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Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part VIII
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| September 24, 2005
Posted on 09/24/2005 9:58:36 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: SouthTexas
meat has been on for 3 hours or so at low temp. put the taters,corn,onion and carrots in a little while ago with a little more water with mixed flower in it to thicken the sauce... I'll let cook for another 2 hours.. Ha! My friend said her husband was firing up the grill, when I called. That's a TX man for you. Any excuse to barbeque!
susie
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posted on
09/24/2005 11:27:42 AM PDT
by
brytlea
(All you need as ID to vote in FL is your Costco card...)
To: Knitting A Conundrum
It wants to go down the Achafalaya... It will happen. The river is eating away at the structure, and they keep fighting it. But one year, probably in a high water year with lots of flooding, they will lose the battle.
I've heard this mentioned on a couple of threads. Is it commonly accepted that it will occur?
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posted on
09/24/2005 11:28:00 AM PDT
by
CedarDave
("I can't swing a dead cat without hitting a reporter" -- Lt. Gen. Honoré)
To: BurbankKarl
A firefighter walks past a fire at a strip mall fire Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005 in Pasadena, Texas.
To: mrsmel
Good for you! No matter how the MSM tries to spin the Constitution the facts are: the onus of response and responsibility is first and foremost local and state. The federal response comes later, that include FEMA.
There are FEMA state departments in all states, offices of emergency services is what they were once called.
Blanco and Nagin have a lot to answer for because they failed in their responsibility and reactions as first responders to Katrina. The other effected states had adequate or superior local and state response to Katrina and now Rita.
The probability that the reason so many LA local and state officials are throwing blame at President Bush and the feds is because they have managed to let their corruption and incompetence to seep to the surface periodically. With the hurricanes the eyes of the world are on them and the corruption has swelled to the surface. Some of that corruption led to failed levees, lost homes and lost lives.
Let the indictments and trials begin before the money to rebuild is allotted.
To: don-o
Been watching that mess in DC. What a contrast.Same here. Not much of a turnout, all things considered. Beg pardon for the offtopic comment.
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posted on
09/24/2005 11:28:20 AM PDT
by
Bahbah
(Praying for those in the path of Rita)
To: 76834
Big Muddy is an awesome thing in full flood.
It's worth sitting down on the levee at New Orleans and look out across the river to Algiers in the spring, when the water is high, and see all the energy in that river. Lots of power. Lots of energy. Lots of current.
Even nowadays, they can't totally control her. She is an uneasy dragon, and cannot be truly tamed.
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posted on
09/24/2005 11:28:46 AM PDT
by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
To: RDTF
To: BurbankKarl
Is this a recent picture? I hope so ... it lets me know this guy is still there. When we lived in Galveston a couple of years ago, he was always out on the seawall waving that big ol' American flag. He would smile and wave at cars passing by, and we would honk our horns and wave right back. I would usually get an extra big wave and smile from him when he saw our military stickers. In December he dresses in a Santa costume. He's quite a character and quite an inspiration (a Vietnam vet, if I'm not mistaken).
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posted on
09/24/2005 11:29:37 AM PDT
by
ArmyBratsMom
(Prayers for all my fellow Texans.)
To: Knitting A Conundrum
It looks like much precipitation will flow into the Red River. From the maps I have, it looks like the Red empties into the Achafalaya now. Does that mean that Morgan City would be in much more danger of flooding than the lower Mississippi around New Orleans?
To: CedarDave
I don't know if it is commonly accepted, but if you Googled, you will find studies/scenarios if it were to happen.
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posted on
09/24/2005 11:30:00 AM PDT
by
bwteim
(Begin With The End In Mind)
To: Knitting A Conundrum
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posted on
09/24/2005 11:30:22 AM PDT
by
jeffers
To: Conservababe
You're quite welcome, will try and let you know if things change.
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posted on
09/24/2005 11:30:31 AM PDT
by
SouthTexas
(Refugio County)
To: Knitting A Conundrum
She is an uneasy dragon, and cannot be truly tamed.
Beautifully said!
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posted on
09/24/2005 11:30:36 AM PDT
by
nuclady
To: BurbankKarl
BluesClues is late for another of her pressconferences They're reapplying her makeup... But they have to stop her from crying first.
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posted on
09/24/2005 11:30:47 AM PDT
by
CedarDave
("I can't swing a dead cat without hitting a reporter" -- Lt. Gen. Honoré)
To: spycatcher
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posted on
09/24/2005 11:30:55 AM PDT
by
RDTF
To: BurbankKarl
I saw those pictures too. Really illustrates the difference between a category 3 and 4.
To: ArmyBratsMom
To: The Mayor
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posted on
09/24/2005 11:32:18 AM PDT
by
lonestar
(Jasper--gone to College Station)
To: Sunnyflorida
See my last post to Knitting_a_Conundrum.
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posted on
09/24/2005 11:32:21 AM PDT
by
jeffers
To: Knitting A Conundrum
Big Muddy was an awesome sight in the 1993 flood, even here in Southeast Missouri. It was known as a 500 year flood. Folks who never ever dreamed that they would be flooded out, were. Folks just cannot take for granted that where they live is safe.
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