30,000 People Are Staying on Galveston Island - Will Not Leave!

If it were me, I'd stay. With six dogs, two cats, a spouse, and a small vehicle, I'd just as soon take my chances.

what good will loot do them when they are being battered by that loot in the water with 10 foot waves crashing over them?

NOW reporting Galveston island will be completely submerged tonight. under water!! <<<<<<<<<COMPLETELY SUBMERGED>>>>>>>>>>

Also sayingt the are on cell phones waving to the camera.

Just think man Darwin awards for all of em.

They won't be cluttering the Gene Pool!

Flush.

Coast Guard reporting at least 150 people called begging to be rescued.

U.S. Census Bureau projecting that 13 million people will experience hurricane or tropical storm conditions from Ike.

Congressman Culbertson said that. He was begging people to leave on the radio!

LOL People jetskiing in Houston Bay on Weather Channel

I have had the same thoughts since I know Galveston very well. It's a low-lying barrier island and the seawall does no stretch the length of the island where the majority of the newer homes and condos have been built. The seawll may have been protection from some hurricanes, but it is not formidable. One huge surge could take it down easily and submerge the entire island.

Hopefully the people on Bolivar Penninsula (across from Galveston and below sea level) had the good sense to leave.

I'm confused about the lack of mandatory evacs for those in other low lying areas on the coast since the storm is so huge and the exact point of landfall could still change.

I love Galveston and have many happy memories of the town, but I feel a sense of terrible dread about this hurricane. I have a feeling it might strengthen even more before it makes landfall.

Those damn fools who stayed.....they either have death wish or are too proud and/or stupid to know that nature can defeat man anytime.

SHARKBAIT!!!!

Yes, for the ones that don't have children. But the ones with children should take the safer, precautionary path and evacuate. They are making decisions for more than themselves.

Galveston Island will be submerged for 12 hours.

HALF WAY THERE.

Well, yeah!!! We'll have to watch the survivors on tv whining for handouts and listening to their miseries, and see their weeping dead relatives looking for the dumbasses.

Freedom with responsibility is don't impinge. They'll all be impinging. Even on the poor folks who find their half rotted bodies washing in from the ocean.

And pity the poor children whose parents were too stupid to get the hell out of dodge! Yep, they can do what they want as long as they don't impinge.

Water coming up fast in Galveston..blocks now flooding....

Reporter says he can't believe how many people are staying

MSNBC with tape from a CG chopper of a basket rescue from cars stuck in the surf. :dubya:

well a good parent would get the hell out of Dodge - that's kind of a no-brainer.

Learn to Swim!!!

Did you know McCain was a POW?

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check out the traffic cams on IH - 45 gulf
the water is up to the roads and the exit/entrance ramps are under water

USE UR FRIDGE AS A BOAT !!!!!


duhh get 2 brooms and ur off !! watch for fema on jetski's

Many years ago, I visited Galveston and had the best shrimp I've had in USA. I am trying to remember the Restaurant's name. Gaido's ...something like that. I liked Galveston and feel very sad to hear that it may go underwater.

Sending a lot of positive thoughts to Galveston and all the people in the path of Ike.

THAT PIER WE KEPT SEEING HAS BEEN DESTROYED

Obama is going to head down there, raise his hands and heal the planet and save Texas. we are so lucky to have him. Polly will drive him down. amen

maybe They are part of a suicide cult or so !!

THIN THE HEARD!!!!!!!

pardon?

...and Palin will say that Ike was a mission from God, and a sure sign of his approval about attacking Russia.

Biden would say that the Hanna or the next hurracaine could do the destruction better, and McCain would chant: 'drown, drown, drown, Galveston'.

There you have the 4 Fantastics, saving America.

The surge doesn't have to take down the seawall; the surge they are expecting is much higher than the wall anyway...

You gotta be kidding me...Get outta here with that bullshit.

Herd