I beg to differ, Ron. There is a lot of scientific proof that global warming exists. Environmental studies is not a branch of science that can only be found in off-the-wall, crackerjack universities. It has been classified as a science by real scientists.
Nothing every emergency can be handled via helicopter. Sometimes... hell, many times, emergency workers NEED room to work with/in. There is a reason for those sides on highways.... people could run out of gas, and what would you rather have, them blocking an ENTIRE lane, so now, in the midst of the worst traffic possible, an entire lane needs to merge into another lane... or have that poor sap pull over into the emergency lane, where gas can either be BROUGHT to them, or they can leave the vehicle to retrieve gas, and return. There are MANY reasons for those emergency lanes... and they stay open for those reasons.
:::>^..^<::: ~*~The Journey is more important than the end or the start~*~ :::>^..^<:::
Probably you are right but i still think with proper organizing and police regulating traffic they couldve opened those lanes in some places and reduce traffic at least a bit. Remember we are talking about an emergency on hand versus an emergency that may or may not happen - people's lives are at risk, they are trying to run away from a deadly storm. What if the storm makes a sudden turn and hits the highway with all these evacuees stuck there?
so far their predicting it will make a slight turn northward, but as it hasn't done so yet, its headed dead on towards galveston. as to the highway situation, thats one of the major concerns right now, though it is in a state of contraflow for the inbound lanes. the skies of galveston are already extremely overcast, just looking at the news right now. its expected to make land as a category 4, or strong category 3. if it weren't for its destructive likelyhood, i'd almost say the satellite photos of this storm at its peak were pretty cool looking.
Love is a very powerful force, especially when its formed into a coherent beam of death.
Nathan and I got some heavy winds and a few raindrops, but thankfully not to much else. I feel sorry for the LA folks who got the dirty end of this thing.
I meant to post the link to http://weather.xonelabs.com before this thing hit, but was too busy boarding up stuff. But... next time there's any big weather happenings, feel free to check it out.
09-23-2005 02:24 PM
