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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:04 PM Original message |
Listen and listen well - things are much worse in Texas than |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Senior Dems on DU, please contact Sheila Jackson Lee |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. Posting link to my topic where am gathering news on other areas. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Great |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Scholes International Airport will remain closed until further notice. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. We know it's closed but we want information on the severity |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Got it. off to check. Found a forum, am looking, lots of stuff from outlying areas. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. Found a picture but nothing yet for a story. Maybe no one's there yet. Will keep looking |
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Nevilledog (902 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. If you owned a plane WHY wouldn't you have flown it out before? |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
145. My brother flies for a living. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
52. Thanks uppityperson n/t |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
123. Twelve Texas refineries showing little damage |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #123 |
126. Ike destroys a number of Gulf platforms |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #126 |
128. So, 12 refineries show little damage, but a # platforms destroyed? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #126 |
149. KHOU reporters just said ten platforms destroyed |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. K & R. |
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gblady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. Judging from the intensity of the storm... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Sort of like a bushitler/dick McSame/McMoose |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. Ike Shutters 20% of U.S. Refining Capacity; Reserves Released |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
85. Deleted. |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
98. And oil is down to 99/barrel, because Ike didn't fulfill |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
184. K&R. We're already at $5/gallon in Tennessee, $6 in some parts and there is no gas. |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. La. had some bad flooding too - areas haven't been checked yet |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Very, very bad in Cameron Parish |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. Not a single picture in my local paper. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. right, massive search and rescue is still underway |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. Why would they lie about storm damage? |
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Glimmer of Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I don't think certain people want others to be reminded of what a fiasco Katrina was. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Because they do not want criticism like with Katrina. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Bingo |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
69. There is a lot of denial on all sides when it comes to these storms. |
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wanpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. ding ding ding! |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
129. They don't want people to see Texans being treated differently |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 04:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
165. I heard on NPR today that first responders had no water and that they were asking |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 04:43 AM Response to Reply #20 |
166. or pictures of bloated bodies lying in the streets... that's why |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Keeps the rest of the population unaware so that they cannot demand |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
36. also would squash the DRILL HERE DRILL NOW crowd |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #36 |
58. Bingo and the drill baby drill vote was supposed to be |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
49. Panic buying of gasoline -> empty gas stations -> chaos |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
78. It doesn't go well with the "drill here, drill now" slogan, for one thing. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #78 |
189. Looking at the few pictures |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 05:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
167. Look at everything that the criminials running this country have done the past eight years and ask |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #15 |
178. What if the media were completely excluded from Katrina? |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
16. Looks like there will be no more aerial coverage -- |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Since yesterday |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. sharks.. maybe not so many bodies |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #42 |
60. If the numbers of trapped/missing people are as large as |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #16 |
181. how unamerican, how uncaring |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. I call BS. The MSM loves nothing more than overhyping bad news |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. hopefully you are right. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
54. No It Wouldn't. ALL Of The Networks Take Their Orders from the RNC |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
163. retaliation by the government would stop the truth - think of palin |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 08:13 AM Response to Reply #18 |
171. dupe |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 08:16 AM Response to Reply #18 |
172. no just full spectrum dominance.... stated policy is not conspiracy n/t |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
19. Truck driver trying to get FEMA supplies to Houston/Galveston |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
26. another website with 11 stations, including Terrebonne Parish La. |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. OMG, that is hurricane overload |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Thank goodness the default is set to mute! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Did you hear the city manager |
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tnlurker (698 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
27. Other than the kid that had the limb fall on him |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. A tree fell on a woman's home |
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wanpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. is galveston's mayor dem o repub? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. You're not serious |
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KnaveRupe (700 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 05:52 AM Response to Reply #37 |
170. The Keating 5 consisted of 4 Dems and St. John McCain. n/t |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. She's a dem, as if that matters now nt |
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wanpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. I'm only asking because the fingers will soon start pointing. That is all. Just wondering. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #43 |
55. I was wrong |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #43 |
62. Yes because hurricanes decide how much damage they'll do |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. You're right but many sites say otherwise |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. She's a Dem |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. I've heard 25 deaths reported on one of the cable channels. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #35 |
57. They can't cover this up from now to November |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
51. You should delve a little deeper than the corporate media. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
33. The refineries cannot open until they get the electricity restored |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. My brother usually has "hurricane duty" |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Yep |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #40 |
56. Glad he was on vacation. |
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rxdem84 (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
41. They won't be able to hide much longer. The truth is going to |
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Janeite (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #41 |
137. Anderson Cooper was broadcasting live yesterday evening |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
46. They "learned" from Katrina to control the information. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
113. Our government's hurricane math is like the USSR's Chernobyl Math. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
47. Bull |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. And you know this, how? |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. "Two Oil Rigs Break Loose after Ike" |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #47 |
59. I have a feeling that the death toll will unfortunately make Katrina look small in comparison |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. I thought it was more like 150,000 |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. Something like that in all the areas under mand. evac. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #66 |
93. Thanks n/t |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Chertoff on KHOU now |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Afraid of losing Texas in November, no doubt |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. This was not in their plans n/t |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #59 |
105. We'll never know the real death toll from Katrina. n/t |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #105 |
122. Agreed |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #47 |
64. FEMA is not allowing air traffic over Galveston, including press |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. You probably live near a hospital or other emergency building |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. We are near Trans Star command center where Hurricane Central |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Yep many of us have suspected this since Jim Cantore |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. The Galveston mayor told the press she was in no position |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Glad someone else noticed that |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. She looks like she's not easily intimidated and I bet she'll have minders |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #80 |
