Posted on 09/24/2005 9:58:36 AM PDT by Howlin
I just got home, driving by a $3.26/premium marquee on the way.
What part of Arkansas?
Storm surge...
She is a peach - no doubt about it.
10 was busy here in Seguin Don't know if that helps
There was a similar story in my local paper of a truckdriver with almost the same experience.
Think of the waste involved if this is a widespread occurrence!
There were a whole slew of the truck drivers here in Memphis that were on the radio and upset over trying to help, driving all over, ending up told to come to Memphis to leave the ice and having to wait in a bad section of town with no police protection.
ping to 787
KHOU live webcast showing copter flyover of area between Lake Livingston and Beaumont, TX. LOTS of damage to houses by fallen trees.
FEMA still has a long way to go to get their act together, after being run by "Brownie".
khou has live copter shots on now
Rita will be a category 3 or weaker by 3pm Friday, according to my friend at NOAA. He also said it wont come close to Galveston, but hit almost directly on Port Arthur. Stocks should have a huge rally on Friday.
866 posted on 09/22/2005 8:29:18 PM PDT by montag813 [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies | Report Abuse ]
Montag, your friend at NOAA was basically correct and joe bastardi of Accu-Weather has egg on his face.
Not to downplay the destruction and woe Rita has caused, but it is much less IMO, than the media was playing up.
It's kinda of a tough job, to tell people there is danger on the way, but the media uber hypes it, and when the next one comes, people may not listen.
bttt
Amazing. Right through the limestone bedrock. Around where I live, we generally have to wait about 10,000 years for new gorges to be cut.
But it's at least 60 miles north of Lafayette...just strikes me as odd.
Ok I have it now, downstream is to flood, upstream looks ok for the moment...btw, neighbor stopped by, I'm behind a bit will catch up momentarily...
Onyx...I keep hearing about a lot of bad weather in ...are you okay???
Howlin, I just got to the thread...is onyx accounted for??
re Tyler:
Lookin pretty good. No tornados; storm tracked East; Rita kept moving.
Electricity out for about 15,000, still raining light, but much better than it looked Thur/Fri.
k, thx.
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