JOHNDX:
I have a small vaction home in Port O'Conner. I'm sure it won't be there the next time I check on it.

you have insurance?

From this page

"The NHC suggests on their latest discussion that Rita could be a category five hurricane already. They are awaiting a recon plane to get in to the area to find out for sure. The Hurricane Hunters had problems with their aircraft last night and so there has not been any new recon data from Rita in quite some time."

I have a bad feeling about this.

My area has just been put under mandatory evacuation....

Thats it im moving mid west.

Good luck and safe driving to anyone else evacuating!

hodgedogofthesouth

Thunder Bay is a bay on lake Huron, not the ocean. Given the lack of fault lines and the small amount of water, I don't think you can have a tsunami in the great lakes.

Which makes me lucky too.

/hamiltonian
//blizzards and ice storms suck tho

elffster: hope things turn out alright, but damn this looks to be as bad as Kat or worse...

we've already told my aunt to grab some things. There isnt any plywood anywhere in the town, and HEB and other grocery stores have been out of water since monday.

Lord of Allusions:

With 2 large hurricanes targeting large oil ports, is Mother Nature trying to exact her revenge?

Yes I believe she is spanking a certain someones wee wee for going back on a campaign promise. Something about alternative fuel...ack what do I know?

Civil_War2_Time

See ya on the road man. Good luck.

I'm leaving, even though I've never had to evacuate before. But, I've never been through a cat5 and don't plan on sticking around. I feel for the people who stay.

dawg1998: I live in near the Texas Gulf Coast, recently had brain surgery, don't plan to leave, and need a few bucks. Please use PayPal for your pre-donation.


Did we ever find out what happened to that guy?

OK - what's the parade cam now?

faethe

Holy shiat that is unreal. What a goddamn pressure drop! Its raining like hell in Orlando btw. Has been on and off since last night.

Hey hurricane budette. At least we have nothin to worry about this time around, although my place was on the Northern tip of the TS warning area (Zzzzz).

Good luck to Texas folks.....you're gonna need a lot of it.

I'd like to enlist fark's help in convincing my grandparents, who live in Houston, to evacuate. If they do not, then I will be forced by my own will to stay with them.

Feel free to address my grandparents in this thread, and please, keep it clean.

MackyWood:

ive got to take the farkin bumper off my truck and let the air outta my tires just to get it in the damn garage

Gotta take the wing mirrors of mine, and even then it's a tight squeeze. I only drive a truck coz it was so dangerous driving a sports car around here, no one can see you. Plus the fact I totalled my sports car. Driving a Titan now. It's like a bus.

This hurricane goes to 802.12b

Watch the tracking of hurricane Ophelia... that one just lingered and couldn't make up it's mind on which way to go.

Somebody is getting good use out of his hurricane gun.

I know a few lesbians if this Goddess is interested...

If any New Orleans refuge in Texas just wants to get away from stormy weather, just bring yourself to Berkeley. I have an empty rental unit being rennovated that you can just move into now.

I'm not guaranteeing that we won't get the Big One while you are hear. The universe can have a sick sense of humor.

it's a long travel though. nice and sunny today.

Oh, this is going to be a buttload of fun.

First reporter that asks me "Aren't you glad this didn't hit New Orleans?" is getting a bullet between the eyes.

you have insurance?

Nope, it's uninsurable because of it's age and location. It's a small 3 bdrm trailer, tied down.

It's ok..it only costs me $500. The stuff in it is old furniture, tv, telephone, n such not really a big deal

Meh.

We're likely to have trouble when the anus hits our oil.

"Get the Fark out!"

Go gas prices...come on $10!

2005-09-21 02:41:45 PM BrotherMaynard

Perhaps now is a good time for my Gulf Coast brethren to consider moving to wonderful state of Pennsylvania. No hurricanes, no earthquakes, and no monster tornados. Plenty of open land with places to hunt and fish.

Downside: Steeler fans

**and it's in Pennsylvania
**I keed...
**I love mullets...CALL OFF THE DOGS!

We have a home (that survived the 1900 hurricane) on Galveston Island. We boarded up everything, took the dog and left on the Midnight Ferry last night because we did not want to get caught up in the evacuation mess today and tomorrow.

Problem is there are only two ways off Galveston: Bolivar Island Ferry (holds about 70 vehicles max runs every half hour) and then up Bolivar Peninsula Rte. 87 (one lane highway) or taking I-45 up to Houston where you can connect with lots of major highways.

Problem is last night authorities said: Once you get on the evacuation routes today the authorities will not let you off and you have to go to Huntsville (where the prison is no thanks), College Station, or Lufkin - and get into the shelters provided.

We are safe (we think( in our old family homestead in Northeast Texas

JOHNDX

Good luck to you and yours as well. I'm on the phone constantly telling everyone that's being hard headed...Cat3. Oh, now 4. Hmm, now a Cat5. Ears are starting to prop up, thankfully.

Is it too early to start blaming my political enemies for the ensuing disaster?

Miss Surreal: Good luck and safe driving to anyone else evacuating!

I'm in Austin if you need a place to stay. Looks like a cat1 for us. Not pleasant but not bad.

oh, no guns. if you come up here, leave the guns there. thanks.

borednaked - you just described Russian weather perfectly.

/why is it only Canadian understand? It's so, demeaning.
/Mama-kin.

GIS for "category five:"

Get out of there, farkers, or you'll be in for trouble when the oil rig hits the anus.

Pray for Omarion and JOHN DX's massive pron collection.

Finding a hotel in texas to evacuate to is becoming a problem...

Either its filled up with Katrina evacuees or filled up with evacuees from this hurricane.

I mean come on Texas is huge, and not one hotel is available?

Gah.

Veratyr: Feel free to address my grandparents in this thread, and please, keep it clean.

Leave now......for the sanity of your grandchild. :)

If anyone feels like chuckin it up to Tulsa, email's in profile.

That headline is awesome!

Wanted in questioning, however, interviewer couldn't take the scratch horsey voice anymore.

Well I guess I better go get gas today before it goes to $4 bucks a gallon.