Storm a comin'
I’ve been reading about Ike about to hit Galveston (I’m sort of a weather dork) and have been just dumbfounded by the amount of people not leaving the area.
I mean, they’re forecasting freakin’ death! Certain Death! Then Christina pointed out that they have this dude standing guard..
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Remember when Artie from Pete and Pete battled the Atlantic Ocean? Well Texas has called on Daniel Gallegos to take on the Gulf of Mexico.
FAIL.
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Just like I failed at inserting that image haha. the link still works though.
500 points for the Artie reference. And yes, I very much remember that episode.
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/warn_archive/LIX/NPW/0828_214001.txt
Has anybody ever read the NWS warning for Katrina? It’s AMAZING. Bold is my own emphasis.
AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD…AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS…PETS…AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.
POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS…AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING…BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE KILLED.
I wish I could have expressed to Don LaFontaine my desire for him to do a voiceover for this weather alert. RIP, Don.
Well, like they say, “Don’t mess with Texas!”
I for one hope all thems Texans show how tough they are. It’ll teach them a thing or two.
Hahahaha, Reg! That would be incredible. Especially the “only the heartiest will remain standing” line.
hahaha yeah reggie, crazy right! I bet Anderson Cooper prints these out and masturbates to them. I wonder who writes these things, if they have some freelancer they drag out during big storms.
“Hey Charlie, we need an Ike warning. Let’s go for Noah’s Ark, but darker.”