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 kplc tv streaming again. http://www.kplctv.com/

 

 

 

 

 Where's the calls for Fed aid? Where's the looters?( Vanity )

 

 I doubt we'll see much "looting" in Texas

 

 Round Two: Rita is all Bush’s Fault!

 

 Elaborate plans in motion ahead of Rita

 

 The folks in Lake Charles are smarter than Nagin and company in NOLA - How to evacuate (Lake Charles) if you have no transportation. They'll be running buses around the city at 7 am tomorrow to pick up people who can't make it to the Civic Center to catch buses out of town there.

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 Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part V

 Previous Threads:
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part IV
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part III
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm Rita
Tropical Depression 18

 

 Running out of time (Bush blamed for Houston's traffic) -- I just saw a live shot of the Highways and there is NO TRAFFIC JAMS right now.

Of course. The contraflow cleared out the jams in three hours.

But the media have their story, and they'll pimp it even as people are driving out of Houston at the posted speed limits.

 

 Gun sales surge in Louisiana following storm

 

 No Way Out: Tears, Anger As Many Poor Are Stuck

 

 Update from Freeper at Houston via email

 

 Rita evacuation turns into traffic nightmare -- Lots of macro and micro lessons to be learned

No kidding.

So far:

1. Gun ownership - vital

2. Survival basics for at least a week should be on hand

3. The government can not protect you and your family

4. Band together with like-minded individuals and watch each other's back

5. Have alternate escape routes from large metropolitan areas pre-mapped so you're not killed with the cattle during the coming dirty nuke/bio-strike

 NRA files suit to stop firearms seizures in New Orleans

British scientist criticises US climate "loonies" -- this so-called scientist has nothing to say on the sharp DECREASE in hurricanes over the past 70 years...

 

 Weather Service officials gave dire, accurate warnings before Hurricane Katrina hit -- It's tough to reason with people who are stuck on stupid.

 

 Hurricane Wind Forces On Levee Flood Walls

 

 

Water going over Seawall Avenue in Galveston - already

1,568 posted on 09/23/2005 2:41:04 AM EDT

Water going over Seawall Avenue in Galveston - already