Comments on: Floods have destroyed at least 1,000 homes in Texas http://texasfred.net/archives/317 News Opinion Commentary Wed, 23 May 2012 20:10:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: LittleOleLady http://texasfred.net/archives/317/comment-page-1#comment-1684 LittleOleLady Sat, 07 Jul 2007 12:03:20 +0000 http://texasfred.net/archives/317#comment-1684 Fred, you guys take care out there and if it comes your way abandon ship. Seems to me the problem with a lot of people, and what happened in NOLA is a great example, is they place more value on things than people. I learned way back in NC during a hurricane that people being safe are much more important than things, (now that I am a mother it is even more important to me) things can be replaced, people cannot. Meanwhile we have been having a cooler than normal summer.. which is fine with me since our a/c only cools when it's cool not when it gets hot (have had the repair men out 3 times and they still can't figure that one out). :-) Fred, you guys take care out there and if it comes your way abandon ship.

Seems to me the problem with a lot of people, and what happened in NOLA is a great example, is they place more value on things than people. I learned way back in NC during a hurricane that people being safe are much more important than things, (now that I am a mother it is even more important to me) things can be replaced, people cannot.

Meanwhile we have been having a cooler than normal summer.. which is fine with me since our a/c only cools when it’s cool not when it gets hot (have had the repair men out 3 times and they still can’t figure that one out). :-)

]]> By: Bloviating Zeppelin http://texasfred.net/archives/317/comment-page-1#comment-1679 Bloviating Zeppelin Fri, 06 Jul 2007 23:18:06 +0000 http://texasfred.net/archives/317#comment-1679 In the meantime, I live at the 4,000 foot level in the Sierra Nevadas, it's 90 degrees in the shade right now, hotter than hell for this place and -- natch -- I DON'T have air conditioning. BZ In the meantime, I live at the 4,000 foot level in the Sierra Nevadas, it’s 90 degrees in the shade right now, hotter than hell for this place and — natch — I DON’T have air conditioning.

BZ

]]> By: retire05 http://texasfred.net/archives/317/comment-page-1#comment-1675 retire05 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:15:33 +0000 http://texasfred.net/archives/317#comment-1675 What the hell is wrong with my fellow Texans? Why are they not screaming and shouting about how the rising water is the fault of G.W. Bush? Where is FEMA and the National Guard to take these people from the roofs of their houses? Where are the checks so they can relocate to Dallas and spend a jolly time in a strip joint or visit Neiman's and buy some $300.00 jeans? Where is the national outrage that Bush allowed the rain to continue for so many days? Oh, wait, maybe it is our independent streak that makes people, for the most part, get the hell out before they need to be rescued by the Feds. But will you hear any of that on the MSM? Nope. What the hell is wrong with my fellow Texans? Why are they not screaming and shouting about how the rising water is the fault of G.W. Bush? Where is FEMA and the National Guard to take these people from the roofs of their houses? Where are the checks so they can relocate to Dallas and spend a jolly time in a strip joint or visit Neiman’s and buy some $300.00 jeans? Where is the national outrage that Bush allowed the rain to continue for so many days?
Oh, wait, maybe it is our independent streak that makes people, for the most part, get the hell out before they need to be rescued by the Feds. But will you hear any of that on the MSM? Nope.

]]> By: GUNZ http://texasfred.net/archives/317/comment-page-1#comment-1674 GUNZ Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:58:32 +0000 http://texasfred.net/archives/317#comment-1674 Well everything is bigger in Texas as the saying goes, but that's one big rain cloud that needs to obviously disappear for you all. Enough is enough already. As for the part about parents, the lack of responsibility and letting kids play in such a dangerous area I believe it... After my short stint driving trucks I got an EMT card and actually worked on a county squad for a short while until my disability really took over... One of my very first calls was a 13 yo boy that got swept into a culvert by gushing rain water, got stuck in the middle of it, and drowned. We and the firefighters on scene, along with the Sheriffs dept got ripped continuously for not digging that pipe out quick enough. My thought then was the same thing: Why in the Hell were you all letting them play around that thing??? Fred the parents were video taping the damn thing from their front porch, idiots! Well everything is bigger in Texas as the saying goes, but that’s one big rain cloud that needs to obviously disappear for you all. Enough is enough already.

As for the part about parents, the lack of responsibility and letting kids play in such a dangerous area I believe it…

After my short stint driving trucks I got an EMT card and actually worked on a county squad for a short while until my disability really took over…

One of my very first calls was a 13 yo boy that got swept into a culvert by gushing rain water, got stuck in the middle of it, and drowned.

We and the firefighters on scene, along with the Sheriffs dept got ripped continuously for not digging that pipe out quick enough. My thought then was the same thing: Why in the Hell were you all letting them play around that thing???

Fred the parents were video taping the damn thing from their front porch, idiots!

]]> By: Patrick Sperry http://texasfred.net/archives/317/comment-page-1#comment-1672 Patrick Sperry Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:52:14 +0000 http://texasfred.net/archives/317#comment-1672 I can only hope that things start going better for you folks. These things do happen from time to time. I only wish that people would take off their tin hats when they do. I spent the better part of twenty- two years getting people out of situations that they should not have found themselves in. Unfortunately, all too often it also involved their children. I can only hope that things start going better for you folks. These things do happen from time to time. I only wish that people would take off their tin hats when they do.

I spent the better part of twenty- two years getting people out of situations that they should not have found themselves in. Unfortunately, all too often it also involved their children.

]]> By: Panhandle Poet http://texasfred.net/archives/317/comment-page-1#comment-1671 Panhandle Poet Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:40:25 +0000 http://texasfred.net/archives/317#comment-1671 I guess I have a hard time complaining about rain -- ever. It seems that too many years we are begging for it and it never comes. Our part of the state has had good rain but not excessive. In fact, we could use some more up here in the Panhandle. Most of the wheat crop has been harvested and it would be great to get another couple of inches. I hate it for the people who have lost property and lives in the flooding. But I've always heard that if you build a flat roof it will leak and if you build in a flood plain you're gonna get flooded. As for those who have drowned -- I agree with you that the majority were due to their own stupidity or to parental negligence. People need to learn to take responsibility for their own actions. I guess I have a hard time complaining about rain — ever. It seems that too many years we are begging for it and it never comes.

Our part of the state has had good rain but not excessive. In fact, we could use some more up here in the Panhandle. Most of the wheat crop has been harvested and it would be great to get another couple of inches.

I hate it for the people who have lost property and lives in the flooding. But I’ve always heard that if you build a flat roof it will leak and if you build in a flood plain you’re gonna get flooded. As for those who have drowned — I agree with you that the majority were due to their own stupidity or to parental negligence. People need to learn to take responsibility for their own actions.

]]> By: Ranando http://texasfred.net/archives/317/comment-page-1#comment-1670 Ranando Fri, 06 Jul 2007 13:44:54 +0000 http://texasfred.net/archives/317#comment-1670 Best to all of you. Best to all of you.

]]> By: Chris http://texasfred.net/archives/317/comment-page-1#comment-1667 Chris Fri, 06 Jul 2007 13:13:09 +0000 http://texasfred.net/archives/317#comment-1667 What, no radical demands of FEMA? Don't you want to live on a cruise ship for the better part of a year? Good luck down there. :-) What, no radical demands of FEMA? Don’t you want to live on a cruise ship for the better part of a year?
Good luck down there. :-)

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