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Shorty22
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Well Rita broke/topped the weakened levees in some parts of New Orleans, so those parts that had been dried out are now getting reflooded. 
At least Rita weakened before hitting. It was only a Cat. 3 when she made landfall, where Katrina had become a Cat. 4 just before her landfall. And according to my newscasters, landfall is when the eye of the storm actually hits, not the, you know, entire northern side before the eye. 
Houston is also on the weaker (west) side of the hurricane, plus the wind is pushing the water down and out of their bay/water thing. So that's good news for them. Unfortunately, their good news is another place's bad news... like the water is being pushed up into the canals in New Orleans because it's on the east side this time. On one hand, I'm glad to see that the government seems to be perpared this time... the president isn't on vacation while a hurricane approaches and all that other stuff, but then, I'm still miffed about the whole lack of preparation for Katrina. Shameful. Not that I want to play this "blame game" as it's been dubbed. 
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biliano
Posts: 956 Location: Cleveland, OH |
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The Ninth Ward in New Orleans, one of the hardest hit areas when Katrina blew through, is the area where the major levee breech is occuring. They don't expect this round of flooding to be as severe as the massive flooding that occured three weeks ago, however. Unfortunately, what I posted a couple of days ago came true - the eye of Rita did hit between Beaumont and Lake Charles; more specifically, Sabine Pass on the TX/LA border. Houston and Galveston were spared a direct hit, but there are significant power outages thoroughout the area. (Did anyone see footage of that fire in the historic Strand Districin Galveston?) It looks like that ADV and our friends in Houston came out OK, but I don't expect to see ADV reopening on Monday as expected.
You probably read this, Starwind, but for those that don't read or use the Anime on DVD forums, I would like to post what Monica Rial wrote in her Yahoo Club page about a horrible experience she had in relation to Hurricane Rita and why she's not in Atlanta this weekend:
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freshkazuki
 Posts: 235 Location: Texas |
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Well, it's Saturday morning and it seems like Houston has come out ok. We got lots of rain, but I don't really see any major flooding problems. My power never went out and everyone I've talked to this morning has also done ok overnight. Make no mistake, the storm is still around! It can always move this way and there are many bands up above us to the north that can circulate down. But it SEEMS like the worst is over.
I think that the comments about people fleeing the storm being "idiots" and suffering from "hysteria" by Monica Rial are insulting and uncalled for. This storm could have come right through Galveston and Houston. You never know. Science cannot 100% predict anything. You know, it might sound strange to Monica, but most people do not enjoy dying! So, if they even THINK there is a chance of having their life taken, they do have the right to get out of the way of a category 4-5 hurricane! Hopefully she just made those comments about Houstonians out of frustration at her airport debacle, but if she meant it, then SHE"S the idiot and she should move somewhere else. She's worried about her airplane ticket while other people could lose everything they have, in some cases their life. So I guess in her mind, all the people on the freeways, including those that died, are idiots! Yes, the evacuation could have been handled better. But IF the hurricane had hit Galveston or other coastal cities, there would have been minimal loss of life. Because nobody was there. |
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Kazuki-san
 Posts: 2251 Location: Houston, TX |
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Yup, my power never went out either. The wind is still blowing pretty good though. Looks like we lost a couple of shingles, and there are leaves and tree branches everywhere. Cops are out in force. I heard several of them heading down the freeway. There was one going house to house in our neighborhood making sure everyone was ok.
I have to agree. I really liked Monica, but that's just over the top. I wonder what she would have said if it did hit us head on, and they hadn't had people evac. We were in the main danger zone up until a few hours before the storm hit, so that's just crazy on her part. |
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coolGAL
Posts: 358 Location: Saskatoon Sk Canada |
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I hope nothing big will hit that part
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Toboe
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Heaven forfend Monica Rial misses her 9 millionth convention appearance this year because of people running for thier lives from a dangeous hurricane. If she had any sense - and after this doozy I'm not sure she does - she'd post a public apology. |
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Kazuki-san
Posts: 2251 Location: Houston, TX |
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What pisses me off is that she was bitching about people leaving, yet she didn't plan on being here herself... |
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Andromeda
Posts: 119 Location: Florida |
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Me too. Especially since RIGHT underneath the headline, it reads:
Bolding mine. You'd think a person would read what's immediately under a headline before making a snap judgement... the headline was not misleading, people just didn't pay attention to the to information right under it. Makes me suspicious about whether GWB is into anime and posting on here! 
Anyway, I hope things turn out OK for the people over there. It sounds like they came out all right. From what I've heard, the people are at least being civil, so I don't think we'll get a repeat of the insanity that followed Katrina in New Orleans. Thank goodness. *is glad to finally hear some stories of people being nice to each other and pulling together in the face of a disaster* And man... what is Monica Rial ON? *eyebrow goes waaaay up* -Andromeda |
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Kazuki-san
Posts: 2251 Location: Houston, TX |
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The latest is that the mass exodus is reversing. The problem is, there is still little gas or food on the routes back, or even in town. They are begging people to stay away for now, so we don't have a repeat of everyone being stuck in traffic and stalling on the way in. They just had a news report of one gas station that is open. The line is currently at 2 miles to get into the station. HPD is directing the line to make sure there are no problems. FEMA, TXDot, and military relief is stuck in traffic inbound to the city. FEMA is staging at Reliant Center, getting ready to head out to East Texas and Louisiana. They are going to open the flood gates on Lake Livingston, so people along the Trinity River are evacuating now.
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Haru to Ashura
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Agreed, what a total witch. I'd expect an apology. Especially for someone who really isn't even a very good voice actor... The general consensus seems to show that this hurricane wasn't as devastating as Katrina and not too many people were hurt. I'm glad. :) |
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Starwind Amada
Posts: 981 Location: Easton, PA, USA |
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Yeah, I saw that. I think you misunderstood me, though. When I said "Monica Rial and Chris Patton did the same," I meant that they stayed home just like her, but not for the same reason.
You don't even like her, yet you want her to apologize because she cancelled her 9,000,000th con appearance because she cares about her home? WTF? If you don't like her, why do you even care? Total witch. Yeah, sure.
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tlsmith1963
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Something I am just wondering about. It's no big deal, but...my Anime Network VOD hasn't been updated with new anime episodes for several days. Is this because my cable company gets the eps. directly from ADV, & they are closed? I don't know how the VOD thing works.
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Toboe
Posts: 138 Location: Rakuen |
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No, she was responding to my point that Rial's post - which indicated that the people fleeing from Hurricane Rita are all a bunch of hysterical morons who blindly follow cable news - should be followed by a public apology simply for being so unbelievably crass. I mean, the tone of that rant she posted was "How DARE these people running for their lives from this dangerous hurricane stop me from making a convention appearance this weekend!"... personally I find the implication more insulting than the more direct insults she had in that post, but either way I think an apology would be prudent. |
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Kazuki-san
Posts: 2251 Location: Houston, TX |
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Where in her comments does she say anything about cancelling her appearance because she cares for her home? She missed her flight, and blames everyone trying to get away.. and then says she's lost respect for the people of this city because they were trying to get away from something that was forecast to basically come in here and devastate everything until only several hours before it hit. The mayor and couny judge where in no uncertain terms telling everyone that, if they had the means to get out, to get the hell out. The people did what they were told. |
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Haru to Ashura
Posts: 617 Location: Termina |
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Yes, thank you. Starwind, please read more thoroughly. |
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