I hope no Slowtwitchers are still in town in New Orleans. If so, get the hell out of Dodge.
I saw her back when she was just a category 1, and she was no fun even way back when.
This sucker looks worse than Andrew. I will never forget the day I saw that puppy heading toward me and my new, uninsured house. Long night.
Please be careful, everyone! I know the media sensationalizes everything, but this storm is worthy of everything being said about it. Katrina is the next Andrew and Camille. A lot of people are going to be homeless tomorrow, and I’m sure some will also be dead.
It’s concerning that the media is saying that people are stuck in grid-lock on the highways and also still making last-minute preparations, rather than already being in a safe place.
I’m hoping for the best for everyone…
Art,
My daughter, Jessica lived in Homestead for Andrew. That sure was a long night of worrying. She sat in the bathtub of her first floor apartment while the third floor and half of the second blew away!
I hope everyone in New Orleans get to higher ground.
I just checked out the slowtwitch map that jtaylor1024 set up (http://myguestmap.lorca.eti.br/guestmap.jsp?id=Slow&locale=en).
I can’t see anyone in the New Orleans area, but I’m sure there are a few.
Thats a very powerfull storm thats bearing down on those folks, im gonna say some prayers for those people while I run. The President was just on TV urging people to leave.
Somebody refresh my history, who was the idiot that decided to build a city below sea level??
Was it Jean Lafite? This is his revenge for what they did to his saloon/bar - turned it into a frozen margarita/daqueri stand. I hope the city is spared but that place gets washed out to sea!
Just remember…last year, the Weather Channel was sponsored by Home Depot. This year the Weather Channel is sponsored by Lowes!!!
They love the doom and gloom … it raises the TV ratings.
Don’t get me wrong…someones going to get hurt and some are going to loose homes. We’ve been having hurricanes for 1,000’s of years. Remember…they are going to give you wrose case scenarios in all cases. According to the Weather Channel…Florida was blown off the map last year and we all lost our homes!! NOT!!!
The French, of course.
Just blame Francois. Close enough.
Somebody refresh my history, who was the idiot that decided to build a city below sea level??
…but see, I read this book about the Netherlands, and there were all these pretty tulips, and shit, and I said, “Hey, I can do that right here!”
Went through 2 last year here in Palm Beach Gardens. Neither were anything like what those folks are going to face. One of the women on the Weather Channel just got queasy talking about what tomorrow would bring. What is so weird about storms is that you can count down to when the disaster strikes, not like a tornado or earthquake. Frightening.
It used to be above sea level, but has been slowly sinking into the Gulf like the rest of southern/coastal Louisiana because the creation of the NOLA shipping canals and channels has prevented sediment from the Mississippi River from replenishing the loss of land and marshland caused by normal coastal erosion.
I like my answer a lot better.
Does the saying some facts are too good to check ring a bell for you?
We just made it up to Shreveport. Traffic flow was much, much better than during Ivan last year.
Now we’re spectators just like the rest of you, keeping our fingers crossed. I think it’s time to take a break from watching the non-stop CNN coverage and go play some blackjack on the riverboats.
Good luck, and not just at the tables.