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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:31 PM Original message |
RITA: my parents could not (did not) evac. |
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TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Please, I hope they will be safe n/t |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. I hope they are OK, will be OK |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. seems rita is turning to the east ...next report at 8pm pacific time nt |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Local Texas news just reported a few minutes ago that is slightly west now |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 10:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. Max Mayfield was just on CNN and he thinks it's just a wobble. |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 10:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. That would be good news. I appreciate that we don't get CNN. |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Both CNN and Fox are reporting that it turned a bit west again. |
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cry baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. Hope they can hunker down, at least they aren't in a flood prone |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. I understand your concern but you too will be old someday. |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. They are not that old. Still in their 60's, but Dad has congestive |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. In their 60s! They're just youngsters full of spirit. |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. LOL: I suppose Dad might be in more danger of Mom killing him for |
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A-Possum (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Hoping they do ok |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. they're doing the best they can |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. Do the best you can, let the rest go. |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:42 PM Original message |
Thanks, trying to be at piece with it. Having gallbladder surgery Tues. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
24. Seriously, do NOT put off that surgery. |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Good point. I am meeting surgeon for pre-op tomorrow, I bet he'll want |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 10:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. M'dear, gall bladder problems infect your capacity to contribute,... |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
55. I'm hoping for the laparoscopic version for you |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 11:45 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Lap. is the plan and see my message #57. That's what I thought when I read |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
12. If they are getting plywood, maybe this thread will help |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Thanks they have brick so they have to get something like that. Or |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
13. Hope they'll be okay. |
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enid602 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
15. flood |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. No they are not in the flood plane. In fact they specifically chose this |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. There is nothing more |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
19. Does their house have a big walk-in closet with no windows for them to |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. They have a bathroom with no windows. And a walk-in closet. They have |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 10:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
39. After the storm they can sit in the car with the AC on if it gets too hot, |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. If they don't get plywood, |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Mom will do that. God knows what that stubborn old man will do. |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 10:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. When the wind starts blowing things around, |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 10:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. lol. |
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expatriate (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. Redacted, I've thought about this a lot overnight. |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Thanks. |
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never_get_over_it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
27. I made the point with Katrina critics over and over again |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 10:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Yup. I wonder if MSM will ever connect dots: Not enough time to Evac!! |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 10:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
44. Why? I evacuated from Jeanne. Made reservations at cheap hotels |
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never_get_over_it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 10:52 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Turn on your TV and look at the pictures of the traffic |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 11:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. I took three cats, and I used small 2 lane highways |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 11:07 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Lorien, that was there idea -- back roads. They got caught in traffic |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 02:01 AM Response to Reply #51 |
70. That's awful! How I wish that they had listen to you days ago! |
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never_get_over_it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 11:15 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. I figured you might have taken cats with you |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 11:18 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. agreed. I bet it's a nightmare. I just wish they would have done it on |
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never_get_over_it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 11:24 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Agreed |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 01:43 AM Response to Reply #53 |
69. Sorry, but a nightmare is sitting for hours through a hurricane |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 01:34 AM Response to Reply #52 |
68. Keep some Feliway on hand in case you need to travel with |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 12:37 AM Response to Reply #27 |
67. please post that as a thread |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
31. My Aunt and Uncle (both almost 80) couldn't get out |
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ticapnews (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
32. One of our customers couldn't get out... |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 10:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Local TV (watching on the net) is saying to stay home and prepare if |
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expatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 11:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
54. Why? I don't understand. Isn't there 24 hours until landfall? They were |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 10:35 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. That's 2 1/2 miles an hour. |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
33. They should be OK. |
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bunny planet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
36. I know just how frustrated you feel. I couldn't get my mom to leave her |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 10:18 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. SFH not boarded but a bathroom and a closet with no windows. |
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Kenroy (768 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
43. Ugh... |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 10:46 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I hear ya, it's their payback. But I was a really good kid. Maybe they |
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Kenroy (768 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 10:52 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. heheh... |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
48. Redacted, I bet they will be okay. If they try and leave, they could |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 11:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Thanks Ilsa, I have the worst tension headache. It's so hard to let go. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 11:33 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. It is really hard. My little mom is a cowboy. She's not even |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 11:43 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Thnx SFexpat haven't seen you in awhile. WB |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 11:46 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. I know. |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 11:48 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. LOL. Are you going to the SF version. I can't go. NT |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 11:52 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Yeah, I'm going. LOL! Maybe I should park that bail money |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 12:35 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Enjoy the march! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 12:05 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Dupe. |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-05 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
58. Keeping our fingers crossed for them! |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
66. I'll be saying prayers for your folks and others that are in Rita's |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 05:22 AM Response to Original message |
71. *hugs and prayers* |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 05:38 AM Response to Original message |
72. They should leave now, the Houston roads a almost empty |
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