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That was no joke. He was above the sea wall there, which is pretty high. For the water to be that far above the sea wall in Galveston, it was pretty bad. Actually Ike was a bad storm. I was in Houston at the time. All those restaurants and stores they were showing were destroyed in that hurricane.
The best one ever was the one where the lady was reporting from a canoe and then you see a few sets up legs walk right by her in what was apparently like a foot of water. LOL
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It was bad enough. Several people died, and there were a lot of people that had to be rescued from high water.
No one is down playing this - but I agree with the poster - as bad as this was - they should be grateful it didn't come ashore as a cat 4/5 like was predicted.
Overblown forecast and overly dramatic media. I saw one reporter howling about the foolishness of those who stayed to ride it out while standing in the storm herself. Lol
I’d like to know how many N.C. residents died in traffic incidents driving hundreds of miles to evacuate as they were encouraged to do by authorities. I bet more died evacuating than did in the storm.
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