Hurricane Rita

[Facetious]

no, but SUVS FUCKING RULE DUDE

[PH]

So apparently they've shut down all incoming traffic. There is no gas left in Lufkin, and there won't be any more until Monday. There is also no room left in the shelters here, so they've told incoming evacuees to either turn back or pull to the side of the road and cope the best they can. Now I basically HAVE to stay in the subdivision because my car's sitting on about an eighth of a tank. Fuck.

[Overburn]

dont know if it will work, but you could probably just syphon some gas out of your lawn mower or other peoples cars if you needed it.

[Ilya]

So apparently they've shut down all incoming traffic. There is no gas left in Lufkin, and there won't be any more until Monday. There is also no room left in the shelters here, so they've told incoming evacuees to either turn back or pull to the side of the road and cope the best they can. Now I basically HAVE to stay in the subdivision because my car's sitting on about an eighth of a tank. Fuck.

make a nervous breakdown thread

[PH]

New Orleans is getting hit again. A levee broke and 9th Ward is flooding like mad. Landfall of the actual hurricane has been pushed up to about 4:30 AM, and it's been downgraded to a Category 3 with 125 mph winds.

I took some water and supplies to some evacuees earlier, and traffic is still lined up for miles on 59-North. I only made it about a quarter of a mile down the highway before I ran out of stuff to give. This is a fucked up situation.

[Golden Sun 1]

behind ph's trash tlking and picture leaching there is a guy helping others!

[PH]

SHH!

(And I don't leech, all my images are on ImageShack. :P)

[PH]

So apparently Rita was more hype than anything. Got some pretty strong wind and some rain up here, went for 32 hours without electricity, and a tree fell through the roof of a house on the north side of the subdivision, but overall I'd say the damage is pretty minor. Can't say the same for towns like Port Arthur or Lake Charles though, they got hit pretty hard. Oddly enough the Houston area didn't get much of anything, so the biggest traffic jam in U.S. history was all for nothing. Hopefully everyone can return safely and get on with their lives.

[Ilya]

So apparently Rita was more hype than anything

not for new orleans

[PH]

Now playing: Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks.

</tasteless>

I meant for the 2+ million people they forced into a pointless evacuation. A trip that would take 2.5 hours on a normal day took almost 21 hours for my cousin. For nothing. I understand "better safe than sorry", especially after Katrina, but that's ridiculous.

[DoTheFandango]

I find that things like this usually are blown out of proportion.

Like after 9/11 people talked about how bad security was at airports, I've never really seen that to be true.

[Golden Sun 1]

I find that things like this usually are blown out of proportion.

Like after 9/11 people talked about how bad security was at airports, I've never really seen that to be true.

lol

[DoTheFandango]

oh shit lolocaust

[Rhino_haha]

$10 says the eye will hit far enough right to where Houston wont get hurt, and all that evacuating of Houston will be pointless.

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Oddly enough the Houston area didn't get much of anything, so the biggest traffic jam in U.S. history was all for nothing.

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.....Somebody owes me $10.