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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:38 PM
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Mayor Lyda Thomas of Galveston: "The seawall is holding! I'm not sure how much water we'll have."
Edited on Fri Sep-12-08 04:49 PM by Bluebear
"We're ready. Once the storm passes the water will go down. We'll know more in nine hours then we can recover."

Holy Toledo, talk about oblivious.
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SweetieD Donating Member (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:39 PM
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1. Oh dear, I just feel like she is in profound denial about this. I hope I'm wrong for her sake.
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:40 PM
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2. Sure it will hold the water, but not when the water is 5-10 above the wall.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:40 PM
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3. Heck of a job, Lyda!
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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:41 PM
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4. "...I'm not sure how much water we'll have."
All of it, Smarty McBrainstorm.
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HCE SuiGeneris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:43 PM
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5. She sounded way too optimistic for what is coming down the pipe.
I fear for all of those in the direct path of this storm that have remained in Galveston.
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JeanGrey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:44 PM
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6. Oh. My. God.
Well I wonder who will end up looking like the bigger idiot? Her or Blanco and Nagin.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:46 PM
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7. She needs to pull the first responders out of there
If she's stupid enough to believe a three foot sea wall will protect a barrier island from a Cat 2-3 hurricane, then let her do what she wants. Stupid is often fatal.

However, the police and firefighters and ambulance crews need to get to safety.
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DisgustipatedinCA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:49 PM
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11. Your point stands. However, I believe the seawall is 17' n/t
..
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:51 PM
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13. The seawall is 17 ft though it may have settled a couple of ft since it was built.
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nebenaube Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:47 PM
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8. let me guess....
She's a god fearin' republican?
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:48 PM
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10. Has. To. Be.
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:55 PM
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19. Nope.
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WolverineDG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:54 PM
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17. Guess again nt
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:56 PM
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20. Proof that foolishness has no limits.
What happened to the grand evacuation plan of hers? What on earth is making her optimistic at this point in time?
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WolverineDG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:59 PM
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23. According to another thread
she doesn't want to "scare" people. I think it's way past time to stop worrying about that & start screaming "GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE IF YOU CAN!!!"

but then, that's just me.....

dg
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 05:00 PM
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24. Like Bush didn't want to "scare the children" on 9/11.
I agree with you one hundred percent.
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:48 PM
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9. Yeah, all of us around the rest of the country...
know so much more about what's going to happen than the hundreds of experts working there and advising her.
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angstlessk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:50 PM
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12. I was watching the seawall..it is backed by ground..it is not a 'levee'
it's a fricking concrete wall between the GROUND and the SEA to prevent corrosion of the GROUND..it is not to keep the sea back...it's the damn water OVER the seawall that is and was the worry!!!
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WolverineDG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:52 PM
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14. Lady, the city is FLOODING
have you been watching KTRK?? Hell, I'm 5 hours' away, watching that station on the internet & trying to keep my jaw from being bruised by hitting the floor so much while watching the footage from Galveston. Based on what I've seen all day, you're beyond screwed. You're SCREWN.

dg
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 05:05 PM
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26. Six feet in some areas and the real storm is still hours
away from land.
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erpowers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 05:07 PM
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28. Watching the Weather Channel, CNN, and MSNBC
My mouth has continuly dropped and I have constantly screamed wow and whoa. I have been shocked by what I have seen. Since early this morning the city has been flooding. I am shocked at how much this storm is doing while it is so far away from land.
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Selatius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:52 PM
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15. She makes Mayor Ray Nagin look like a fucking genius. nt
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:53 PM
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16. "The seawall is holding"???
Nobody EXPECTS the seawall to collapse, you idiot. That's not the danger. The danger is from the 20+ feet of water that's gonna come pouring OVER it.

:banghead:
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NoGOPZone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:54 PM
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18. 'Holding' in what respect, Lyda? nt
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:57 PM
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22. Zing! :)
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 05:07 PM
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27. ...
:evilgrin:
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anigbrowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 04:56 PM
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21. If the waves get up to 22ft as predicted, I wouldn't bet on that wall
She sounds pretty foolhardy to me.
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misanthrope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 05:03 PM
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25. Remind me again of American students and science scores**nm
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