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Lone Star Rally/Tropical Storm Ivan cam

#1 Postby GalvestonDuck » Wed Sep 22, 2004 9:54 pm

I don't get what Ivan has against tourism. Maybe he heard wrong. HEY, IVAN! It's the war on TERRORISM, you dork, not TOURISM!!!

He struck during Labor Day weekend first and now he's back a weekend later (and weakened...and later :) ), just in time to greet 200,000 tourists and/or bike aficionados here on the island for the 2nd Annual Lone Star Bike (as in motorcycle) Rally.

I suppose this will give you guys a good idea of how things look around here on The Strand during the rally and during landfall. Of course, people will be at the beach also, I'm sure. :roll:

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Go to http://www.galveston.com/webcams to see the other cams during the day.
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#2 Postby bfez1 » Thu Sep 23, 2004 6:08 am

Thanks for the cam sites, duck!!!
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#3 Postby GalvestonDuck » Thu Sep 23, 2004 6:50 am

YW! :) Looks a little sleepy right now, but I'm sure things will liven up later. Besides, those roads are barricaded now (for the cyclists, not because of the storm), so there's no traffic.
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#4 Postby GalvestonDuck » Thu Sep 23, 2004 11:38 am

The bikers are awake now. :)
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#5 Postby TexasStooge » Fri Sep 24, 2004 9:06 am

Nice view of Galveston from here!
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#6 Postby GalvestonDuck » Fri Sep 24, 2004 3:08 pm

Thanks, TS!

I've never seen them put barricades out here before,
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but I guess bikers were riding out there too close to the water. Last year, the rally was only along the Strand (which obviously covers a lot more area than just what's pictured above). But this year, they're expanded to Harborside and the piers. There was a huge concert stage set up out there and lots of other stuff. It's going to take a lot longer to peruse all the vendor stands this time around. Usually nothing I'm interested in - in regards to bike stuff, cuz I'm not at all a biker-type. But sometimes, there's other good stuff that you wouldn't expect to see on sale for bikers.

Anyone who comes down for this, hope ya have fun! Stay safe! And I'm sure rain won't be an issue. :wink: I'll be there tonight. I'll wave at the cam. :)
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#7 Postby coriolis » Fri Sep 24, 2004 6:46 pm

Wow, Shawn, we shared a tropical storm. Isn't that special?
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Re: Lone Star Rally/Tropical Storm Ivan cam

#8 Postby TexasStooge » Sat Sep 25, 2004 12:53 pm

GalvestonDuck wrote:...I suppose this will give you guys a good idea of how things look around here on The Strand during the rally and during landfall. Of course, people will be at the beach also, I'm sure. :roll:

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Go to http://www.galveston.com/webcams to see the other cams during the day.


Looks like a bike rally there! :cool:
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