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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'This is the dumbest thing I've ever done,' says man who rode out Harvey
PORT ARANSAS -- The walls had begun to contract, squeezed and yanked by the 130-mph winds of the punishing storm Bill and Paulette Rogers had foolishly underestimated.
With a resounding crack around 10 p.m., the two-story beach home shook. A tree tore through the upstairs bedroom. The frames and a wall clock came crashing down, and water surged in, fast, warm and deadly. It was then that Bill Rogers, 61, knew he had a made a mistake by staying home.
"Get the dogs," he shouted. "Move it. We gotta go -- now."
Bill, a lifelong mechanic with tough hands and soft blue eyes, had spent Friday morning boarding up the windows, and Paulette, 64, his wife of 40 years, had picked up the groceries and sundries they figured were enough to outlast a Category 2 hurricane. Thanks to a generator, they spent the evening watching TV news, of excitable people fleeing the coast.
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https://www.dallasnews.com/news/weather/2017/08/26/dumbest-thing-ever-done-says-man-rode-harvey-wife-four-dogs-truck
Stupid RWer, very lucky to be alive.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,110 posts)SharonClark
(10,005 posts)Fla Dem
(23,351 posts)then shook my head when the story ended when he said , "Death?" Bill muses. "I ain't afraid of death. What I'm afraid of is the IRS." So another anti-gov RW know-it-all, but not smart enough to leave when told to evacuate.
TexasProgresive
(12,148 posts)n2doc
(47,953 posts)TexasProgresive
(12,148 posts)People I know who would never vote r'Puke make jokes about IRS and death. That's not particularly good evidence. It's the kind of conclusion that makes for harmful gossip, oh, opinions, sorry.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)I lived in the area for years and he displays all the hallmarks of a RW asshole. I really don't give a damn if someone's feelings get hurt by my characterization.
procon
(15,805 posts)Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)I think some people are macho assholes.
Some are dumber than dirt.
I think others just cannot comprehend what they are being told. They think you are exaggerating. I have come to believe that many have to live through a catastrophe to truly get it. I can understand. I can try to understand living through an earthquake but that experience is beyond my true understanding. I either have to listen to advice and in a way go on faith in that or I believe I can make it anyway.