To: LA Woman3
WSJ-Many Weren't Scared Enough to FleeLauren Parker, a 19-year-old college student, said she sat in traffic for 16 hours trying to leave town ahead of Rita, and she wasn't about to risk a repeat. "I'd rather drown than wait in traffic," said Ms. Parker. "I've heard about so many hurricane warnings before, and nothing ever happened," said Adrian Hardy, who rode out the storm in his downtown Galveston apartment.
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09/15/2008 6:49:29 AM PDT by
NautiNurse
(Palin won more votes in her Wasilla Mayoral race than Biden got in his 2008 Pres run)
To: NautiNurse
"I'd rather drown than wait in traffic,"
The same thing happened after Ivan in Louisiana. The evacuation from New Orleans was a nightmare so people didn't leave for Katrina. And we know how that turned out.
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