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I know, huh, "face certain death" I think the weather service fucking means business this time. Even Aaron Brown was taken aback by their decree.

Meanwhile, some poor hotel owner handed the keys to his hotel to a CNN crew and took off. Not sure who is dumber, the hotel owner leaving the CNN crew alone at his hotel or the CNN crew for staying to "face certain death"

Um, not to be picky, but wasn't the exact wording "may" face certain death? I mean, I know the weather service thinks this one's gonna be bad, but they wouldn't say people in the path of the storm straight up face *certain* death.

Couldn't you find something better than that stock photo?

"I like where this thread is going."

I think these people should get rescued but then fined. They were warned repeatedly to get out and they didn't.

I say anyone who fails to heed the warnings should be given a cheese sandwich instead of their regular hot lunch.

Certain Death is a great name for a metal band.

You know what happens when you ignore a cat4/5 hurricane? You die.

Way to go. Moron.

"One of us leads to the center of the labyrinth, and the other on leads to (duh-duh-duh-duuuh) CERTAIN DEATH!"

#8: Yep, all 70 people in the Caribbean are dead. Hey, free islands.

Classic example of the Darwin Effect...

Readings indicate - a 12th power energy field.

The real question: Who will Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell blame for this act of God's Vengance(tm)?

If enough people die, can this somehow lower Texas' electoral vote count?

@Jessica: HA!

And I agree with getting a fine. There was a poll on CNN yesterday that asked: Would you ride out a storm even if you were told to evacuate.

14% of people said 'ride out the storm'. THESE PEOPLE ARE THE UNDECIDED'S! I know it.

@13,

Jerry Falwell is dead.

@9 I prefer the bog of eternal stench myself... which is coincidently what Texas is going to smell like with no refrigeration in 90+ degree heat.

@8 Actually, looks like it's "only" going to be a category 2 storm in terms of wind speed. Problem is, that scale is only about wind speeds and doesn't say anything about the storm surge. Despite relatively slow winds, Ike is a massive storm in terms of its area and storm surge. It's been clear for a couple of days that the Texas coast is going to see extensive dangerous flooding. I don't think any media have done a good job conveying this. I keep seeing quotes from people staying on Galveston Island, like "It's just some wind and rain!" But Galveston Island is going to be mostly under water tonight.

Waters have already risen substantially here around New Orleans, hundreds of miles from Ike's expected landfall.

hurricane news: http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/

photoshopped

@ 3. I tried. For a couple minutes. I haven't got all day to look for a goddamned storm photo.

I was tempted to say something snide like "every dead Texan means one less Republican vote," but then the truth of it hit me. It's the poor people who will be fucked, like always.

@ 16: and we should take a pause to thank the good lord. Or something like that.

Not photoshopped. That's a wall cloud. Also, not the edge of a hurricane, as every other idiot has inferred by posting it thirty times every hurricane season. Learn about scale, kids.

I love that old stock photo.  It was my wallpaper at work a few years ago.