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Hummertech
09-22-2005, 01:52 PM
Watch and see, as this Hurricane comes and goes, there will be destruction, and some loss of life, but overall you will see Texas do very well with preparing for it, and reacting to it. Texas will also do a good job of working with the Federal Government to help people and get life back to normal in a hurry. You won't see people all stuck at a convention center or the Astrodome crying, why are they leaving us here to die. You won't see thousands of people stuck on their rooftops, and you won't see a bunch of people blaming the government for one reason or another. This hurricane is stronger than Katrina, but Texas is about to show the country that Katrinas devestation was caused by a major lack of prepardness, lack of planning, and lack of competent leadership in LA to help deal with the situation.
Hummertech
09-22-2005, 01:52 PM
Watch and see, as this Hurricane comes and goes, there will be destruction, and some loss of life, but overall you will see Texas do very well with preparing for it, and reacting to it. Texas will also do a good job of working with the Federal Government to help people and get life back to normal in a hurry. You won't see people all stuck at a convention center or the Astrodome crying, why are they leaving us here to die. You won't see thousands of people stuck on their rooftops, and you won't see a bunch of people blaming the government for one reason or another. This hurricane is stronger than Katrina, but Texas is about to show the country that Katrinas devestation was caused by a major lack of prepardness, lack of planning, and lack of competent leadership in LA to help deal with the situation.
JamesT
09-22-2005, 02:01 PM
Shut up! I want my $2000.00 debit card. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
xburbman
09-22-2005, 02:28 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by JamesT:
Shut up! I want my $2000.00 debit card. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
LMAO...that's what my brother in law in Corpus Christi is hoping for....said he and my sister are going to Whistler, Canada for a boat convention and hope the storm shutters on their home are intact when they return. BTW - your avatar is classic!
DRTYFN
09-22-2005, 02:42 PM
I predict lots of torn up sh!t and N.O. getting dunked again.
h2sin
09-22-2005, 02:54 PM
What I want to know is why are local Houston news station are reporting about traffic jams and lack of gas so people are stuck on freeway for hours but yet they continously advsing people to leave their home. As of right now there is no way out of Houston unless you have enough gas to take you 200-300 miles out of town in 10-25mph traffic assuming it doesnt stop completely.
Hummertech
09-22-2005, 03:04 PM
Early this morning, they opened up the interstate that leads out of Houston so that all north and south bound lanes are heading north. I don't think you can set something like that up in an hour or 2, that takes a little coordination to do that for as far as that have it going like that.
Fastest H-Town Realtor
09-22-2005, 03:04 PM
Wait. Does that mean I cannot loot and shoot at the rescue workers? Damn...so much for my new 50" Toshiba flatscreen and a tub of Heineken.
Hummertech
09-22-2005, 03:06 PM
We won't have the looting problems in Texas like they did in N.O. for 2 reasons.
1. Our police forces won't run and hide like a
bunch of pu**ssies.
2. You try pulling that s**t in Texas, and you get shot.
HummerNewbie
09-22-2005, 04:05 PM
Rita has just been downgraded to a Cat. 4 wish sustained winds of about 150.
h2sin
09-22-2005, 04:21 PM
Open part of freeway is only half of the solution, there is not one gas station in town that has any fuel left. National guards can only provide limited quantity of fuel. Now I wished I would have gotten a gobi rack and 10 jerry cans to go on top of it http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif
DennisAJC
09-22-2005, 04:36 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by xburbman:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by JamesT:
Shut up! I want my $2000.00 debit card. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
LMAO...that's what my brother in law in Corpus Christi is hoping for....said he and my sister are going to Whistler, Canada for a boat convention and hope the storm shutters on their home are intact when they return. BTW - your avatar is classic! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>



HAHAHAHA! Yes it's safe, beautiful, and dry here. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif
KenP
09-22-2005, 04:42 PM
People are running out of gas on the highways.
Fastest H-Town Realtor
09-22-2005, 05:53 PM
Wonder if OnStar would help if I called them for fuel...
JamesT
09-22-2005, 06:36 PM
Though San Antonio probably wont be affected at all I still believe in being pro active just in case. So, that being said, me and several of my freinds will begin "looting" this evening at the local Wal Marts and Targets. To sum it up best I borrow a quote from one of the "guests" from the local shelter who, was sadly evacuated from their home in N.O.

