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| Raw video: Bolivar Peninsula Devastated |
| 2008-09-15 |
| Pooling, TV stations could finally, this afternoon, get a plane in the air, close enough to show the devastation. Bolivar Peninsula is located north of Galveston Island. It was on the east side of that Eye of Ike as he hit. Sea level, 10 feet. A reported 140 folks stayed on the Peninsula (authorities had told them to write their name and SS number on their arm) They are looking for them. They are having difficulty, cause they can't match the houses to addresses. The houses have moved or disappeared. And, the Texas coastline has changed. The Gulf of Mexico just got bigger |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #6 The Rita gridlock was because people did not follow instructions - the entire Houston metro area should not have gotten on the roads, just the low-lying areas to the south along the bay and beyond (Galveston). People did somewhat better this time, but still plenty of room for improvement. And Galveston-Bolivar residents who do not evacuate might as well be playing Russian Roullette - as mentioned elsewhere today, stupidity is a capital offense, with no appeal. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-09-15 19:14 |
| #5 AFAIK, the evacuation for Rita killed more people than the storm itself (?herself) did. It's still a bad idea to live such a short height above sea level in a hurricane zone, unless you're some kind of aquatic or amphibian life form. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-09-15 16:00 |
| #4 Some interesting folks in Bolivar Peninsula... Of particular concern is a resident who collects exotic animals who is now holed up in a Baptist church with his pet lion. "We're not going in there," Jones said. "We know where he (the lion) is on the food chain." I wonder where his owner is on the food chain today? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-09-15 12:55 |
| #3 All true, but people in SE Texas have not forgot the mandatory evacuation of Rita (I believe it was Rita) that ended up in 100 mile backups and 14 hour stoppages in the interestates. I think a lot of the people stayed behind because of that experience. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2008-09-15 12:15 |
| #2 "Stupidity is the only universal capital crime.The sentence is carried out automatically, and there is no appeal." -- RAH |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-09-15 10:53 |
| #1 The Media have been irresponsible. Many folks who would have left saw the media arrive and begin to broadcast and thought, "Hey, if these bozos can stay, so can I." Bad move on everyone's part. |
| Posted by: Woozle Unusosing8053 2008-09-15 09:51 |