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Nambe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 04:37 PM Original message |
Islanders who insisted on staying died in Ike |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. I saw a list of people who were missing |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. They thought they could leave in the morning but the storm moved in quicker than predicted. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. k&r with thanks. I searched and was going to post this earlier, decided I've been posting |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. Ahh, yes...just like those in Katrina..."they insisted on staying" and deserved to die. |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. An unusual canary |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Agree with what you say... |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Correct! Mother nature must maintain Equalibrium |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-05-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
35. Bad understanding of "Mother nature" |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. It is not about deserving to die, but about choices and consequences. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. It was a cat 2 hurricane.... |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-05-08 03:22 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Yes, you need a way to emphasise the power of the surge, |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-05-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. That is true.... |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not-so-mandatory evacuation |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Remember mandatory evacuations began from Corpus Christi side |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Not sure what the legalities are. |
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Hun Joro (511 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. The choice to stay or leave isn't that simple. |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. And next time you may not be lucky |
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Hun Joro (511 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Gosh. Thanks for determining who is and isn't rational. |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. "I would have already evacuated on my own" |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Means, reliable transportation, etc. |
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GETPLANING (370 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. Many of the people who stayed were stranded by rising tide... |
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RollWithIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Those "missing" people were eaten...... |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. The art of hurricane prediction... |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. "the average of successful prediction has been 100%" |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. For the long time the prediction was Ike is going toward Corpus |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-05-08 06:43 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Exactly. |
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RollWithIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
11. I can't remember his name, but there was a DU'er on Galviston Island who was gonna stay.... |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
15. Sad...very sad. |
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lisa58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
18. Rest in Eternal Peace - I'm so sorry |
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Libby2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. Absolutely heartbreaking. n/t |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
22. Kick! "backroom story" ...needs to get out there. n/t |
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endelfam (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
27. So sad.....but you can't say what you would do in a specific situation. |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-04-08 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
29. So sad. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-05-08 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
32. RIP to those people. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-05-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. "Does it really matter why they stayed?" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-05-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
36. What a stupid, disrespectful headline. n/t |
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