"Iz is gonna get mine fo show...biatch"
Hummertech
09-22-2005, 08:25 PM
:AND CANADA IS VERY VERY COLD MOST OF THE YEAR!!!
HummerNewbie
09-23-2005, 12:38 PM
Reports are now coming in that rising water from Rita have washed over a levee in New Orleans 9th Ward.
Hummertech
09-23-2005, 12:57 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by HummerNewbie:
Reports are now coming in that rising water from Rita have washed over a levee in New Orleans 9th Ward. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Is anyone surprised, those dumb s.o.b.'s running New Orleans couldn't close an umbrella.

Yes, that is a quote from Jackie Gleason I stole there, can anyone guess the movie?
I'm sure you've all seen it.
Klaus
09-23-2005, 01:36 PM
Smokey and the Bandit.http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif
HummerNewbie
09-23-2005, 01:58 PM
I also just heard from a friend that Louis Faricon (spelling?) said that one of the levees that breached after Katrina was probably purposely blown up with a bomb to flood out the poor black people living in the area. Somebody needs to blow that SOB up. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif
KenP
09-23-2005, 05:13 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by HummerNewbie:
I also just heard from a friend that Louis Faricon (spelling?) said that one of the levees that breached after Katrina was probably purposely blown up with a bomb to flood out the poor black people living in the area. Somebody needs to blow that SOB up. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>The levee? http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
HummerNewbie
09-23-2005, 06:22 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by KenP:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by HummerNewbie:
I also just heard from a friend that Louis Faricon (spelling?) said that one of the levees that breached after Katrina was probably purposely blown up with a bomb to flood out the poor black people living in the area. Somebody needs to blow that SOB up. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>The levee? http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

LOL

NO..NO..NO, need to blow up Louie http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif
Richard
09-23-2005, 07:40 PM
One thing no was has brought up is everyone trying to go back at once and probally no gas when you get there. My son lives in Galveston and is with us right now in Dallas and he says to beat the rush he needs to leave right after Rita comes ashore and slows a little. He drives an H2 also. I told him make sure you take an extra 20 gallons of gas. Any sugestons??????????
PARAGON
09-23-2005, 08:12 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Richard:
One thing no was has brought up is everyone trying to go back at once and probally no gas when you get there. My son lives in Galveston and is with us right now in Dallas and he says to beat the rush he needs to leave right after Rita comes ashore and slows a little. He drives an H2 also. I told him make sure you take an extra 20 gallons of gas. Any sugestons?????????? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Forget about going back for a week or so! It's an emotional thing to do but he wasn't well prepared before it got here, he needs to hang out with you guys and let things get sorted out first. You can watch the news and get a feel for how things are going and when it seems better leave in the middle of the night.

Unless it's an emergency my suggestion is to wait to feel things out. It might save a lot of frustration and undue effort.
devilsfan
09-23-2005, 08:15 PM
They actually had a TX official - I think it might have been Dewhurst - comment on the looting thing on Fox. They asked him if law enforcement was prepared to handle what they saw in NO...he told them he wasn't concerned, Texans are licensed to carry weapons and it's legal to use deadly force to defend life or property. There won't BE a looting problem.

Gotta love this state! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Stacy
HummerNewbie
09-23-2005, 08:19 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Richard:
One thing no was has brought up is everyone trying to go back at once and probally no gas when you get there. My son lives in Galveston and is with us right now in Dallas and he says to beat the rush he needs to leave right after Rita comes ashore and slows a little. He drives an H2 also. I told him make sure you take an extra 20 gallons of gas. Any sugestons?????????? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

After Charlie last year the drive from Orlando to Tampa was over 8 hours and usually it only takes me 1.5-2 hours. What I do to carry around gas when there is a hurricane is mount my receiver hitch rack and line my gas cans on it. If he is going to be in traffic, I would suggest also buying a chain and a lock so nobody can steal them while stopped. I would also mount it to the front receiver so he can keep a better eye on it. If you/he doesn't already have the gas cans, it could be hard to find them. The best anyone could find, if any at all, around here last year during the storms were 2 gallon cans. I stocked up on the 5 gallon cans earlier this year. Good luck to your son.
HummerNewbie
09-23-2005, 08:21 PM
I agree with Paragon, wait it out and see if it is even worth trying to head back before a few days have passed.
KenP
09-23-2005, 09:23 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by devilsfan:
They actually had a TX official - I think it might have been Dewhurst - comment on the looting thing on Fox. They asked him if law enforcement was prepared to handle what they saw in NO...he told them he wasn't concerned, Texans are licensed to carry weapons and it's legal to use deadly force to defend life or property. There won't BE a looting problem.

Stacy </div></BLOCKQUOTE>I like that. I like that alot! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif