lots of pictures here...
do not open this link if you are on dial up... there are hundreds of pictures there...
http://www.tpicks.com/pictures%20people ... %20me.html
photos from Ike
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mekender
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photos from Ike
“I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party. The Democrat Party has adopted our platform.” - Norman Thomas, a six time candidate for president for the Socialist Party, 1944
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mekender
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Re: photos from Ike
ok, here is what i dont get...
i can understand the houses getting trashed... not much you can do to get them out of the path of the storm... the cars too... but all the boats... i mean im sorry but if i own a $100,000 + boat... im getting it the hell out of the way... im not going to leave it docked so that i have to pull it out of someone's front yard later on... and the airplanes too... WTF???
i can understand the houses getting trashed... not much you can do to get them out of the path of the storm... the cars too... but all the boats... i mean im sorry but if i own a $100,000 + boat... im getting it the hell out of the way... im not going to leave it docked so that i have to pull it out of someone's front yard later on... and the airplanes too... WTF???
“I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party. The Democrat Party has adopted our platform.” - Norman Thomas, a six time candidate for president for the Socialist Party, 1944
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Rod
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Re: photos from Ike
On the first page there's a picture that says it all. The amusement park with the ride named Chaos. I taught about the 1900 hurricane and have seen pictures of the damage from that storm, this is just as bad.
one can be a Democrat, or one can choose to be an American.
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Good acting requires an imagination; reality requires a person not getting lost in their imagination.
"It's better to have a gun if you need it". Felix's opthamologist
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Cybrludite
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Re: photos from Ike
Regarding the boats: By the time you're certain the storm is going to hit your area, it's too late to try & get out by sea. (Unless you really want to re-enact the hurricane scene from "Forrest Gump", that is... 
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)"If it ain't the Devil's Music, you ain't doin' it right." - Chris Thomas King
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"When liberal democracies collapse, someone comes along who promises to make the trains run on time if we load the right people into them." - Tam K.
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cu74
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Re: photos from Ike
Anyone have recent information on Jim? Last I saw was a 'report" that he had made it out of Galveston ahead of the huricane.CByrneIV wrote:Yaknow, Jim Seigler is a dear friend of mine... but anyone who lives on Galveston island is an idiot.
Jim Dozier - Straight, but not narrow...
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“A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.” - Rudyard Kipling.
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Cybrludite
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Re: photos from Ike
IIRC, his boat was tore up, but his house took minimal wind & water damage.
"If it ain't the Devil's Music, you ain't doin' it right." - Chris Thomas King
"When liberal democracies collapse, someone comes along who promises to make the trains run on time if we load the right people into them." - Tam K.
"When liberal democracies collapse, someone comes along who promises to make the trains run on time if we load the right people into them." - Tam K.
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cu74
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Re: photos from Ike
Thanks.Cybrludite wrote:IIRC, his boat was tore up, but his house took minimal wind & water damage.
Jim Dozier - Straight, but not narrow...
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“A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.” - Rudyard Kipling.
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Frankingun
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Re: photos from Ike
I'd like to see the Congresscritters cut off the fedgov backed flood insurance for homes on tidal islands and below the 100 year flood level of rivers and storm prone costal areas. Come to think of it, prolly won't hurt for private insurers to turn away from flood insurance.CByrneIV wrote:Yaknow, Jim Seigler is a dear friend of mine... but anyone who lives on Galveston island is an idiot.
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mekender
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ive got no problem with private insurers making it available... thats what they exist for
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randy
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Re: photos from Ike
Is it just me, or did anyone else look at the second photo and have visions of Chuck Heston screaming "Damn you all to Hell!" ?
...even before I read MHI, my response to seeing a poster for the stars of the latest Twilight movies was "I see 2 targets and a collaborator".