Very Disappointed in a lot of Texas' Response to Ike.

Direct Tv has has a non-stop station from Houston concerning Ike. We have watched it quite a bit over the last few days. We watched so many people tell the people to get out of the low lying areas. We watched Galveston be told to get out or face certain death.

I am personally offended that they so many people made the decision not to evacuate. I am even more offended that their failure to respect the authority and the warnings will cost the government and ME so much more money.

Now, the same people that didn't resect the authorities enough to follow what they asked are whining and complaining about the lack of water, food, and ice. Excuse me, but didn't they realize this was going to happen? If they made the choice to stay, THEY - not the government - should be responsible for providing.

This morning, on the houston chanel, local authorities were complaing that FEMA had not done enough yet. The storm hit yesterday. The streets are clogged with idiots who refuse to listen to the authorities and are out driving around. They are complaining that FEMA is not setting up the distribution points fast enough. There was a huge storm in Houston again this morning. Areas where the floods had receeded have flooded again. Places that were not flooded, now are. I can understand Fema waiting to make sure there are safe locations.

The people were warned repeatedly to have 72 hours of supplies. They are still below that. Give Fema an opprotunity to set up.

I was seriously hoping my state wouldn't be as offensive and act like they were 'owed' so much. Maybe Houston has forgotten that the entire Texas Coast was effected- not just them.

Dean had an interesting thought about the clean up in Galveston. All those big boats that are on the shore are probably insured. Shouldn't that insurance help with the cleanup - instead of just being pocketed by the owner? Charge the owners for cleaning up and let them pay it out of their insurance money - whatever. The government shouldn't have to foot the bill for everything.

Ok, I will get off my soap box. It just makes me sad to see people who were warned, now feel they are owed for their stuidity.