tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10628759.post112748604745723760..comments2023-10-24T10:46:23.233-05:00Comments on Romantic Ramblings: Grandma knows best...Duke_of_Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358279187766938462noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10628759.post-1127536351813425332005-09-23T23:32:00.000-05:002005-09-23T23:32:00.000-05:00Thanks for the invite! I'm sure we'd all have a lo...Thanks for the invite! I'm sure we'd all have a lovely time sitting around your cement pond under the arbor.Karyn Lyndonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571088798286939007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10628759.post-1127510146041952192005-09-23T16:15:00.000-05:002005-09-23T16:15:00.000-05:00Judy,Sure, she could. And storms have, in the pas...Judy,<BR/><BR/>Sure, she <I>could</I>. And storms have, in the past. But I think you're right about the officials and Katrina. Everybody tended to overreact this time in a "CYA" maneuver.<BR/><BR/>But in their defense, when the evacuation call was made Rita looked like a <B>worse</B> storm than Katrina! And nobody knew where she would hit at that point. So, in "better safe than sorry" mode, they decreed mandatory evacuation for literally millions of people. <BR/><BR/>Then they forgot that the local roads can't handle that volume unless you point all lanes outbound! That's my complaint.<BR/><BR/>JohnDuke_of_Earlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08358279187766938462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10628759.post-1127506548823535442005-09-23T15:15:00.000-05:002005-09-23T15:15:00.000-05:00I hope Grandma is right. Rita could still change c...I hope Grandma is right. Rita could still change course, couldn't she? I think that the evacuation was made mandatory because we messed up so badly during Katrina that no official wants to have the same thing happen.kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10628759.post-1127486717964158832005-09-23T09:45:00.000-05:002005-09-23T09:45:00.000-05:00I wonder what town it is where you live. I heard ...I wonder what town it is where you live. I heard on the radio this morning that Galvaston, Houston, Beaumont, Port Arthur are all going to be hit very hard. I assume you must be far from those towns? But what do I know? I'm up in Seattle. I barely know Texas geography and my grandmother did not predict weather.the many Bshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13997044205830787615noreply@blogger.com