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08-28-2005, 11:26 AM
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I woke up this morning, watched the news of the hurricane and feel positively numb.
Melanie, I'm so happy for you. This really should bring you some rain and little else. For people in New Orleans and the surrounding coastal areas, this will be a major catastophy and I am watching TV and feeling positively impotent.
I am really praying for some miracle, but this storm is in the gulf and close to land and has no place "safe" to go.
Some of you are religious, some aren't, but PLEASE join me in sendning hope, good wishes, and prayers to the folks in the path of the storm, and please try to think now how we can all help once the storm passes. Many people are going to lose everything. They will need mostly money, but also clothing and supplies. Some of us don't have a lot of extra cash, but lets try to think of what we do have (clothing, soap, etc) that we can send to help the folks that will need the help. |
08-28-2005, 02:28 PM
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This is very scary. |
08-28-2005, 03:42 PM
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Yes, this really is going to be a bad one. Last I heard, it's just a smidge worse than Camille which hit that area in '69. And considering the fact that N.O. is basically under water to start with.... yikes. 
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08-28-2005, 04:15 PM
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Holy smokes, from the satelite photo on CNN, it looks like it takes the entire Gulf! |
08-28-2005, 04:19 PM
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08-28-2005, 04:26 PM
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Geez, it's giving me chills all the way here. I can't imagine reading that and living there.
What on earth would you do with your livestock? I can't remember if there is any farmland near New Orleans, but what about horses or cows? They can't be evacuated! |
08-28-2005, 04:26 PM
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Holy crap. 
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08-28-2005, 05:40 PM
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I've been watching all day on the weather channel and cnn. It is really scary. And the lines leaving NO. I hope everyone took the authorites seriously and left.
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08-28-2005, 06:28 PM
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I feel so bad for anyone in NO. We keep watching the news as well, and it just doesnt look good.
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08-28-2005, 07:08 PM
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One of my online friends is still there. I know you don't know him, but if you can send out good vibes or prayers or whatever for Vega_ it would be appreciated
His girlfriend is in West Texas and worried sick about him. |
08-28-2005, 07:39 PM
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Right now all we can do is pray.
I literally feel sick over this. |
08-28-2005, 07:50 PM
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Quote: lynnzop said
 Geez, it's giving me chills all the way here. I can't imagine reading that and living there.
What on earth would you do with your livestock? I can't remember if there is any farmland near New Orleans, but what about horses or cows? They can't be evacuated! | There is a lot of farming north and west of New Orleans. What happens here is the animals are ID tagged...and you hope they survive and can be found after. |
08-28-2005, 07:59 PM
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When we had bad flooding here a 5 years ago, it was a real problem for the horses. They had no dry land, and horses and cows were suffering hoof rot. |
08-28-2005, 08:51 PM
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This is the storm they've been fearing for years. Last estimates I saw thought that the entire city will be under 5 to 15 feet of water. Scary stuff.
Positive thoughts coming from here and I swear this year I am NOT going to complain about the snow. Much. |
08-28-2005, 09:15 PM
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I heard an interview with an researcher from Louisiana who's been doing computer models for years about what a Catagory 5 hurricane might do to New Orleans. He was trying to remain calm and professional but I could hear fear in his voice.
He mentioned that there are several hundred thousand people there who don't own cars. Some of them will have gotten rides from friends, relatives or neighbors by the time the storm hits, but many thousands will be stuck in the city. |
08-28-2005, 09:17 PM
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Ack. I hadn't even thought of that!  |
08-28-2005, 09:22 PM
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The people without cars - many homeless people, poor people, elderly people, are being bussed to the sports dome. It will be crowded, hot, and miserable. I hope they'll have food. I hope they'll be able to stay high up out of the water, but low enough to be safe in the wind.
This is so frightening. |
08-28-2005, 09:23 PM
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The ones who are stranded are heading to the SuperDome. It will be their only safe haven, but I shudder to think of being in it when the storm hits. I don't think I'd feel safe, and the electricity and AC will go out.
It looks like Mobile is going to be affected too. Is that where Andy is? |
08-28-2005, 09:25 PM
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I think that Andy is further north in Birmingham. If I'm right, he'll be ok. I hope I'm right! |
08-28-2005, 09:28 PM
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Brian Williams is reporting from the SuperDome, they are estimating 30,000 people having to seek shelter in there.
The satelite photos are just eerie. I don't remember ANY of the last crop being that humungous. |
08-28-2005, 09:29 PM
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The researcher mentioned the superdome but said that it's not what the Red Cross considers to be a safe shelter, that it's considered to be a "shelter of last resort".
The walls are concrete and the roof is spray foam over a steel superstructure, but I have no idea what kind of winds it was designed to withstand.
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08-28-2005, 09:31 PM
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Yeah - we just saw the shot of the people lining up at the Superdome. With the high winds and the storm surge, I hope its safe for them. This is going to be a LONG night for all of them. |
08-28-2005, 09:33 PM
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Quote: lynnzop said
Brian Williams is reporting from the SuperDome, they are estimating 30,000 people having to seek shelter in there.
The satelite photos are just eerie. I don't remember ANY of the last crop being that humungous. | One meteorologist I saw said that if there was such a thing as a Cat 6, this would qualify. It's THAT far bad on the range of Cat 5 badness. | |
