on the Yahoo homepage headline---
"Ike roars ashore in Texas
Authorities fear that tens of thousands of people who defied orders to flee will need rescue. » 1,250 calls for help"
that part stinks. I can certainly understand not wanting to leave your home. It seems every few years (or one or two) there are big storms/warnings, and many leave. Then they return to 'not that big a deal'. Well... this one was predicted to be a big one, and many of the folks said 'well they've said that before, i'm not leaving...'
so.... they stayed. I know they won't be left stranded to die on their rooftops, but it really bugs me that there have been over 1400 calls to 911.
you chose to stay, then stay. get plenty of water, provisions, all that stuff. then don't cry for help when it DOES turn into a disaster.
just my $.o2.
I do feel badly for my couple of friends that have beach houses. I wonder if they're still standing.
I think the Texas hurricane insurance plan is going to go belly up with this!
Kristen