Speaking of Polish jokes....how about some POLISH Hurricane names? I'm thinking Stanley and Walter.
Hurricane Stush has a ring to it. My best friend growing up is of Polack extraction as is her hub, they named their Norwich terrier, Stanley. He is a roly poly fat thing, so of course we call him FAT STANLEY instead of FLAT stanley of elementary school send him to everyone you know fame. surely you have experienced that by now?
Explorer, I promise I'm not picking on you from the past discussion - but wanted you to know that the both the Galveston and Freeport officials have done a tremendous job of getting people to evacuate - saying they could bring pets - have a hotline set up for 'reservations' on the busses and will be loading those who reserved a spot first - taking them well inland to other cities.
The TV station is the best - saying repeatedly that this is the PROPER preparation by city officials - slapping N.O. mayor down in the process.
A friend in the Texas National Guard in Austin says they have already activated 2000 men - schools are closed, business are being asked NOT to remain open past tomrrow unless essential.
At the very least, this is making Nagin look more and more like the idiot that he is and showing how a State that had a more recent history of dealing with potential storms still wasn't ready and didn't seem to even try very hard to get ready.