To date, I have slept through two major hurricanes. Hugo, when it when through Charlotte, and Beatrice, in Chapel Hill. Well, I would have slept through Beatrice, except my housemates woke me up after a tree fell on the house.
I sleep through earthquakes all the time. I’ve probably slept through hundreds more earthquakes than I’ve ever been aware of. That’s probably different, though.
My friend’s husband is with a search and rescue team that was sent to Louisiana. She told me tonight that her husband’s team was finding people sitting on rooftops who still REFUSED TO LEAVE, but wanted the team to go find them some food and bring it back to them. :rolleyes:
I will be glad to bring you some food, sir. Just wait a minute while my friend here finishes lacing it with horse laxative.
No offense, but I don’t know about all that. Stuck on a roof with no running water, sanitary facilities, etc. in the hot sun? Hmmm. Unless that’s some hardcore swamp rats he’s talking about.
Has anyone checked to see if the people who said God would protect them are still around? I heard there was only one house left standing in one neighborhood, I figured that must be where the guy lived who said God would protect him.
“Not now, officer, I’m fishing”
It sounds ridiculous to me as well, but my friend wouldn’t make that up. It’s really not so hard to believe that some people are just nuts.
Hey, it’s not weird that someone would sleep thru a hurricane. When he was in college, my hubby slept through a transformer about 1000 yards from his house getting hit by lightning and blowing up!:eek:
Beware of the power of a plausible FOAF story to bring life to what was intended to be an amusing fiction.
During the last round of fires, the news had a segment on mandatory evacs. They showed the police yelling at a man to get out. The man was refusing, standing in front of his house with a garden hose (yeah, that’s going to help you, buddy). As I recall, you could see smoke in the background, so we do have some idiots out here too…
Someone else. Sacrifices kittens to Cochocaptepl. PETA will be busy for the next few months.
Well, I s’pose it depends upon what kind of folks these roof-dwellers are. I mean, I can see some hardy souls being willing to brave the elements for a few days or even a week, if they’re the type who are capable of surviving in a rustic environment, and they have water to drink, and shade from the sun.
Some other folks, not so much. I found this video kind of tragic but as the guy himself says “Stupidest mistake I ever made” or words to that effect. Says he hopes they don’t have to spend the night with all the snakes on the roof (and I don’t blame him!). I think they probably did.
Clothahump, I see you’re online, how’d you make out?
Mixed bag. Here’s his postin the Yikes, It’s Ike! thread.
As of right now, still no power at the house. No damage and SWMBO and I are not hurt.
However, the Taekwondo school is pretty much destroyed. Light pole blew over and the transformers punched through the roof, and we flooded big time. 
Clothahump, I am really sorry to hear about your school.
On the other hand, I am glad to hear that you and SWMBO are okay.
I’m very happy to hear you folks are unharmed and your home undamaged.
Sorry to hear about the school damage. Did you own the place, or work there, or what? (If you don’t wish to talk about it, that’s cool)