Bad Decision to Stay and Ride Out Ike

Sept. 13, 2008 The Weather Channel's Tetiana Anderson talked to a man who regrets his decision to ride out Hurricane Ike in his home in Galveston.

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• Hurricane
• Ike
• Tropical
• Storm
• wind
• waves
• Galveston
• Texas

[windonthewater]

You surf BEFORE a hurricane. NOT after. What's he gonna do? Surf with the boards and wire and broken boats and pieces of furniture?Idiot.

[djbuck1]

Yet another Darwin Award candidate. I will never understand why people do not heed evacuation orders.

[tehmattbookpro]

@djbuck1 I can understand to an extent. I mean, yeah it's your home and all but, damn. With the way our weather has been intensifying over the years, it would be wise to evacuate.

[Number10pen]

@windonthewater oh yeah, that makes PERFECT SCENSE, because even now is after hurricane ike. so whos the idiot, YOU

[billybassman21]

@HailPretender

If you live along the coast you should evacuate due mainly to the danger of the storm surge. If you live inland there is no need to unless you live in a mobile home. Mayor White was the one that told people to leave in Houston during Rita and that was a big mistake as you know. Most were not here in 1983 and didn't know any better. As a result of the Ritachaos few left for Ike and lots of lives were lost. I think next time people will use more common sense having gone thru Ike.

[HailPretender]

@djbuck1 i stayed for ike, it was hardly different than a thunderstorm and rain. its not a common thing for hurricanes to be THAT dangerous. a few people may die, and yes their deaths could have been avoided had they evacuated, but the chances per individual are hardly worth paying to leave town. ive never evacuated a hurricane, my house is still standing, and i'd have been mad each time coming home knowing i could have stayed through it.

[lostindiancamp]

@djbuck1 Just like those two idiots who stayed in the bait shop OVER the ocean. The guy said he stayed because he had seen thunderstorms worse than Ike. I have lived in Texas my whole life and I have never seen a thunderstorm with 100mph winds.

He and his girlfriend are the ones who really deserve the Darwin Award.

[Geno2733]

ROFL Jagoffs! Didn't think I'd see that coming from anywhere outside of home.

[TexanATX22]

poor guy looked like he was beating himself up about staying.

[masterland52]

Wait what happened to his dogs?

[SaturnOwner26]

Rita*

[SaturnOwner26]

alot of the reason why people chose to stay behind this time is because everybody saw what a disorganized clusterfuck of a mess the riat evacuation was, all those people like me and ym family that got trapped on teh roadways in Houston told themselves never again, screw it, next time I might as well justs tay home and ride it out, safer than being in your car on the road and riding it out there, take your pick which would you rather ride it out in if you were in their shoes, think about it