hurricanes make me emo.
It seems like just yesterday I was staying up all night, waiting for Hurricane Rita to hit. Now it's Hurricane Ike. (Ike? They're really starting to scrape the bottom of the barrel with these hurricane names lately.) The only difference is I was actually in Houston for Rita, now I am safe in New York. But that doesn't make me feel any better, as my dad is still in Houston, and I have many friends and aquaintances living in its path.
This thing is freakin' ENORMOUS. It's practically the size of the entire state, and Texas is, well, freakin' enormous.
I just got a text from one of my friends in Houston, that he already doesn't have power. (Oh, CNN is now reporting 725,000 are already without power.) In Galveston, most of the beach houses are purposely built on these high stilts, to protect against high water. The water has already covered the stilts.
And this thing hasn't even hit full force yet.
I was in Galveston back in June, just chillaxin' on the beach. It's one of my favorite places in Texas (and I don't have many). It was so quiet and sunny and peaceful. They seemed to have bounced back well from Katrina and Rita. I hate that it seems to get pummeled yearly now. It's a very resilient little island though.
And some people still have the gall to say climate change doesn't exist. FFS. It wasn't like this 10 years ago.
UGH people are so stupid. Now they are reporting there are people in Galveston who didn't evacuate when they were basically told EVACUATE OR YOU WILL DIE, and now they're suddenly crying "OMG THE WATER'S UP TO MY HOUSE COME RESCUE ME!!! D:" Um, rescue crews can't get out there right now, moron. You should have left when they told you to. Why don't people ever learn?
I hate and fear hurricanes. People too easily underestimate how destructive water can be. Mix it with 90 mph winds, and, well.
But that doesn't mean we can't have some LULZ :D And Anderson Cooper is always sexiest when chasing hurricanes XD
Please keep everyone in Texas in your thoughts/prayers this morning.
This thing is freakin' ENORMOUS. It's practically the size of the entire state, and Texas is, well, freakin' enormous.
I just got a text from one of my friends in Houston, that he already doesn't have power. (Oh, CNN is now reporting 725,000 are already without power.) In Galveston, most of the beach houses are purposely built on these high stilts, to protect against high water. The water has already covered the stilts.
And this thing hasn't even hit full force yet.
I was in Galveston back in June, just chillaxin' on the beach. It's one of my favorite places in Texas (and I don't have many). It was so quiet and sunny and peaceful. They seemed to have bounced back well from Katrina and Rita. I hate that it seems to get pummeled yearly now. It's a very resilient little island though.
And some people still have the gall to say climate change doesn't exist. FFS. It wasn't like this 10 years ago.
UGH people are so stupid. Now they are reporting there are people in Galveston who didn't evacuate when they were basically told EVACUATE OR YOU WILL DIE, and now they're suddenly crying "OMG THE WATER'S UP TO MY HOUSE COME RESCUE ME!!! D:" Um, rescue crews can't get out there right now, moron. You should have left when they told you to. Why don't people ever learn?
I hate and fear hurricanes. People too easily underestimate how destructive water can be. Mix it with 90 mph winds, and, well.
But that doesn't mean we can't have some LULZ :D And Anderson Cooper is always sexiest when chasing hurricanes XD
Please keep everyone in Texas in your thoughts/prayers this morning.