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VANITY - Hurricane Harvey. Evac or stay in place?
Vanity | Aug 28 2017 | Steven Tyler

Posted on 08/28/2017 7:11:30 AM PDT by Steven Tyler

Well it's not over. That said, what do Big City Freepers recommend??? 1) Bug out and head for high ground and get stuck in traffic 2) Get cases of water/chlorine tablets and pull that inflatable fishing boat out of storage 3) something else?


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Well it's not over. That said, what do Big City Freepers recommend??? 1) Bug out and head for high ground and get stuck in traffic 2) Get cases of water/chlorine tablets and pull that inflatable fishing boat out of storage 3) something else?
1 posted on 08/28/2017 7:11:30 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: Steven Tyler

Tropical Storm Potential for the next 48 hours
https://www.cyclocane.com/tropical-storm-risk/


https://www.cyclocane.com/harvey-storm-tracker/


https://www.cyclocane.com/harvey-spaghetti-models/



2 posted on 08/28/2017 7:13:09 AM PDT by GOPJ (Statues today - books tomorrow - the unmasking of totalitarian elites is starting...)
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To: Steven Tyler

Should have prepared... too late now.


3 posted on 08/28/2017 7:14:30 AM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap")
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To: GOPJ

Move furniture to second floor if possible. Get vehicles to highest ground possible.


4 posted on 08/28/2017 7:14:44 AM PDT by meatloaf
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To: GOPJ

Leave ONE(1) man behind in each house. Armed. If it’s gets really dangerous they can evacuate to a safe building. New Orleans should have done it with the Superdome.


5 posted on 08/28/2017 7:15:36 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Steven Tyler

OH...... I’m not going to evacuate until a politician
tells me to. So there !


6 posted on 08/28/2017 7:17:14 AM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: Steven Tyler

You have to ask yourself:

1-Where would you go?
2-How would you get there?
3-Can you transport enough stuff to survive the trip?

Otherwise, stay in place and make the most of it.


7 posted on 08/28/2017 7:18:16 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: Steven Tyler

Well, there is a pretty straightforward way to determine:

1) Local Govt: Suggest Evacuation
2) Media: If President is (R) blame President

1) Local Govt: Suggest Hunkering Down
2) Media: If President is (R) blame President

See? That makes things so much easier!


8 posted on 08/28/2017 7:19:39 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (The UK has no death penalty, unless you are an 11 month old infant with no arrest history)
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To: Steven Tyler

Way too late now.

Your decision has been made.


9 posted on 08/28/2017 7:20:05 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

the Superdome...I thought of that when they mentioned yesterday they were using the local convention center for a shelter ...

at the Superdome in New Orleans women were raped people beaten and what little they had was stolen...

the place was left one gigantic toilet and landfill...


10 posted on 08/28/2017 7:21:04 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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I see from your FR homepage you’re in Canada so I’d have to rule out my suggestion of evacuating to Canada. You’re probably safe (for awhile.)


11 posted on 08/28/2017 7:21:35 AM PDT by Perseverando (For Progressives, Islamonazis & other Totalitarians: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

I meant with respect to future natural disasters?
When the storm is three days out, what is your best option(s)?


12 posted on 08/28/2017 7:21:50 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: Steven Tyler

When in doubt, get out


13 posted on 08/28/2017 7:21:55 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: Steven Tyler

Ask anyone in TX that evacuated during Hurricane Rita if they would ever do it again. Dozens more people died in the evacuation than in the storm, including a bus load of nursing home patients from Houston heading to Dallas in a Mexican bus that caught fire, killing them.


14 posted on 08/28/2017 7:22:15 AM PDT by txrefugee (.)
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It's about five days too late for anyone to be asking this question.

You might as well ask Freepers who you should vote for in the 2016 Republican primary in your state. LOL.

15 posted on 08/28/2017 7:22:45 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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Do you have food and water for a week?

Do you have a means of cooking it?

Do you have any danger of losing your life or home to the flood waters?


16 posted on 08/28/2017 7:23:13 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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If you have a way out and suspect your residence is going to be flooded, pack up your important documents, smaller valuables, etc., and go. Do not leave your pets behind. This is assuming you have enough fuel in your vehicle(s) to make the trip, and have someplace to go that is outside of the risk of flooding.


17 posted on 08/28/2017 7:23:19 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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Chlorine tablets? Stick a bucket outside, and you’ll have all the pristine water you could want. People in Houston (I’m one) know where the really bad flood prone areas are, and those living there should have gotten out. It’s a little late now, except as evacuation. The media, of course, hype the problem. Most of the area is just soggy, which doesn’t create footage for the nightly fake news. There’s no wind damage to speak of, just a big rainstorm. As for the vast, vast majority of us who are just inconvenienced, the “disaster” is nothing serious.


18 posted on 08/28/2017 7:24:06 AM PDT by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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To: freedumb2003

Mayor Dem

Judge emmett must be republican since Bush appointed him for something
.they both own this. They both downplayed it Thursday and friday


19 posted on 08/28/2017 7:24:14 AM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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To: Steven Tyler
Oh -- OK. Disregard my previous (wise-@ss) answer. LOL.

It all depends on the situation ... the type of event, your job responsibilities, number and age of family members, etc.

Here in New Jersey we've had a few horrendous storms in the last ten years that have forced people to think seriously about how to deal with major natural disasters. If I was living down in Houston now, I would have packed all my camping gear and other assorted valuables into my truck and spent a week in a random campground 400-500 miles away.

20 posted on 08/28/2017 7:26:38 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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