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Location: Lafayette, Louisiana | I have my eyes on hurricane Rita as it seems to be taking a slight northern turn. I hope our friends in Texas will keep a close eye on this one. Katrina went east of where I am, but this one will be to my west. Please, if they ask you to get out or where you live, do it. This will be a bad one. |
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Location: atlanta | Paul, my brother and his wife (Kaki's uncle and aunt) are evacuating from Houston right now. They're going to try to make it up to Tyler where our parents live. I found this picture of Rita a few minutes ago at the New York Times:
Scary to the max.
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Location: Keller, TX | Time to go re-read the book of Revelations... Any comments on the "finger of god"???
I'm here in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. We aren't supposed to get a Texas-style whoopin' like our brothers on the coast. But they are predicting 5-8 inches of rain and some tornados. Stocking up on Propane and water today.
I hear it is taking 24 hours to get from Houston to Dallas. Normally that is a 5 hour trip. Cars running out of gas on the highway. Bless everyone coming north. Drive safe. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Awesome picture.
Awesome and terrifing. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I find it strange that some people don't take a hurricane seriously. It's a shame some people only learn if they live thru it. I saw the weather channel this morning. They said the traffic jam is so enourmous that people are pushing their cars!
There are so many things I could say, but I just wish those in the cone of disaster, that you board up your house and get the f' out of there. I don't want to see any of that new orleans stuff, OK?! |
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Location: NJ | ". . Any comments on the "finger of god"??? . ."
I was going to comment more on GlobalWarming . . . but that supposedly "doesn't exist" . . . |
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Location: south east Michigan | hhhhere we go!!!! |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Well, you said what I was thinking, ie It is ironic that global warming will destroy oil refineries. But 'till we solve that problem, please get out of there! |
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Location: SoCal | I hoping and praying for the people in Houston. We all are.
But to blame these hurricanes on global warming is bullsh*t. Just because Al Gore screams it, it doesn't make it true.
Here's a list of catagory 5 hurricanes going back to 1928. They all caused by global warming?
http://www.weathermatrix.net/tropical/cat5storms.htm |
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Location: Cicero, NY | I know that this might not be a popular view but it could be that, with everything we humans have done to screw this planet up, that "finger of God" isn't the index finger.
I heard a report recently (on NPR) that this activity is cyclical and that we historically go through an increased hurricane period every 25 - 30 years and that the "increased period" lasts 4-7 years. I really hope that is just an opinion and not fact. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Don't know if this is good or bad but it seems that Moody's list contradicts what I had heard...I'll go with the list. |
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Location: SoCal | I don't think it does contradict what you heart Weas... weather goes in and out of cycles but there have been big storms regardless. |
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Location: SoCal | Has anyone else noticed that the news footage of the evacuation shows outbound lanes at close to a standstill but the lanes going into the cities with little traffic???
Would it be too much to ask that the local government place a few dividers to change all but one of the incoming lanes to outbound? |
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Location: Cicero, NY | I believe they did do that in NO, Tony, but obviously not soon enough. I would consider that a pretty darn easy decision given the size of this storm and what others in recent history (read JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO!!) have accomplished. Those poor people now have about 36 hours to get as far away as they can so I would hope that decision is made now. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Global warming (human induced Global Climate Change, if you like) is a fact.
How it relates precisely to hurricane intensity and frequency, or for that matter, to global weather patterns in general, is unknown. Statistical correlations can be made, even if, easliy argued.
So in the meantime, maybe, if we pray really, really hard the hurricanes will fall over the edge of the world....
I hope folks in the path of this storm are better prepared and the rest of us more prepared to assist, than we were for Katrina. |
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Location: SoCal | Weaser...you're right, news not reporting although still showing old footage. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I am sure there will be thousands without transportation, just like there were in New Orleans. Our paper just printed a list of the safest and most unsafe cities in the country in terms of weather. Boise was second safest after Honolulu. I think Dallas was in the unsafe category, with several cities in Florida, but I don't remember seeing New Orleans or Houston. I don't know where they come up with these lists. |
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Location: Lafayette, Louisiana | Jeff W, there are just as many scientist who say global warming does not exist, as those who say it does. Frankly, I get tired of hearing people use global warming as an excuse for just about anything involved with any change in the weather. |
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Location: NJ | Moody;
Throw Cat4 storms into the mix, and recalculate, - taking into consideration the frequency within the last 30-35 years - and the water temps of the Gulf.
www.ucar.edu/news/releases/2005/hurricanetips.shtml
Unfortunately (for us), Time will Tell.
Just spoke to my Houston counterpart . .
. . hope All escape unscathed . . . |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by Legend-LX-Fan:
Jeff W, there are just as many scientist who say global warming does not exist, as those who say it does. Frankly, I get tired of hearing people use global warming as an excuse for just about anything involved with any change in the weather. Paul,
I respect your view. I was not blaming Global Warming. It's just a symptom.
I hope you are out of harm's way. |
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Location: Lafayette, Louisiana | Thanks Jeff, I respect your view also. They are saying that some parts of my city will be evacuated. I am not sure if or when I will leave. I will know later this evening. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Global warming just isn't recognized in Texas. I think it was a governor's proclamation or something.
(Sorry for the cheapshot, Texans. I know you're taking a big hit right now anyway.) There will probably be a bunch of jokes after this is over about how Texas just had to have a bigger hurricane than the last one. I can't think of too many states where the citizens have as much pride in their State. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by Legend-LX-Fan:
They are saying that some parts of my city will be evacuated. I am not sure if or when I will leave. I will know later this evening. Err to safety, please. |
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Location: NJ | Be Safe, Paul . . |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | My brother, Sister-in law, 2 Children, 1 with a wife and child are all leaving Houston and making a B-line to Tyler, Texas. According to them alot of business are closing down and boarding up. They plan to stay with My Mom & Dad until it's all over and find out what's happened. They live in Humble which is a Suburb of Houston. I emailed my brother to ask him what time the hurricane party would starts. He told me i was welcome to take a trip and party alone-he would not be there! Lets keep all of those on the texas coast in our prayers. |
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Watching Rita
