The Mad Rants of an Unconventional Soccer Mom

The National Hurricane Center has warned residents of Galveston, Texas, that they "face certain death" if they do not flee before Hurricane Ike comes ashore from the Gulf of Mexico.

Ike will hit Texas within the next few hours. This is one big-ass storm. I can't even imagine. According to the weather service it is 900 miles wide and its tropical storm-force winds extended up to 275 miles -- the length of the Texas coastline -- from its center, for a total reach of about 550 miles. Un-freak'n-believable!

And after all the warnings and all the begging:

Galveston officials said as many as 40 percent of the city's 58,000 residents ignored the evacuation order.

These people are on a tiny stretch of land that will be decimated. I don't get it! Why didn't they get the hell out? They are talking about a twenty foot storm surge. That's a tsunami. Do they all have a death wish?!?

I'm afraid this is going to be a horrible tragedy. I hope I’m wrong.