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silverthorne) wrote2008-09-12 05:12 pm
silverthorne) wrote2008-09-12 05:12 pm
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I get it
40% of the Galvestan population is about to get smushed, drowned and possibly put through Mother Nature's Cuisinart.
Yes, perhaps at least the ones who could leave were a bit foolish (and I'm sure some of that 40% couldn't leave), but at this point, getting mad at them for staying is a bit stupid of you ('you' being a general term in this post).
They can't get across the bridge to the mainland at this point, you see. It's no longer 'stupidity'; it really is a lack of options.
So those of you still going 'OMGWTF, get off the island, you dumb shits!'?
Just shut up. And start praying, or whatever you do to hope people come out of this kind of situation okay.
I may think the ones who stayed were a bit foolish, but quite honestly? Now is not the time to be getting all self-righteous about it. Now is the time to start hoping those people don't fucking die, and die horribly.
Yes, perhaps at least the ones who could leave were a bit foolish (and I'm sure some of that 40% couldn't leave), but at this point, getting mad at them for staying is a bit stupid of you ('you' being a general term in this post).
They can't get across the bridge to the mainland at this point, you see. It's no longer 'stupidity'; it really is a lack of options.
So those of you still going 'OMGWTF, get off the island, you dumb shits!'?
Just shut up. And start praying, or whatever you do to hope people come out of this kind of situation okay.
I may think the ones who stayed were a bit foolish, but quite honestly? Now is not the time to be getting all self-righteous about it. Now is the time to start hoping those people don't fucking die, and die horribly.
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This is a 'free country', if people want to 'ride out' a hurricane, it's their choice and freedom to do so; as long as they know the possible fatalities!
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I live in Dallas, so got to watch the 'local' reports--most of which was 'OMG, look at the damage!', 'Please don't come back yet, it's not safe', and 'We hope that the rescue crews can get to the people that called for help overnight before anything bad happens to them, but we're expecting a few grim discoveries'.