gulf coast residents urged to evacuate

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:23 pm

Here's a picture of it.

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Clint · Post by **Clint** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:35 pm

Accountable wrote: Here's a picture of it.

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Forget CNN, FOX and the others. I'm staying tuned in to Garden News.

nvalleyvee · Post by **nvalleyvee** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:43 pm

Hint to Tombstone --- FG News - live 24/7 as told by real people.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:47 pm

the aftermath is worrying the city officials as well, there could be no water, no power, no amenities at all for weeks. not to mention sewage and the potential for disease. andrew is very fresh in my mind, the days following were a nightmare.

nvalleyvee · Post by **nvalleyvee** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:51 pm

It will be a terribly long process to rebuild - no doubt. Hopefully they will keep the evacuated people out until some of the amenities are under control.

ubetta · Post by **ubetta** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:51 pm

Far Rider wrote: not an engineer but i remember a show talking about vents to direct the high winds on it that keeps the roof neutral as far as lift is concerned.

http://www.polythane.com/library/superd.htm

That's a report on the specs of the roof covering and what happened during hail and what they expect during wind. Personally, I think it's anybody's guess when dealing with something of this magnitude.

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:55 pm

lady cop wrote: ambulances at the ready AP

This pic REALLY gets to me... remember me telling you guys a while back

about my high school reunion? One of my classmates is from Slidell (I

was teasing her that I was gonna come stay at her house for the next

Super Bowl!!) and I hope she is evacuated.

Think it's 'bout time for me to hit the blood bank...

:(

ubetta · Post by **ubetta** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:02 pm

I'm scared to death this time. The predictions for the amount of casualties and dead is astronomical. I'm generally a positive type of person but this is really scaring the **** out of me. And while there is New Orleans, this thing is huge...the surrounding states are also at very high risk and are expecting a lot of damage and casualties.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:13 pm

you know Ubetta, i can understand that, i have never experienced fear on my job of the same intensity as the sickening fear that i have felt in the face of hurricanes.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:18 pm

The last news I heard here in the UK, they'd reduced it to a Cat 3, is this true??

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:19 pm

Betty Boop wrote: The last news I heard here in the UK, they'd redused it to a Cat 3, is this true??unfortunately not.

ubetta · Post by **ubetta** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:23 pm

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

413 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE

MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA...

...DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED...

MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT

LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL

FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY

DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL.

PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD

FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE

BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME

WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.

HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A

FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.

AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH

AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY

VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE

ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE

WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.

POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN

AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING

INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY

THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW

CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE

KILLED.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR

HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE

POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/productview.php ... n=0&max=51

I never thought I would live to see something like this. Ok, it happens in far away places but not the US.

venus · Post by **venus** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:24 pm

I swear (hand on heart) l will never again complain about the British weather..

My heart oes out to all the people affected by this situation any many others like it..

Stay safe people and you'll be in my prayers

Post by **Betty Boop** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:26 pm

lady cop wrote: unfortunately not.

oh, I was kind of hoping, but wondering if they didn't have the correct info!

New Orleans etc came into the conversation at a family barbeque this evening, I was the only one here that knew of Katrina before the rest thanks to Forum Garden, it only made our news today!

Hope everyone stays safe :-4

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:27 pm

well that NOAA report was succinct. this is only the third cat 5 to hit land in the US since records have been kept. we are witness to history.

venus · Post by **venus** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:28 pm

Yeah, lm just hoping this history doesn't end in floods, of tears that is..

Are you safe LC, not sure where you live in that big old country

ubetta · Post by **ubetta** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:29 pm

I can't imagine, sitting there, waiting for this thing to hit. Knowing that very likely, everything you knew will not be there.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:30 pm

I'm in florida. we already had a taste of katrina. nine people dead. she was just warming up.

venus · Post by **venus** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:33 pm

I just have no idea how l would cope in that kind of situation. The meer thought of it scares the pants off of me!

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:42 pm

i've been through about 12 'canes. that fear is palpable. last year when we had 4 back to back i was actually shaking for days. we cannot evacuate. i felt certain i was going to lose everything i owned, items like family photos, keepsakes, simply everything, my books and music...things that may seem inconsequential perhaps. but i swear nothing i have ever confronted in the street ever scared me so much. it's a gut-wrenching fear. my heart is going out to those people who have seen their homes for the last time tonight. :-1

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:35 pm

I also start thinking of all the things, in New Orleans especially, the

historical stuff that will be lost to this. Those French Quarter buildings

and stuff.

And the people! I watched a lot of news footage on people filing in to

the Superdome, it looks bad already.

I can't imagine. With earthquakes we don't know until they happen.

To be a poor person unable to evacuate... awful.

:-1

nvalleyvee · Post by **nvalleyvee** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:45 pm

I'm going to wax here on my very first visit to New Orleans. It was on my senior trip in HS. I broke all the curfew rules. The sponsers were worried about my safety. I was doing a spiritual trip with the natives and did not make the ferry. I did get back to the hotel with a person who took me on an historcal/voodoo trip through the French Quarter. It was fascinating and non-sexual. I did apologize to the sponsers but never regretted being a part of the French Quarter - if only for 12 hours. We had to write about our experiences there as part of our senior graduation. I got top honors for for my essay. When I look back I would never put the sponsers through that - I was 16 at the time.

nvalleyvee · Post by **nvalleyvee** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:59 pm

175 mile an hour winds - a hurricane they cannot measure........... LEAVE - GET OUT - BE SAFE

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:58 am

The Mardi Gras procession goes right by my Nieces house so they can watch from the garden. The kids love it. I am chanting for their safety ....if you wonder why I'm chanting, I've just started to practise Buddhism, encouraged by my daughter who has been practising for 9 years.....anyway that's another story.

As Dave Allen (Irish Comedian (the best)) used to say...."may your Gods go with you"

Bez

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:40 am

Watching it on the news, I cannot understand how these newscasters can stand out there, saying and showing how bad it is getting. There's not enough money in the world to make me risk my life that way.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:43 am

We are wishing you luck and praying for you all down there this morning.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:37 am

Peg wrote: Watching it on the news, I cannot understand how these newscasters can stand out there, saying and showing how bad it is getting. There's not enough money in the world to make me risk my life that way.
You're not a guy - or an adrenaline junkie. This is their chance to shine. they get the national exposure their careers need. If it goes well, they might get to go to a war zone! Whoopee? :-2

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:48 am

i think i will start another thread, regarding the natural sequence of events. evacuation is over and the storm has made landfall.