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I don't think any of our current members are affected by this but I'm not sure.
My son in Pensacola should be OK unless one of the tornados that accompany it hits them. Also hoping it doesn't move any further east or they may be in trouble.
I certainly wouldn't wish this one on my worst enemy. I am praying it will slow before landfall.
Shirley
When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber"
-- Winston Churchill
I hope things go okay for everyone there - it sure looks bad. John and I were talking about it and sure consider ourselves lucky where we live, which has mild temperatures and few storms. I can't imagine the fear those people are feeling. My heart goes out to them.
I have relatives in the path of the storm, and last I heard, my first cousin was a resident of New Orleans, so hopefully, he has evacuated.
This in going to be a horrible disaster.
Has anyone heard from Terry, our member on the old board who lives in New Orleans?
Patricia B. of the old board lives in central MS, so she probably will be getting hurricane force winds even that far north.
This is not an area of the Gulf Coast that gets many of these, but Hurricane Camille destroyed Biloxi back in '69, and then there was Bertha which I think hit the La. coast, didn't it? Think that was a 3 though.
Would you believe the hotel rooms were filling up quickly with folks in the path of the storm needing lodging, and that was just by noon Sunday? I-10 is FULL of westward bound traffic, all pouring into to town. Don't you know they're exhausted by now?!
Have any of you ever driven across Lake Ponchatrain (sp)? I did last fall for the first time since I was a child. That is one long bridge over more swamp than you can imagine. That's the area that the eye is apparently going to pass over, and the one which forecasters have always predicted would flood the city which is shaped like a bowl. The surge will be maybe 20 feet or so.
Earlier today the winds had gotten up to 275 mph, and the news person said that that would be equivalent to a 100 mile wide F-2 tornado. The thing hasn't slowed down much now that it's leading edge is making landfall with the first hurricane force winds.
I fear that too many stayed behind. At least hope everyone makes it into a safe shelter who stayed in the area. As I'm sure you've heard, the SuperDome in New Orleans is being used as a shelter for those who didn't make it out of harms way.
The people who've been interviewed KNEW this one was different, so they readily evacuated this time, knowing full well that when they return, they won't have a house, and maybe not even a job. Some people will not even have the land their house was sitting on, and the roads will often be completely gone, and who knows how much of the infrastructure, including utility polls, radio towers, and cell phone relay towers.
For sure there won't be electricity, and I doubt all the electric companies showing up from neighboring states will be able to get them up and running as quickly as with previous storms. It will probably be like Andrew, only worse. At least I hope there will be an early cool season when all these folks return home.
Some of the hotels here allow pets, so folks are bringing them with them. One guy said that he was pretty tired having just arrived at his lodging having driven all these many miles (to Houston in bumper to bumper traffic) with two little children, a dog, and a cat. Not sure I'd have been as cheerful as he was, but whatcha gunna do?
Local news here just said that people were evacuating New Orleans at the rate of 18,000 an hour. Think they're a little late, don't you?
Hopefully, the traffic will keep moving to get them out before there's any flooding. They showed the bridge over the Mississippi River which was full of exiting cars. Also, heard that the first hurricane force winds were just then hitting the mouth of the Mississippi River, so can just imagine what that must be like, not knowing how bad it's gunna get before you get out of the way, if you do.
My cousin did evacuate New Orleans, but his borther isn't able to get through to where he is now as all the lines are jammed. He'll still probably get near hurricane force winds further north where he is now, due to the storm slowing down fairly rapidly.
Hi everyone,
I have been watching the news on Sky TV that hurricane is horendous, those poor people who could,nt get away and the one's that did just dont know what they will come home to. God, it must be terrifying, i hope you and your family's are all safe, will pray for a quick end to the nightmare.
Pretty sure that everyone has heard this..that the storm, bad as it was in New Orleans, actually veered just 10 to 15 miles to the east, sparing most of the levy system, and thus it didn't flood the entire city as it had been feared up until right before landfall.
From the video feed we've been seeing on TV, you would think the whole town was under water as we kept hearing could happen if it had gone straight in.
Looks to me like Biloxi and Gulfport got what New Orleans was supposed to get. They are already finding bodies, and showing pictures of destroyed houses and businesses, and tremendous destruction over there.
I had forgotten that my sister's bil's sister, a recent widow, lived in Biloxi as they are originally from Virginia. She had planned to get out of town, but the bank she works for wouldn't let them go early because they were so busy with everyone wanting to get their money out before they left town.
Well, when she did try to leave, the roads were already jammed, so she had to stay home. Frightening thing is that she only lives 5 miles from the shore. The whole area there along the shore was underwater and received extensive damage, but hopefully, what they showed was less than five miles from shore. Also, hopefully, she found a higher ground shelter somewhere that she was able to get safely to. Will have to ask my sister if they had any further word when I see her tomorrow.
Luce,
I hope that the lady was able to get to a suitable shelter before the storm hit. I believe the reporter in Glufport was about 5 miles from shore at 27 ft above sea level but the surge flooded the building there. It was a multi-story building so they were OK but it got awfully deep in the parking lot.
Surely she went to a shelter or someplace farther away from the storm surge. I surely hope so.
Love, Shirley
When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber"
-- Winston Churchill
I don't know what I would do if I couldn't take Lexie. I say I would never leave my pet behind but then I am not in that situation. It would be a horrible choice to have to make.
Hugs
Lori
"The manner of giving is worth more than the gift." ~ PIERRE CORNEILLE
Lori, you are absolutely right!! I wasn't thinking about having a pet when I wrote that before. How heartbreaking that would be if you had to leave a beloved pet behind. I just don't know what I would do if the situation were that critical.
Love, Shirley
When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber"
-- Winston Churchill
I just wanted to join this subject because I am feeling very sad for all who have lost their lives, relatives, friends, pets and belongings.
NO is not going to recover so quick as they think. They are going to evacuate the Superdome because of warning of floodings and things are not going to be better because of all this rain... Rivers have too much water and it all goes towards NO...
It is very sad. I´ve watched, read and listened to a high number of stories to be updated and feel very close to this sad event.
It was espected to happen, but one never imagines it...And we haven´t seen it all...
A friend of mine living in NO stayed with his family... We have no news since Monday at 11 am... I hope they could evacuate on time...I listened to Governor Kathleen Blanco explaining the situation, she was crying... It´s terrible.
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Shirley
That makes me soooo sad...what would you do? JJ
