Posted on 09/12/2008 11:29:13 PM PDT by NautiNurse
I live near Cincinnati and have always followed your hurricane threads. I never thought I’d be reporting a hurricane condition update.
The remnants of Ike are passing 75 miles northwest of us. Not a drop of rain but a tremendous amount of wind. Gusts of 70 plus with some damage. 500,000 without power.
Culberson just finished a news spot - he is HOT - ready to have heads roll because “FEMA somewhere along the line” “dropped the ball” and “first responders ran out of food” and “didn’t have porta-potties”... He got on the horn to Chertoff and gave him some of that ammo, apparently.
Kept repeating about 6-8 times an address/ location that people could take food & water to in order to feed the emergency workers. “FEMA is getting it toward there now”, but “it will take some time.” Something about buses not being used - I suspect he’s a bit premature there if they don’t really have a plase to go, but that wasn’t his most critical beef. “I’ll be missing the 3:30 news conference because I’ve got to get back out there and help the workers.”
Someone is GOING to get fired... He’s going to have heads, for sure. “I’m on the appropriations committee...”
I’m glad I’M not in his sights!!
Yes but I’d need a boat to get there due to all the flooding between here and there on the freeways. I-10 on the west side of downtown is a lake - someone posted those pictures earlier. I saw the request and looked up the location and realized it’s on the far west side of Houston probably about 35-45 miles from me. Harris County is over 5,000,000 strong and I’m betting by now they have more food than they can eat :-). That side of town is very very heavily populated.
Watching Fox. Look at all these yahoos blocking the roads.
rubberneckers that have no business headed to Galveston
Dang...Tully Stadium is fairly close to where I live. I wish were home so I could bring them some refreshment.
Those first responders need food and water while the media scum is eating free handouts?? That's infuriating!
LMAO
Yowser...thanks for your local report. Hang on to your hat!
Wasnt that the best!?
He is awesome. One of the House Energy Heroes.
~~~~
Culberson:
http://twitter.com/johnculberson
Quikking videos listed .. first two:
West Side of Houston afterward:
Video of military movement @
Tully Stadium - PRE-storm:
***
John Cornyn’s Twitter site for
future reference:
Thank you for checking in and glad you are safe. I loved reading that above (although sorry about the limb hitting your neighbor's roof)...that's our Texas spirit and it's heartwarming to see it is thriving.
Garden Oaks is north of of 610 at around the Shepherd exit. Just east of the NW Mall on 290. Very very old trees there. My husband used to own a home there and had a tree through the house during Alicia.
ALOHA PO!
Doing well, No damage here SW antenna even stayed up.
All my Tx Friends are ok
I wonder if FEMA got mixed up and sent food to the hotel instead?
You had better stay home then, LOL!
I agree. It could work. Though, what *is* the military role, I’d have to research. The TX national guard being different than fed of course. I mean, having the military take over a disaster operation is a whole new ball of wax. It all gets messy since the false uproar after Katrina. Then again, the fed took over Fannie & Freddie and not one liberal hollered about “big lending!” like they do “big oil!” It is all so messed up.
hehe.. I have no doubt you will educate your grandson over time of the importance of a good pair of boots. But for now, “the zoo” is an okay answer I suppose. :)
I dont doubt it
I posted upthread about how a reporter said they had food and water and were giving some away to survivors. I don’t think the reporters are taking the handouts.
Cuthberson said someone had brought deer tamales over to Tully Stadium for the guys, and it was much appreciated.
We are the supplier and have a vital roll in supporting the effort but when it comes to getting it through the swamp and to the field it is better to defer to people who can GIT IT DONE.
“A bayou is marsh wetland, usually slow moving or still water.”
... which upon seeing, someone will build a city on. We can’t help it...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.