"Galveston and The Rest Of The Texas Gulf Coast WILL NOT Be Another New Orleans"

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by C0ckney
that's bloody massive

I've seen bigger.

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
I did misspeak.
Thank you for so eloquently correcting my mistake.

My real point though was that the Texas Gulf coast is being evacuated.

[chequita guevara]

This is the biggest storm ever recorded on Earth. It could cover the entire Western half of the United States. This monster hit Japan in 1979.

[Az]

man, earth must look so cool from outer space with this on it.

[SlowwHand]

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/gmex-ir4-loop.html

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Originally posted by TheStinger
If Rita is bigger than katrina will there be some Texans who take a sort of perverse pride in that?

I hardly see this as humorous. I am almost sure the TEXANS dont give a flying Fu** if the storm is larger only that it doesnt kill a lot of folks. If i offend you pardon me. But i find your comments in the up coming disaster as tasteless. And For the record news reports claim the refineries will be hit hard. They have already started to shut down and relocte the workers better fill ur tanks today before the prices rise to 3.00 and 4.00 bucks again

[chequita guevara]

Oh come on, that was funny. I don't envy you what you're about to face, but humor in the face of adversity isn't a bad thing. You're on the away side, so the storm won't be as intense. I've been through these. Don't be so tense, which is not the same thing as not taking it seriously.

Anyway, if you're in a low lying area, I strongly recommend getting to higher ground. If you can get your hands on a generator, that would be good. Life without electricity is a pain in the ass! Make sure your cell phones are charged and paid up. Make sure you have water and canned goods. If the winds are that strong near you, you might consider going outside for a few minutes to experience one of nature's wonders. Just keep an eye out for flying debris.

[Mrs. Tuberski]

I know che i was just pulling his chain a bit, most of you guys know I am a hag I did say i wasnt trying to offend him. Tubers and I are not in real harms way of the hit. Just the residual.

*mrs t goes to the corner and promises to play nice*

[hexagonian]

Originally posted by Lefty Scaevola
But up an esturary from Gavelston Bay is the port of Houston, the largest concetraion of refinaries in the USA.

Better fill up my gas tank tonight... Gougers a comin'

[SlowwHand]

Texans aren't like Cajuns.
We'll toss that damn storm back out where it came from.

[Verto]

Originally posted by TheStinger
If Rita is bigger than katrina will there be some Texans who take a sort of perverse pride in that?

Mother Nature saves the biggest for Texas; can't hate her for wanting a proper fight.

Throwdown 2005

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Originally posted by Verto


Mother Nature saves the biggest for Texas; can't hate her for wanting a proper fight.

Throwdown 2005

lol okay so now i could have said it that way but that was no dam fun Verto i didnt realize you were in texas if your gonna hang out in houston good luck to ya man

[Verto]

Originally posted by Mrs. Tuberski

lol okay so now i could have said it that way but that was no dam fun Verto i didnt realize you were in texas if your gonna hang out in houston good luck to ya man

I actually missed this one by about six years, having moved from League City to just north of Dallas. My brother and his wife are having to deal with the bogged-down highways, and want to come stay up here; I of course refused them, labeled them as cowards and told them to stay and fight.

[Dinner]

While it would cause a great deal of economic pain in the long run it might be better for the nation as a whole if a few oil facilities were knocked out for a couple of weeks. If that's what it takes to get the government to inact a sound energy policy which decreases our consumption of fossil fuels over the long haul then that might be worth a quarter of economic pain.

[SlowwHand]

Waiting on uncle, aunt, cousins and all coming from Houston.
Cellular phones are jammed up, as one might expect.
Can't reach them. Just wait.