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I havent seen anyone crack any jokes.For any of you in this thread who have cracked jokes, you need to think about the devastation that lies ahead and what these people will have to deal with in the very near future.
slow your roll.
There is no way people should be allowed to "ride this out". I know that transportation options are limited but if I was the goverment and the state of Louisana, I'd send troops, personnel trucks, school buses, moving trucks, eighteen wheelers, etc, etc, etc to get as many people out of there as possible.
After going to the last two Mardi Gras and going to NO five times in the last two years, I was hoping to make two trips a year to NO a tradition. Now I'm glad I was able to visit at all because NO will never be the same. You have to wonder what can be rebuilt and if they'll even try. Of course SOME effort will be made but modern day New Orleans will be a thing of the past. Its sad to imagine the loss of all that history and culture and even sadder to think of the loss of life.
I havent seen anyone crack any jokes.For any of you in this thread who have cracked jokes, you need to think about the devastation that lies ahead and what these people will have to deal with in the very near future.
slow your roll.
Today's Times-Picayune front page. PDF.
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/pageone/Sunday.pdf
That NWS statement is awfully fatalistic. It's creepy to read.
How many do y'all think, realistically, will perish? And how much damage? Or are there just too many variables to have a good guess? I keep hearing all these worst-case-scenario numbers, but I think everyone may be overreacting.
But either way, I am VERY glad I don't have family in the area.
Read the thread
yeah, the devastation andrew left was crazy.
I'm all for civil rights, but in this case where you're not sure if something is legal and you have that many peoples lives at stake, you order the ing evac and worry about the rest later.
He wasn't sure he could force them out and sieze private property to house people. Apparetnly his attorneys have told him he can, or he doesn't care at this point because thats what they plan on doing.
The sad thing is that the Superdome is where they are going to put a good amount of people, but the Superdome roof is only rated for 200mph winds. This storm is going to have gusts at that level, so even the Superdome is a way less than ideal place to be.
yeah, thousands are going into the superdome.. they will be there for days.. also, on the news they said since the hurricane is so strong right now, they expect hurricane force winds to go into 150 miles inland...
Yesterday the WC only forecasted to hit Cat. 4, it took meteorologists by surprise just like it did when it hit Florida.
Oh, and while this storm still has a higher pressure than Camille and Andrea, the debate that they were stronger is academic. This storm is much larger and will leave a larger area of devistation. There's a plane about to enter the storm, and they should have the VORTEX reports in soon. That'll give us an idea if it has gotten stronger.
I really wonder how this will impact the insurance industry.
As to deaths..
They say 100,000 are stuck there. I don't think it would be unrealistic to think that if this thing hits NO head on that half of those will die.
And you would also have to argue that the economic infrastructure was a lot less during Camille.
Oh yeah, people in MS will definetly feel sustained hurricane force winds. It's going to take a while to die off. People in TN are going to get a fun ride out of this as well.
Trainwreck, intensity forcasts are really tough, but ONLY a catgory four is like saying you're only going to get shot in the head.
Hi Tpark, like someone said, we can probably wait a few days and see what's the best thing to do about donations. I hope you are doing well.
LJ's cousin lives/goes to school in N.O. This is so so scary.
Misti- I am willing to bet a serious ammount of cash (or donate it to the relief funds, whichever you prefer) that the Spurs WILL NOT be going on that trip.
It'd be stupid to send them there. The Spurs organization simply will not allow it.
I don't see the cause for concern, as far as the Spurs' trip goes.
Have you talked to LJ's cousin yet?
We could be looking at thousands of defaults, and thousands of lawsuits.I really wonder how this will impact the insurance industry.
As a person who depends on insurance for our business, we are all quite worried about the impact on our price of insurance.
http://americanradioworks.publicradi...urricane1.html
Joe Suhayda shows Daniel Zwerdling how high the water would be if New Orleans were hit with a Category Five Hurricane.
When the computer models showed Walter Maestri what would happen after a hurricane hit New Orleans, he wrote big letters on the map: "KYAGB—kiss your ass good bye."
I spoke with my parents about an hour ago.
They were in La at the casinos this weekend and they are on their way home now
The highways that are going into La are closed down and traffic is going the opposite way(out of La on those highways) so all traffic is going out of town, no more incoming traffic.
The hotels and casinos would not let anyone stya there anymore, they said they all must leave.
What a mess.
Yes, I just did. He drove all night and just got home to San Antonio.
Good to hear.
Anyone care to explain why they have not issued a mandatory evac for Mobile yet?
I would tell EVERYONE in a costal town to get the out immediately. Fines if you are seen on the street and not headed North. Screw the legality of it all, and get these people out now.
compared to lj's cousin, and these people in NO MISS and ALA??I hope you are doing well.
Im feeling like a Rockafeller.
Biloxi as well.
He drove all night and just got home to San Antonio
Bless the lord, awesome news.
Sam - they are already there. The events started Friday night.
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