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Posted on 09/22/2005 5:44:09 PM PDT by NautiNurse
>> Under "State Of Emergency", shoot on sight.
In Texas, can't y'all do that about any time anyway?
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Not without having to drag them into the house. Under a state of emergency, we can just leave them where they fall. Makes it more convenient.
"Doesn't get much worst then that".
That should be "Does not get much worse than that".
You are obviously not from Texas. We like our neighbors (the love thing can cause a little issue with the missus). Funny how there are no widespread reports of looting, rape, murder and mayhem. Begging your pardon, yet you are welcome to BITE ME.
Don't Mess With Texas
Hahaha! that is hilarious. I know this one is hiding from me. Its between the cat's bag of food and its kitty litter.
It's always the blame game, when they say 'there's plenty of blame to go around' you know the blame points to them.
I don't remember the 'evac' routes but I was there back in the 60's. I just remember traffic was a bit$h back then.
Hours to go....
Thx.
That'll be those 12 foot waves at 300 NM radius mentioned earlier.
Thank you for that link & info. I had heard the "turning home" story earlier today, and hoped it had been a vicious rumor. That's really too bad.
Dumas also used to have big welcome signs on the roads into town which said "Welcome to Dumas! Home of the Ding Dong Daddies! 5,000 Friendly Folks, and A Few Old Soreheads!"
Yeah, long time ago, being PC, of course. It may still say RE Lee on the front of the building--I haven't been by there in a while--but anything reported in the media, such as sports or just general usage, has to say "Houston Lee." That's probably their UIL name, too.
Only 1) to stop a fleeing felon, 2) to stop someone from causing bodily injury or 3) if they're on your property after dark - if they're in your house, you can shoot them at any time, but just plain old trespassers can only be shot after dark.
Generally, you cannot shoot in the daytime to *prevent* someone from committing a crime against someone else's business property. Under "State Of Emergency", that rule is suspended, along with the nighttime restrictions on trespassers.
Somebody needs to slap AP upside the head and tell them that this ain't Hollywood, and tell the lemmings that know only the big roads that there are other ways out of town. Heck, I know of innumeralbe ways out of where I live, and the route that I'm likely to choose has but 2 major intersections to worry about until I get well out of the county.
"City Cam", eh? I like Channel 13's name better: "The Jam Cam".
OK so it hops out when the lights are out.I have a stange house.Mine hop out and make noice when the lights are on.Kitty will get this one.
The traffic hasn't changed, but the evac routes are clearly marked every 1/2 to 1 mile or so. The Houstonians can give a more accurate number for that.
Fair enough. I didn't want to inject religion into a hurricane thread, but when someone asked how long we have to endure all the lying and hatred, I had to reply what my gut has told me for some time.
Back off with the cheerleading. He's down in the middle of it, with a home at risk, you aren't.
Some of the state agencies made major mistakes with the gas shortage and Hwy 290 contraflow. Nothing like what happened in LA, but still a big problem. The evac plan didn't anticipate that so many inland Houston folks would evacuate, nor did they anticipate that so many gas stations would shut down early and run(many did NOT run out of gas, but rather their staff simply closed up and got out.) Some of the inland counties and municipalities failed to provided the staff and resources that they have been required to implement in the evac plan for years. There will be hell to pay for that later on. Before 2pm TXDOT was saying that it would soon open up the 290 contraflow, one of 3 contraflows. At 2:15 they said that they couldn't open it because they needed the inbound lanes for emergency traffic. That kind of stuff is supposed to be figured out in the planning stages, not when a crisis erupts. Also turns out that they discovered that they didn't have the personnel to seal off enough of the entrances/exits along that road. Another planning failure.
Amazing that we've evacuated 2.5 million already, and more will get out before it is over. Harris County, Houston, and Galveston have done a great job. Rick Perry has done some great things during this. However some state and local agencies have dropped the ball, and they sure as hell better hope this storm doesn't shift back west to Houston.
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