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post #16 of 153
8/28/05 at 11:33pm
Few days ago, I was in the middle of Katrina's eye. It was just category 1. Part of my house's fence and two huge front / back trees went down. Guts were like 90mph. Electricity went off, floods, no restaurants, no nothing. It was very frustrating.

I was checking some news today and a girl was questioned about if she ever been in a hurricane before?; She said, that the closest to a hurricane she have been, is a blizzard. I feel sorry for all the people that have never been in one, because they don’t realize what it is.

I've been inside, in a quite a few of them. You don’t know where to hide; you confess all your sins, there are times, you ask yourself, when this nightmare will end?, will I make it to tomorrow? You realize how small we really are, in this constellation. Just, the worst of your fears become true and you can’t do anything to fix it. ………
post #17 of 153
8/28/05 at 11:49pm
I remember as a young kid going to Mobile to take supplies to the survivors of Camille. I was only 6 but I remember clearly being in a house that had been mostly destroyed & being amazed because they were eating with newspapers rolled up - all of their silverware (and pretty much everything else in the house) had been destroyed. I also remember driving along the sea wall & seeing everything destroyed. It really scared me as a little kid to see such devastation.

My thoughts & prayers go out to these folks & to the idiots that are choosing to stay even though they could leave & stay safe.
post #18 of 153
8/28/05 at 11:50pm
While living in New Orleans a few years ago I waited with a few friends for hurricane Georges at a concrete building. We prepared and had provisions for a week etc. Georges had a projected path that days before looked as if was heading directly toward New Orleans. During the last few hours in the Gulf, Georges slowed down and eventually it stood still in front of the mouth of the Mississippi River... and then went North-Northeast. New Orleans escaped. After this scratch of a storm compared to Katrina there were some important floods in the city however. I remember walking water up my knees to get back home (near Tulane Univ. and Audubon park) after the storm, and in that area we saw a couple of guys kayaking happily along flooded St. Charles Ave.! There were traffic lights broken, tree branches torn apart on the streets etc. And this was just with the outskirts of Georges, a storm whose eye really didn't approach New Orleans very closely, and a storm which wouldnt hold a candle against Katrina's strength.

And no need to mention Ivan's damage in Pensacola FL last year. Ivan was stronger than Georges, but still doesn't hold a candle against Katrina.

I see the thread of Katrina on New Orleans as if astronomers had spotted a meteor in collision course with Earth, more exactly, in collision course with New Orleans, and we basically couldn't do anything, just get out of the way of nature, and wait for the best. Tomorrow is a terrible day for the craddle of Jazz.
post #19 of 153
8/29/05 at 12:05am
I’ve been through lots of hurricanes but no one has ever been through what this could be.

http://www.nola.com/hurricane/conten...ding082805.pdf

This PDF doesn’t bode well for New Orleans. If you ever wanted a miracle it’s time to ask.


Mitch
post #20 of 153
8/29/05 at 12:38am
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Originally Posted by braillediver
My prayers are with you.
Now does seem like a good time to pray for the well being of these people and their homes.
post #21 of 153
8/29/05 at 1:00am
Talk about BAD TIMING

Stranger 0429: I hope you cancelled or at least changed your itinerary.
post #22 of 153
8/29/05 at 1:34am
I have a bad feeling about this hurricane. I'm several thousand miles away, and my dog has been acting really strange all evening, as if he senses the bad weather from far away. I hope everyone gets through this safely.
post #23 of 153
8/29/05 at 2:28am
A good site to keep us all current.

http://www.hurricanetrack.com/
post #24 of 153
8/29/05 at 3:20am
Check out the following link from CNN.com
This could turn out to be a very horrible event.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/2...day/index.html
post #25 of 153
8/29/05 at 5:02pm
Thread Starter 
Perhaps the only thing one can find some humor in at this point...



http://www.esona.com/gallery/albums/album01/cnn.mov
post #26 of 153
8/29/05 at 5:18pm
That's a 404 now. That wasn't the CNN reporter falling over and running through the wind like an idiot, was it? Because that was funny.
post #27 of 153
8/29/05 at 6:16pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Publius
That's a 404 now. That wasn't the CNN reporter falling over and running through the wind like an idiot, was it? Because that was funny.
CNN meteorologist Chad Myers "flipped out" on Daybreak anchor Carol Costello at 4:32am, according to several e-mailers. "She started to interrupt him and he yelled at her...and threw his papers to the floor. They later pretended it was in jest but it appeared to be a genuine outburst."

Here's the transcript:

Myers: It has filled in a little bit, filled in with some air, but this lower portion, but...

Costello: Chad, Chad, Chad...

Myers: Let me talk Carol!

Costello: Translate that for us, I don't know what that means, what does that mean--

Myers: Well if you would let me talk!

Costello: [Laughs] Go ahead.
post #28 of 153
8/29/05 at 6:47pm
The hurricane is already affecting weather patterns eastward here in Georgia. Right at this moment, the skies in Athens have gotten dark, and rain is impending.
post #29 of 153
8/30/05 at 5:02am
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Originally Posted by Iron_Dreamer
Wow, after seeing the news reports I am super happy that my wife and I decided to leave back to Austin yesterday afternoon. Traffic wasn't so bad, only took about 2 hours to get to Baton Rouge, so at least then the evacuation plan was working well (it was kinda fun to drive on the wrong side of the highway). I can't believe that this is happening less than 2 weeks since I moved in. At least I only stand to lose a few hundred bucks worth of furniture. My landlord is out of town, his house totally unprotected, and stands to lose everything. What amazes me is the huge number of people without cars or anywhere to go escape the storm (I've heard estimates of 100,000+). Surely they can't all survive in the Superdome. Best of luck to all those who are still there or anywhere nearby.
Good to hear you made it out, Peter.

-Ed
post #30 of 153
8/30/05 at 5:47am
This sucks.

What will happen to Mardi Gras?

I would have preferred if Mississippi got it; no offense to Mississippi, but LA has cooler stuff.

-Matt
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