I read an article about a a lot of folks living in Houston that are choosing to ride out the storm, instead of fleeing. I hope they are making the right decision. It could mean their life.

Just this hour … in the Alert banner at the bottom of the screen: “ceratin death” … your spelling, not mine.
What the hell is ceratin death??????
American education is indeed in trouble.

Stay safe! Stay smart.

Who better to illustrate the threat from Ike than Geraldo Rivera. Geraldo demonstrated earlier what a storm surge can do to a person standing too close to the water. Shaking it off after being knocked down by a large wave, Geraldo seemed ok. It wasn’t long after Geraldo had mocked a couple of residents standing on the sea wall caling them “nut jobs”

WHY DOESN’T EVERYONE LEAVE GALVESTON? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been told that the Galveston yaght basin is on fire – do you have pictures?

FOX, AND ALL NEWS NETWORKS, SHOULD BE SHOUTING NOW.

Tell me none of my tax dollars are going toward the rescue of the idiots that stayed in harm’s way?

As a weather buff, I have one criticism…..Gerald and crew are risking their safety for a story. They need to heed the local authorities warnings, set an example and leave the area now… as long as they stay in the area (in a beachfront hotel) all the locals think its OK to ride out the storm. You’d have more impact if they said…this situation is so critical that we need to evacuate … showing the desperation of literally running for you life has more impact.

Hope you are in a safe spot. Wish I were the camera man with you, that’s my dream job.

Do you think we don’t know what a hurricane looks like? You report to leave the area and yet, you go out in the elements next to the storm wall to report. Do you really think that we would take you any less seriously if you removed yourself from the elements, put your self and your crew in a safe location watching select remotes cameras.

Go inside, the broken broadcasts are irritating and really are not telling me anyting new, except that yourself in harms way to prove you can – there can be no other reason, perhaps people do not leave their homes, is because the new media does not leave either!

Why do the reporters think they are better than everyone else. They stand out in the storm and talk about how many ‘foolish’ people failed to evaculate as they were told. Isn’t it likely many of them stayed because they see the reporters, camermen, etc. all coming in and staying, implying that the threat really can’t be as bad as they are being told? The news media would be doing a much better service if they just placed some robot cameras there and got the heck out like everybody else is supposed to do.

Geraldo needs to get out of the water and the wind… from afar, it appears as though he is at the starting phase of hypotherma, especially admitting he is getting “foggy”.

It is laughable how weather reporting has become a celebrity sport. You have weather personalities reporting in whipping rain, assistants holding anemometers in the background and it seems that it is all for the sake of “good television”.
I have listened to statements from the media claiming “certain death” for those that have remained in the path of this storm and I believe statements like that, at that hour, are irresponsible and melodramatic. Opportunistic, if you will.
Your network has reporting confused with entertaining and, unfortunately, so have most other networks seen on TV.
You don’t have to be on camera, outside, with a cell phone and a microphone, in fearful weather, with a crew to convince anybody to be responsible and cautious. Geraldo Rivera? That was hilarious and the “Monster as big as Texas”? Ridiculous!

What happened to the freighter that had to stay out at sea with 23 people aboard?

Hope you made through the night and morning unscathed. I have to admit I wish I were there operating a camera for FOX, that’s my dream job.

Has anyone gotten word this morning as to the fate of the stranded freighter?

My question is…will the people who refused to evacuate and now need rescue teams to help them out be billed for the services they receive? Why should the taxpayers dollars go towards rescue missions for people who ignored the warnings???

In AZ we have a Stupid Motorist Law, which basically says if you cross a blockade and try to drive across a flooded wash and need to be rescued you must pay the costs associated with that rescue. I feel that hurricane prone states should institute the same type of law regarding evacuations. Sure stay if you want but if you underestimate your house or the storm be prepared to pay for your decisions.

Please don’t get me wrong I have all the sympathy in the world for these people my prayers are with them but rescuers should not be placed in harms ways due to your decisions.

God bless and be safe,
Alison

Dear Fox News,
Just wanted you to know the huricane ike damage hear was not as bad as four cast. So far we havent got no rain, but theirs a little wind making ripples in the swimmin pool now. The radio says folks over in Hartley don’t have electrical or water, but I dont think they had this befor.

Can you send Heraldo up here? We could turn on the hose and the big fan to make it look more dangerus. Were hunkerin down in the bath room now waitin for the storm surge. Keep up the good work. God bless.

Zola Holt
Dalhart, TX

IF THE HURRICANE IS SO DANGEROUS……WHAT IS GERALDO DOING STANDING BY THE GULF WATER & TAKING ALL THAT WIND AND LOOKING LIKE A KID PLAYING IN THE SURF?? DOESN’T MAKE SENSE TO EVACUATE AND THEN SEE THIS BY THE WATER, SURGING. .. I’D FEEL SAFER IN MY HOUSE!!

HURRICANE VETERAN (N.O.) HAVE NEVER EVACUATED!

Geraldo and all the other reporters are very brave to go out into a huge storm just to get the story. They shouldnt be criticized. They definately have what it takes to be a world class jounalist.

Please don’t use all that wood for firewood…recycle any that may be reusable.

Regarding those who decided to “ride out the storm,” and who are now sitting around waiting to be taken to shelters they should have gone to 2 days ago: perhaps if they were charged for the costs of their “rescues,” they’d think differently about staying behind next time they’re told to evacuate. It’s outrageous that those who used common sense and did as they were told should have to pay, through their taxes, for the equipment and personnel expenses of rescue services .