerous Category 3 storm as expected late on Friday. Texas governor Rick Perry urged residents to heed evacuation orders in such low-lying areas of the Gulf of Mexico that face severe flooding from tidal surges and heavy rains. Some have decided to stay, boarding up their windows and preparing to move to higher floors ahead of the storm's surge, which is tipped to top Galveston's 17-foot (5-metre) sea wall and flood the island from end-to-end by daylight on Saturday. A Category 4 hurricane that made landfall in Galveston in 1900 killed at least 6,000 people, making it the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history. The manager of the Poop Deck Marie Aldrich-Creasy says she has no plans to leave. She has stockpiled batteries, candles and a few tins of food, but said would not be shuttering her bar, which faces the sea a few yards (meters) across a highway. "I don't believe I am endangering anyone. The doors are open; if they choose to come, that's their free will," she said, sipping a vodka and mocha cocktail in the bar. THRILL SEEKERS AND THE WEARY Every hurricane has its holdouts. Those who risk all to stay put do so for a variety of reasons. "This is our home. Why run and come back to nothing?" said Harris, sitting at a table with other regulars in the bar. Waitress Nanette Crouch said she was put off by the huge traffic jams she faced fleeing the coastal strip ahead of the last hurricane, Rita, which barged ashore in Texas three years ago. "I've been praying a lot, I'm scared, but I'm never going in that traffic again, not after Rita, it was 17 hours of hell," she said, as she stood on the deck of the bar, with her mother Nancy. Others opted to stay for the extreme thrill of riding out the storm, which has grown in size since roaring through the Caribbean, wreaking havoc in Cuba, Haiti and the Bahamas. "I know it sounds crazy, but it's something I've always wanted to do -- experience a hurricane," said Andrew Lawrence, a former convict turned builder, as he knocked back beers and shots in the bar. "I've been in prison, I've been shot ... I figure if I do this, I'll be the Michael Phelps of travesties," he said, referring to the U.S. swim champion who won a record-setting eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympic games. Staying on was not for all though. One couple said they were preparing to get off the island, and faced gentle mockery from others in the bar. "They're voted off the island!" quipped housewife Eva Broughton. "This is 'Survivor,' this is reality."
I'm sorry but this is r****ded. If you want to play survivor, at least give yourself a higher chance of surviving.
No she hasn't. So much for our rain here in ATX, huh DaDa. We're gonna be lucky to get an inch or two of the wet stuff.
You know what's interesting? Read from page 1 until about page 3 of this thread, then jump straight to about 87.
The forecasters appear to be right on the money on this bad boy from the beginning as they were with Gustav. I'm impressed. They were off a bit on the strength, but the location is right there. I read the first few pages and the idiotic CF.net posters never cease to amaze me with their immaturity.
