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TexasBushwhacker

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5. The bottom line is that some people value their shit more than their lives

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Sun Oct 2, 2022, 08:28 PM

Oct 2022

They're more worried about looting than drowning, and that is just STUPID!!! I see it here in Texas too. Our first responders might be a little more blunt about it though. When they were going door to door on Galvrston Island evacuating before Hurricane Ike, they carried Sharpies. If people refused to leave they gave them the Sharpie and told them to write their name, Social Security number and next of kin on their arm. Most people got the message and left. Galveston and Harris County (Houston) had only 80 orc so deaths.

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Democratic foe nails Ron DeSantis for the lie that Lee County 'wasn't even in the cone' of Hurricane [View all] turbinetree Oct 2022 OP

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The bottom line is that some people value their shit more than their lives TexasBushwhacker Oct 2022 #5

Some people are more worried about "them" violating their property than about their own lives DBoon Oct 2022 #12

Exactly TexasBushwhacker Oct 2022 #13

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THIS malaise Oct 2022 #9