87. Early this morning one of the local reporters said they just |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #74 |
84. They left the mics on during one press conference and you could hear Perry tell the Mayor to |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. My cousin lives on Bolivar |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #73 |
81. I hope your cousin is OK merh |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #81 |
91. you know how it goes, you just keep trying to find out what's |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #73 |
88. I hope your cousin is ok... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. KHOU confirming deaths |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. Please do |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #73 |
118. forum link (khou forum) |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #73 |
155. reports here say everybody got off bolivar, the water came up & flooded |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:07 PM Response to Reply #155 |
161. I hope you are right - thank you for the report, I hadn't heard that |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #161 |
164. Some of the helicopter rescues we saw on Friday morning were Bolivar Peninsula... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. I just saw a shot of Crystal Beach. It is gone. |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #64 |
176. Where are you getting this? I just saw a ton of pictures |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #176 |
177. I am getting this from my news here in Houston... At one point |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #177 |
194. Well I just saw the pics yesterday. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #47 |
97. There were reports of 3 platforms loose on MSNBC earlier |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. They don't even know how many are loose |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #97 |
147. KHOU reporters just said 10 production platforms were |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #147 |
150. slug bug! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #150 |
153. LOL |
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akwapez (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #147 |
162. per MSNBC - |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 05:21 AM Response to Reply #162 |
169. Isn't that the truth n/t |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #162 |
190. "Damaged" versus "destroyed" |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #47 |
148. KHOU has just reported that 10 Oil Production Platforms were destroyed... |
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pnutbutr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #148 |
182. 10 out of 3800 |
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tannybogus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
75. This was a setup for disaster. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #75 |
83. National guard at the stadium have neither food nor water in Houston |
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Glimmer of Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #83 |
92. This needs to get out there. It is unacceptable. |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #83 |
115. Just got back from Tully where I dropped off some |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #115 |
138. You're a good person |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #75 |
94. Do you think people |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #94 |
140. please stop |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #140 |
175. Oh BS |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #175 |
193. there is nothing to argue about |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 05:20 AM Response to Reply #94 |
168. No, I think you're just proudly displaying the enormity of how big |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #168 |
185. let's |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #75 |
96. Please get your facts straight |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #96 |
119. However it is true that the focus post-Katrina was NO and levees, not the coast |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #119 |
141. I appreciate your work putting all those links and all that information |
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Jeanette in FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
76. This reminds me of Hurricane Andrew in 1992 |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. Katrina too |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #76 |
95. I didn't know that happened. Good lord. n/t |
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WritersBlock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #76 |
111. A first responder to Andrew told me deaths were in the thousands. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
82. It's not just "the media." The media has been barred from the disaster site by the Feds. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. They can't hide this forever n/t |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
100. It's Ron Paul's district; there were no hurricanes in the Constitution ... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. Haven't even seen him |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. At all? I wonder if that's why they elected him to represent them? n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. It could also be that the embedded media hasn't given him time. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #103 |
104. Good point n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #104 |
106. On the other hand, he can't very well come out and nag people |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. No he can't |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #107 |
109. I'm glad someone caught my "not in the Constitution" joke! n/t |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #109 |
114. Paying attention |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #109 |
116. Sorry! lol |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #103 |
108. He's the representative of the area. He can call a press conference. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #108 |
110. Could be both. I looked for a statement from him and didn't find anything yet. n/t |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #110 |
112. Hobby and Bush airports will be reopened for limited service |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #112 |
117. Houston Ch 11 is now showing aerial views. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #117 |
131. It's terrible |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #131 |
132. They just showed a long line of people waiting to leave. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #110 |
120. I just find it strange that his supporters were every where during the primaries ... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #120 |
121. I agree, it's weird. Nothing in my news search, nothing new on the web. n/t |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #121 |
125. I don't know how it is in Texas, but out here in La-la Land ... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #125 |
127. Things look pretty tight in Houston. Skeletor and Perry stood |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #127 |
133. Another press conference coming up |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #133 |
136. Power to the people. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #127 |
134. Good questions all. I'd just like to know where that ol' Mavrick Paul is. That's all. n/t |
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SweetieD (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
124. I noticed there was something fishy about the MSM coverage of this too. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #124 |
130. It just seems unreal to me. Unless you're a white guy giving out food |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #124 |
139. What coverage? CNN and MSNBC are hardly bothering to interrupt regular shows |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #139 |
152. Here... |
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LonelyLRLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
135. In press conferences, FEMA people refused to talk about casualties. |
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limit18 (261 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
142. Ike |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #142 |
143. And? Huh, search shows me something you thought was funny. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #143 |
154. There are a few survivors in the Bolivar penninsula |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #154 |
158. That's good. I haven't seen the news, doing internet searching. thanks. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #158 |
159. A lady who was working with the emergency team, whose |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
144. Are you in the area? |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
146. Saw my first episode of Frank today. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #146 |
151. Wasn't that fabulous |
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B2G (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
156. KHOU has been showing video all day |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #156 |
160. You're missing the point entirely. The reporting has erased |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #160 |
180. Katrina exposed a major hole in Bushie Propaganda Ops. It's been sealed. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #180 |
186. It's so very Soviet... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #180 |
188. And their first impulse is to excise the people from the event. |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
157. Houston airport is supposed to open tomorrow. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #157 |
191. Are you f***ing kidding me? |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
173. Not good |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
174. There is very little damage at the refineries! They are closed |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #174 |
179. But XXON ugh CEO was on teevee and said they had set up generators BEFORE Ike got there.... |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #179 |
195. Generators can't run an entire refinery. |
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pnutbutr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
183. refineries shut due to power loss and hardly any damage |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #183 |
187. We told you!! |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
192. Kick. nt |
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