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Post by markland on Sept 12, 2008 13:52:59 GMT -6
Here is site which has four local TX stations broadcasting news about Ike-they have some hellacious live shots of the sea hitting the Galveston storm wall. www.maroonspoon.com/wx/ike.htmlBilly
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Post by BrokenSword on Sept 12, 2008 14:37:05 GMT -6
Geez! Everybody is talking at once on that link. You said 'hellacious.' I misread at first and thought you said 'hilarious' which I took to be a reference to Gerald Rivera getting knocked on his can by a wave - LIVE and on TV! Earlier today, which WAS hilarious and made my day. The self-styled 'warrior reporter' met his match with mother nature on that one, and it wasn't even the worst she can throw at us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k63GpvW9VXUBS
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Post by markland on Sept 12, 2008 15:09:28 GMT -6
Geez! Everybody is talking at once on that link. You said 'hellacious.' I misread at first and thought you said 'hilarious' which I took to be a reference to Gerald Rivera getting knocked on his can by a wave - LIVE and on TV! Earlier today, which WAS hilarious and made my day. The self-styled 'warrior reporter' met his match with mother nature on that one, and it wasn't even the worst she can throw at us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k63GpvW9VXUBS Oops, forgot to warn you to cut the volume down on the individual windows you don't want to listen to in order to focus on that one. I'll have to see that. I remember his panic attack when during Gustav when he saw that guy in the water who turned out to be attempting to tie down a floating propane tank which was loose. Billy
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Post by BrokenSword on Sept 12, 2008 15:35:06 GMT -6
Billy,
Yep. That's our Geraldo!
Even as he was yelling, I could see the 'victim' was wearing a helmet and orange Coast Guard survival suit - and I wasn't there.
Another panic attack came over him and every other reporter outside the Louisiana Superdome immediately after Katrina.
Those that refused or couldn't evacuate, and changed their minds after the last stage had left Dodge, were herded into the Superdome and locked in for their own safety.
Geraldo was running around outside and frantically screaming that, "People are dying in there!!! They're being robbed and murdered and raped and diapers are piling up and they're starving and being killed to death!! For the love of God, they need help NOW!!!" And, of course when the doors were opened (AFTER the water had gone down) nothing much like that had happened.
Perhaps he's just a little too high-strung for his chosen work?
BS
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Post by bc on Sept 12, 2008 16:50:47 GMT -6
E Leek Eek as my 7th grade french teacher used to say.
Are you sure Geraldo isn't down there looking for Al Capone's lost loot?
My brother is in Houston and he's not worried. Riding this one out like the others. Shell has them working at home for Friday and Monday. No days off, just work from home assuming there is power to tye into their computer network.
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Post by biggordie on Sept 12, 2008 16:57:07 GMT -6
And to think that at one time, Geraldo was considered relevant. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
I often wonder if any of these "heroic" spot reporters realize how ridiculous they appear in their designer-fashioned and network-logoed rainwear, and if they really believe that Goretex will "wick away the moisture" of twenty-foot waves atop a fifteen-foot storm surge.
If there is really anything funny about these storms [and I doubt that there is if you're in the middle of one], it's the likes of Rick Sanchez, Ali Belshi, Gary Tuchman and the other CNN reporters trying to make everything something it is not, and Wolf Blitzer tripping all over himself [and the English language] in his attempts at drama.
Anderson Cooper is my absolute favorite [absolutely, Wolf, says Candy Crowley; absolutely Wolf, says Gloria Borger; absolutely, says everyone else] with his squinty-eyed portrayal of the serious newsman being serious while reporting seriously on a serious topic. You can always tell by not only his eyes, but by his tightened mouth as well. The Clint Eastwood school of acting's greatest disciple hard at work.
The people of South Texas have my sympathy, in advance of whatever destruction Ike brings their way [my Harpers are up in Fort Worth, and are used to floods all the time], and my prayers that it will be minimized. Watch Cooper - his visage will be the true predictor.
I'm dancing as fast as I can.
Gordie
I had to add this - Blitzer has just said: "Now we're going to New Hampshire to follow Barrack Obama's appearance. There he is now, but he hasn't arrived yet. I'm advised that he is running late." The camera was showing the empty stage.
As one of my security officers once wrote in his SOR [Special Occurrence Report]: "I turned the corner, and there it was - gone."
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Post by BrokenSword on Sept 12, 2008 19:32:13 GMT -6
Gordie - "...And to think that at one time, Geraldo was considered relevant..."
He was? Wow.
"...his visage will be the true predictor..."
I've witnessed the TV weatherman's dress code develop over the past few years:
Level 1. Dressed in coat and tie: Chance of rain
Level 2. Coat removed: Heavy rain with frequent lightening strikes
Level 3. Coat removed and sleeves rolled up, holding papers: Possible tornadoes, river at full crest
Level 4. Sleeves rolled up, tie loosened, wearing glasses: Severe weather of any kind approaching - streets under water, tornado spotted, ice storm brewing, etc.
