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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:13 PM Original message |
Steve LeBlanc - Galveston City Manager - "40% of residents still on island"... |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not for long. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. well.. the population will be significantly lower tomorrow |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. Listening to the live feed, lots of people say they aren't leaving because they left durning Rita |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. That was the direct result of evcuating areas that did not need evacuating. |
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tandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. How many residents live there? |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. As of the 2005 U.S. Census estimate, the city had a total population of 57,466.... |
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tandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Oh boy, over 20,000 stayed in Galveston??? |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. And they have a "Shelter of last resort" that holds 2000... |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. About 60k I think. I lived there in '97 on the west end of the island just past Jamaica Beach in a |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm watching here: |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. fantastic link |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's too late now... |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. Galveston, oh Galveston! |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. There's a line in that song |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Yep--I just don't get it. They have to know how vulnerable they are. |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I walked down to the beach during Hanna |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. What would being afraid of getting killed in Vietnam have to do with this? |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I thought the song was about world war I |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Sorry, I was wrong, it was written with the Spanish-American war in mind. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. Island? What island?....Did somebody see what happened to the island? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Weren't they the site of the worst hurricane death toll in American history? |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
37. Yes 8000 in 1900. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm watching the local news here and they are showing aerial video of Galveston. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. 17 ft. wall -- Expecting 19 - 22 ft storm surge --- 30 ft waves.... |
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RollWithIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
14. Darwin in action.... WTF? 40%? Where was the mandatory evac? |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Like NO, Galveston has a very high population of poor minorities |
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RollWithIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Look, I'm not blaming those people, I'm blaming that city, that county, and the state of texas.... |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Earlier I saw a heartbreaking photo in a slideshow of an |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. Cheap real estate next week!! Darwin rules.....Not just a good idea, it's the law... |
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Princess Turandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. This is bad.. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
19. If it is 40%, it would be nearly 23,000 people. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Men, woman and children.... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. For what it's worth, FOX just reported 20% left on island |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
23. This is just horrible. |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
32. Just don't get it why someone would stay? |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. denial |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. What I'm hearing is that the Rita traffic jams discouraged a lot of people.... |
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EmperorHasNoClothes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
35. I guess we'll see if FEMA has improved in the past 3 years |
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Princess Turandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
38. A large building is now on fire on Galveston; |
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