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Date Posted: 16:33:23 09/22/05 Thu
Author: Marv
Subject: Re: Any News??
In reply to: N5RDC 's message, "Re: Any News??" on 10:40:23 09/22/05 Thu

>>>>WHASUUPPP?? MG
>>>
>>> Not much, except Galveston has been ordered to
>>>evacuate in anticipation of Rita. First time ever for
>>>a mandatory evacuation.
>>>
>>> rel=nofollow target=_blank >>>href="http://www.nbc5i.com/weather/4998879/detail.
>html
>>"
>>>>Galveston Evacuates
>>
>>> > > Maybe they really DID learn something from
>>Katrina and 1900...... Looks like the Gulf is going
>>to fill up with buzz saws this year. Katrina was bad
>>enough, but if Rita holds together, Houston is going
>>to make New Orleans look better. We had panic gas
>>lines here today when a rumor went around that fema
>>was shutting off the fuel supply. I had a woman call
>>me up at the radio station and call me an "irritating
>>asshole" for telling them to quit panicking and that
>>the info I had from MEMA was that it all a rumor. I
>>told her thank you, I'd worked nearly 40 years in
>>radio to develop my asshole persona and have a nice
>>day.. (she was sitting in a gas line when she
>>called).. Our local police and S.O. had to get
>>national guard help, don riot gear and mobilize all
>>officers to control the idiots. Tomorrow, I plan to
>>go in and start the rumor that "the sky is falling"
>>and see if I can promote the sales of helments and
>>umbrellas. MG
>
> LOL! That may cause a run on tin foil!
>I was watching the news this morning & they said the
>120 mile drive from Houston to Huntsville was taking
>up to 10 hours.
> The fuel probem is probably true, but not because of
>FEMA. The greatest concentration of oil refineries in
>the world is between Corpus Christy & Lake Charles,
>LA. (mostly in & around Baytown, Tx.), & refine 4.5
>million barrels of oil per day, and they are shutting
>most of them down.
> Galveston isn't quite as bad as New Orleans. Most of
>it is about 8 feet above sea level & they have a solid
>granite seawall 17 feet high, but it's still an island
>- Trouble is, they say the storm surge could be as
>high as 40-50 feet.
> They say we may get winds up to 75 mph here. If so,
>we will have a lot of power outages. Not for long I
>hope, because my nebulizer only works on AC.
> > They say we may get the Eastern Fringes of Rita on top of Katrina... That is if she doesn't turn any more north. If she does, it may be "Katie bar the door"! My cousin across the road is on dyalisis and he had to go to Jackson for treatments following Katrina. I topped off the tank and filled a 5 gal can today (no lines).. Bought 6 bags of ice for the empty freezer. We were hoping for a new generator, but it looks like time is running out. I see Wal-Mart is selling two-cycle 1200 watt jobbies for $179.00 and "Freds" is selling 2KW for $269. I'm thinking Propane would be the way to go if possible. We still have the Gasoline 5kw klunker that might work some more. Hope we don't need it. We're still sick from Katrina... I'm running fever as I speak. And to top it off the "Love Bugs" have blossomed everywhere.... MG

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