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« on: September 21, 2005, 12:27:10 PM »
I'd been meaning to ask my brother in Houston (Friendswood technically) about the influx of people fleeing Katrina.  Then I get a call from my Mom telling me he and his family had to evacuate from Rita.  There are almost too many storms going to keep track of now.  Looks like things are going to get a lot worse before they get better.

 
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« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2005, 12:47:31 PM »
I heard that they MIGHT run out of letters to assiagn each name this storm season!

Yeah I am hearing that ofices in Houston are closing.  SA is ready to re-use the durrent shelters to house MORE evacuess!!!  we just started to realy clear them out with people getting into housing and now we may end up filling them right up....looks like i may be needed to go back and volunteer some more...

The sea wall in galveston should help keep most of the brute force of the gulf at bay, I think more of the saturation of water and flash flooding is what will do the most damage...even here in SA, our ground can saturate pretty fast in the right conditions, flash flooding here is also possible...
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« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2005, 01:02:48 PM »
I think this may be a bit of precautionary action in light of the Katrina disaster.

Most refugees will be evacuated to Virginia or Tennesse.
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« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2005, 01:33:03 PM »
I can't imagine that sea wall in Galveston being able to really stop a storm.  Maybe I'm just a little overworried and don't understand the engineering behind it but I just have a hard time seeing.

And your right that with all the clay in the ground and all the creeks that overlow from a brief shower the flash flooding will be the biggest problem.  
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« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2005, 01:35:31 PM »
very premature.  however can you imagine the logistics of trying to save the population in and around HOUSTON!  insane.  Rick must thinking to himself, "RUN MORONS RUN!!!"
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« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2005, 01:40:08 PM »
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I can't imagine that sea wall in Galveston being able to really stop a storm.  Maybe I'm just a little overworried and don't understand the engineering behind it but I just have a hard time seeing.

And your right that with all the clay in the ground and all the creeks that overlow from a brief shower the flash flooding will be the biggest problem.
quick info for you jn


http://www.engineergirl.org/nae/cwe/egmain...BG?opendocument
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« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2005, 10:59:46 PM »
The U.S. mainland has not been hit by two Category 4 storms in the same year since 1915.

Xs3 I've been meaning to give you props for volunteering your time and efforts.
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« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2005, 10:11:06 AM »
Actaully I'm thinking, "where's the oprganization so that people aren't stuck in traffic jams on the highways for hours and hours?

This time everyone is trying to run all at once, and it doesn't work since the infrastructure wasn't designed for it.

How about a little coordination, like dividing people into groups by license number and having different groups leave at different times.  This way everyone would be able to get out in an orderly fashion, rather than having 5 million people trying to get out on the same roads at the same time.

Even a genius can't deal with a traffic jam, or avoid it if that's the only way out of town!

Hmmn, only 8 letters left in the alphabet to name storms...  the Hurrican season lasts until November 1.  
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