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Originally Posted by Pazuzu View Post
It still won't make a difference. Galveston natives are a different breed. They actually think that they can ward off any force of nature that comes their way. I appreciate that kind of commitment to your Island...but when it's all but guaranteed that it will completely and totally be 10 feet underwater...you gotta turn tail and run sometime.

I mean, God himself is out there glaring at them right now. GET THE POINT PEOPLE!
During Rita, there was some crazy resident, maybe homeless, with only 1 arm, who was going to ride it out. A news crew found him and it took HOURS of convincing for him to leave. They had him on TV all day long.

I wonder where he is ow?
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