I Nominate for the 2008 Darwin Awards
Sep. 13th, 2008 12:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
furrbearI Nominate for the 2008 Darwin Awards the idiots who stayed on Galveston Island and are NOW (00:40 CT) calling asking for rescue.
According to CNN, authorities are getting "MANY" calls in Galveston from people seeking to be rescued.
The National Weather Service (NWS) issued an unprecedented hurricane warning for those in the path of Hurricane Ike in the Galveston area: If you stay, you die. The statement, entitled “Life Threatening Inundation Likely! reads, in part, “Persons not heeding evacuation orders [on Galveston Island] in single family one or two-story homes will face certain death.”
How much plainer could it be? What part of "Certain Death" did they not understand?
As I told Mom @ Dinner... any time a weather forecaster gives you a 100% certain warning, You better f**king pay attention.
I guess they thought they could ride out a Cat 2, never mind the "stronger storm than Katrina" warnings. As another CNN person was saying 'many of these people are staying to protect their property, but if there's a 15 foot wall of water on your stuff, there isn't anything left to protect. And it's very possible you're going to lose your life.'.
Yup.
According to CNN, authorities are getting "MANY" calls in Galveston from people seeking to be rescued.
The National Weather Service (NWS) issued an unprecedented hurricane warning for those in the path of Hurricane Ike in the Galveston area: If you stay, you die. The statement, entitled “Life Threatening Inundation Likely! reads, in part, “Persons not heeding evacuation orders [on Galveston Island] in single family one or two-story homes will face certain death.”
How much plainer could it be? What part of "Certain Death" did they not understand?
As I told Mom @ Dinner... any time a weather forecaster gives you a 100% certain warning, You better f**king pay attention.
I guess they thought they could ride out a Cat 2, never mind the "stronger storm than Katrina" warnings. As another CNN person was saying 'many of these people are staying to protect their property, but if there's a 15 foot wall of water on your stuff, there isn't anything left to protect. And it's very possible you're going to lose your life.'.
Yup.
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Date: 2008-09-14 10:05 pm (UTC)Belo's all news cable channel (TXCN - Texas Cable News) has been covering the area and the damage non-stop. For those who did stay on the island, there is now no power, no water, and no food. They are being bussed to San Antonio and Austin. My mom's church here in Arlington took in about 150. For those that did leave, the mayor has said, "Don't come back." It may be weeks before essential utilities are restored on the island.
I did see reports of some areas around Houston starting to get electricity restored.
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