Swingman wrote:
"dpb" wrote in message ...
Leon wrote:
... I'm sure that if the comment I copy/pasted was a government remark it
was certainly taken out of context.
If that's all that was given, it certainly was. I saw the actual
announcement/warning last night on one of the networks; I forget which. In
response to the (inevitable) leading questions it was reiterated
repeatedly this was _ONLY_ for those who would be affected by 20+ storm
surge, most particularly those in headwaters of inlets, etc. Others on
high ground were told to hunker down (or up, maybe ).

I saw the same thing Leon saw this morning ... it was a headline blurb/link
on a website, it was most definitely presented "out of context" (but, you
would have only known that if you heard the local evacuation orders, either
locally or on national TV, as you apparently did), ... at the time I thought
it was totally irresponsible. Still do.
....
In that case that only would confirm my opinion of MSNBC (assuming it
was, indeed them, your description makes me wonder) as I just went and
looked at their website and if it was there, it isn't now.

The words of the warning were indeed those quoted but the context was
clear if reported. I've not heard anything local, this was just a news
story at 10 last night on the magnitude of the expected surge owing to
the size of the cyclone associated w/ this particular storm (which is
pretty impressive, ya' gotta' admit). We're 6-700+ miles away altho
have family scattered from Port Arthur, Lake Jackson, Bay City to
Brownsville who'll get various amounts of effects.

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