Level 5. Tie removed and collar open, dark circles under eyes, radar on full sweep: Hurricane, tidal surge imminent, wide spread power outages (which means - no one is hearing the poor nervous wreak by then anyway)
BS
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Post by BrokenSword on Sept 12, 2008 19:39:14 GMT -6
bc,
I have a cousin in the Houston area. The south end of Conroe, Texas. Talked to her yesterday and she had just gotten back from the grocery store and was putting the additional 'supplies' away.
Her greatest fear was that the power would go out. Authorities have said that it may be as long as two weeks before it's all fully back up.
She's confident that they will survive the storm, but doesn't see how she'll possibly survive without the computer for two weeks.
BS
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Post by Diane Merkel on Sept 12, 2008 19:49:20 GMT -6
Can't imagine going for two weeks without power, but Chuck would love it because he loves MREs!
Quick! Tell her to go out tonight and get a Blackberry or I-phone. If the cell towers remain working, she can charge that puppy with her car battery and never be out of touch.
Been There, Done That
P.S. Great site, Billy. I'll be watching it on another monitor. (Broken One, click the little volume icon on each control panel to mute them.)
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Post by BrokenSword on Sept 12, 2008 20:30:31 GMT -6
Diane-"...Chuck would love it because he loves MREs!"
I only tried one once. I had an intern working for me that was getting his commission in the Army upon graduation. He brought in a MRE and I had one C-ration left from years before. (I'd kept it more or less as a souvenir)
I'd never had an MRE and he'd never 'experienced' a C-rat. So we brought them in for lunch one day and swapped. The gray ham and green scrambled eggs were edible but he declined. The canned pear halves he got down but the tropical chocolate made him gag. He understood why we gave it away to the kids in Vietnam, but couldn't comprehend why they would want it.
"...Quick! Tell her to go out tonight and get a Blackberry or I-phone...."
Good idea, but I doubt anyone's going out tonight.
(Broken One, click the little volume icon on each control panel to mute them.)"
The new 59 years 11 months doesn't mean senile. I figured it out, but the initial assault on my ear drums was like one of those heroic Geraldo reports from the beach. He always seems to be fighting to stay on his feet, while the cameraman appears to be steady enough. Maybe Geraldo is just uncoordinated?
BS
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Post by biggordie on Sept 12, 2008 22:30:29 GMT -6
A couple of hours ago, one of the CNN guys was giving his latest update and warning everyone of the dangerous conditions and stating that he would soon be seeking safety from his exposed situation, and about 75 yards behind him, some dude walked into the shot and started taking pictures of the waves splashing over the seawall using his cell phone, and actually walking TOWARD the breaking waves.
Earlier Susan Candiotti was telling her audience that everyone had evacuated except for eight people who had to be rescued by authorities, when three of the eight showed up on two PWCs - a father and his two late teens/early twenties kids. When asked by Candiotti why he had left it so late to evacuate, the dad said "The surf was pretty good."
So much for rescues and trying to add drama to the proceedings. There will be enough going on that is real that no manufactured crap is necessary.
Gordie
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Post by bubbabod on Sept 13, 2008 0:22:31 GMT -6
All of our families (my wife's and mine) have evacuated from the Port Arthur area except for one brother in law who wouldn't leave. It's only been in the last year they all recovered from Rita three years ago. My wife and I went back there about a week after Rita, and we had no power for awhile, no cable, no phone. Imagine, the Astros in the playoffs, and no cable. We worked for about three weeks helping them clean up the mess. That part of Texas had/had more trees than most people realize. Tall pine trees became missles, wiht limbs breaking off and flying through roofs and windows. It took us four hours with a couple chainsaws to cut a path from the street to my bro in law's front door. There's so much more to say, but it's sort of off subject. All I can say, though, is they learned from Katrina and Rita, and those who were going to get out, did get out. Early. Much more orderly and more prepared than three years ago. We'll be watching the news all through tonight and tomorrow to see if their houses floated away.
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Post by biggordie on Sept 13, 2008 8:34:57 GMT -6
Bubba:
Here's hoping for the best for your families. According to the news this AM, Port Arthur was not hit as badly as expected [which could mean anything, depending upon what was expected], particularly in terms of the storm surge.
There has to be extensive damage from the winds and the rain, and there are major power outages, which might not get fixed for two or three weeks - I think that there are still areas of Louisiana that are without power following Gustav.
The news is rather sparse from Port Arthur. I hope that, when it comes in, it is good news for everyone.
Gordie
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Post by bc on Sept 13, 2008 9:01:06 GMT -6
DirectTV has been running a local Houston channel all night on their channel 361(next to the weather channel). It has better coverage. My bro was supposed to call me this morning when the eyewalls hit as well as the eye to tell me about it. He said he would unless he fell asleep. He must have slept through it and now I can't reach him. Bubba, regarding bro-in-laws: I got a bro in law who doesn't have anything good to say about his bro in law.
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Post by bubbabod on Sept 13, 2008 10:15:17 GMT -6
Gordie, I heard from a friend who stayed in Port Neches, nar Port Arthur. She said the lost power at 11PM, but it's back on now where she is. Doesn't seem to be any major damage like Rita brought them, but it's still raining. A couple of the small towns like Bridge City and Orange have significant water. Overall, it looks pretty good.
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