i guess lets just hope that an immediate disaster never hits one of our urban cities. they are now evacuating about 2 million ppl up through texas from the coastal cities.
my parents have been on the road for about 21 hours straight now. they said they spent about 10 of those hours only going 30 miles along the houston border.
jeremy's parents had much better luck taking a direct route straight north and on through to northern louisiana. they hit monroe, la about 11am.
my parents are afraid they are going to run out of gas... they are just about 60 miles outside of austin with less than half a tank of gas left. and our gas stations between san antonio, beaumont, houston, corpus christi are all tapped out. if they do run out of gas, we'll have to try and somehow find them along the interstate. normally, they would be good for another 80 miles of travel but due to the horrendous traffic, their gas is being wasted by the minute..
cell phone communication is shotty at best. it takes me like 30 attempts to reach them.. even close to 20 minutes to get through.
i know it's a small price to pay to guarantee your safety, but i feel for my parents and everyone else who had to make the 24-36 hour long journey.
i think i will try to call them again now.
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
rita rita bo bita
the media is such a sick machine. it feeds on fear and it uses it to command the attentions of the masses... and then...total control
good god. it's a crap storm down here. people are draining all of the gas stations, ravaging grocery stores, and putting themselves into an absolute state of hysteria.
and for what?
katrina was a huge problem. it was a serious human crisis due to lack of preparation and lack of real leadership.
rita is going to be huge. no mistake. but new orleans was barely clipped by katrina if you look at the facts. it was the levee failure, a looming problem which was known for many many years, that lead to the destruction of that city...
but the "katrina effect" is taking its toll nonetheless. the local media is feeding a mass fear attack across all texas's south eastern cities. it's going to be bad. yes. but it's not like we're a civilization of sticks and mud. it's beginning to feel like we're back in the stone ages... cave men running from lightning... only it's not instinct telling us to panic, it's the damn news station.
good god. it's a crap storm down here. people are draining all of the gas stations, ravaging grocery stores, and putting themselves into an absolute state of hysteria.
and for what?
katrina was a huge problem. it was a serious human crisis due to lack of preparation and lack of real leadership.
rita is going to be huge. no mistake. but new orleans was barely clipped by katrina if you look at the facts. it was the levee failure, a looming problem which was known for many many years, that lead to the destruction of that city...
but the "katrina effect" is taking its toll nonetheless. the local media is feeding a mass fear attack across all texas's south eastern cities. it's going to be bad. yes. but it's not like we're a civilization of sticks and mud. it's beginning to feel like we're back in the stone ages... cave men running from lightning... only it's not instinct telling us to panic, it's the damn news station.
Thursday, September 8, 2005
fast track loser
you know your life is pathetic when all you want to do is stay at home and feel sorry for yourself. when you hate everyone simply because you can and you hate yourself because its one the things you do best.