Subj : Re: Rita -- close to home
To   : Sam Alexander
From : Finnigann
Date : Fri Sep 23 2005 03:08 am

-=> Sam Alexander wrote to Ralph Smole <=-

 >   Re: Rita -- close to home
 >   By: Mweeby to Sam Alexander on Wed Sep 21 2005 10:42 pm
 >
 >  >   Re: Rita -- close to home
 >  >   By: Sam Alexander to All on Wed Sep 21 2005 03:12 pm
 >  >
 >  >  > Hey Guys...
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Well today after work I'm heading to the store for batteries and other
 >  >  > supplies just incase we need'em this weekend.  I live in Waco, which i
 >  >  > about 200 miles inland from the Gulf, but they're predicting a foot or
 >  >  > of rain and winds upwards of 60mph this weekend if the hurricane heads
 >  >  > way.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Something else that sucks is my step-mom's mom is in Houston and VERY
 >  >  > to death, and there's no way they can move her.  My dad and step-famil
 >  >  > all down there, so who knows when they'll get back home if they're not
 >  >  > by Friday and Rita hits Texas.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > I know there's lots of folks in Texas on the Sync BBS list, so just cu
 >  >  > how many other are prepairing for this round of weather.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Take care --
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Sam
 >  >  >
 >  > Well sam we'll be pullin for you and your family up north here.
 >  > Hope your dad gets up there in time.  I saw on the news that the highways
 >  > bridges out of Galviston are already clogged.
 >  >
 >  >
 > Yes,the roads coming north out of Houston,Galveston,etc.. are jammed. Hwy 45
 > now completely northbound only..others will soon be the same. Up here in Nor
 > Texas, we already had some evacuees come into the WalMart where I am a suppo
 > manager for car-work. I work in the TLE department. We expect TONS more toda
 >

 SA> Hi Ralph,

 SA> I was listening to XM Radio's Houston Traffic station, and they were
 SA> talking about highway 45 being oneway on both sides to Buffalo.  That's
 SA> Highway 7 that crosses there in Buffalo, and where are folks going to
 SA> go from there? Go east they're in Crocket and heading back to east
 SA> texas or west is Marlin and towards us in Waco.

 SA> It's crazy!!  I'll be very curious to see what comes of all this mess,
 SA> but I guess anyplace is better then on the coast, even if it is stuck
 SA> on I45 in BFE.

Perhaps in the future, there will be information signs saying this way for
exacuees... or for more info tun to 530 on your AM dial etc. This isn't the
19th century. Thse things are about millions of people, not hundreds or
thousands.



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