pantagrapher
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Just saw a report on the Weather Channel that winds have hit 190 mph.Please please please don't let this hit New Orleans.
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Just saw a report on the Weather Channel that winds have hit 190 mph.Please please please don't let this hit New Orleans.
pantagrapher
Footballguy
TylerRoseFan
Footballguy
I'm in DeRidder. If anyone needs a place to stay, you can e-mail me @ tyelrrosefan@yahoo.com.Bring beer. No, really. The TRF clan has the room. 
Nagin is a great Mayor. He's one of the few people that realize that New Orleans needs long term solutions not quick band aids.last year during the ivan evac, he was on the radio talking about everything you might need on your trip... "take your important papers, jewlery, etc.... and don't forget to get some BENJAMINS"GL tipsy.BTW, your mayor sounds ultra smooth.
I laughed for 10 minutes after he said that. Nagin is a cool cat...unlike this jerko running jefferson parish. he is on wdsu right now (link in first post) and is just such a doomsayer. Worse than me even!
Contra Flow worked amazing for us. It opened at 4 and we got on the interstate at 4:15 and made it all the way through baton rouge with no problems at all.Now it's too late. Did the contra(or whatever) flow help much?Agreed, It is a lot of money but you are talking about saving an entire city and one of the most important ports in the country. What was the last highway funding bill? Around 290billion or so.I think the funding is a few BILLION IIRC from CNN last night. I'm just glad my friend left - her and her family were going to stick it out - but I had a bad feeling from all the way up here in NJ.I was talking this morning to a good friend of mine from NO. She is a civil engineer and helped design and construct the levy system. She hadnt heard about the increasing strength of the storm. When I told her she immediatly looked like she got punched in the stomach. She said the levies could only handle a slow Cat 3. She said she thought they would collapse before the eye even got there if it stayed this strong and on track.
She said they could never get the funding to upgrade the system.
Hope everyone stays safe.
Doug B
Footballguy
Damn -- even the last of my holdout family has changed their minds and are coming to stay with us as of 10 a.m.People's "hurricane spidey senses" are really buzzing unlike any storm since 1969 (Camille). So many New Orleanians are proud of their records of never running from hurricanes ... and lots of those folks are up here in Baton Rouge.Praying for a power/water outage no longer than 96 hours or so ... that's what we've prepared for.
I'm not smart enough to remember where people live if I'm not reading a post by them. Obviously, I wish my GB TF nothing but the best.Is TF a forgotten soul in the FFA?:sad:GL tipsy.BTW, your mayor sounds ultra smooth.
Dauphin Island, barrier island in front of mobile county is already under 2 feet of water in some places because of the surge. 15 feet means the island will not be an island anymore. Highest point above sea level is 12 feet. Around 2,000 people living on the island, with one exit route.
GL and GB all you gulf FBGs. I heard that I-55 has been turned northbound only in LA and MS as well. Hoping that the storm will drop in intensity before making landfall as that seems like the best of all possible worlds for everyone. Stay frosty down there.
Also, regardless of your political affiliation, Drudge is usually a good place to go for storm updates as he keeps some important links at the top of his frontpage.
http://www.drudgereport.com
Stay frosty down there.Also, regardless of your political affiliation, Drudge is usually a good place to go for storm updates as he keeps some important links at the top of his frontpage.
http://www.drudgereport.com
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Tremendous Upside
Footballguy
Code:
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005...DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED....HURRICANE KATRINA...A MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED STRENGTH...RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969.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 BEKILLED.AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.ONCE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSET...DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE!
tipsy mcstagger
Footballguy
based on the age of most of the buildings in NO, this isn't far off imho.
TylerRoseFan
Footballguy
They just read this on FOX.
Tremendous Upside
Footballguy
Doug B
Footballguy
TylerRoseFan
Footballguy
Bobby Jindal, LA congressman, is being interviewed by Fox right now. He's talking about the potential weeks to months to pump the water out of New Orleans should the worst case happen. To have an elected official making a comment like that is pretty severe to me.
tipsy mcstagger
Footballguy
great. thats just f'ing great.
im really trying to stay calm for my wifes sake. i am getting sicker, and sicker to my stomach with every passing hour. can we drop a nuke in this mother or what?
Da Masses
Footballguy
Not all FBG's are out of harm's way.........Still in town out in Kenner, helping my friend at his restaraunt to help feed state troopers, and emergency workers by the Armstrong airport. Got everybody that I cared about out yesterday afternoon and they are safe in Houston and Jackson.Pray for us all.
tipsy mcstagger
Footballguy
i'll probably need a few hams after this one.Get out of Dodge, Tipsy.great. thats just f'ing great.
TylerRoseFan
Footballguy
Seriously, you can come to DeRidder if you can get out. tylerrosefan@yahoo.com.
tipsy mcstagger
Footballguy
praying we have a city to come back too. please get out now dude.
tipsy mcstagger
Footballguy
way to pile on our fears cnn. nice work.It has been considered. I once read that the amount of energy in a large hurricane could power the entire earth (electricity, fuel, heat) for over a year. It makes you respect nature thats for sure.great. thats just f'ing great.
tipsy mcstagger
Footballguy
1 pm cdt update26.5 n / 88.6 wMax Winds 175 mphGusts 215 mphMovement: NW @ 13 mphMin Pressure 906 mb (26.74 inches)906 mb. Thats just sick. :X
cosjobs
Footballguy
He's out/ in DEstin with familyI'll give you ten if you just go. I mean it. Only three Category 5s have ever hit the US (in recorded history.) My grandparents, from New England, still talk about the 1938 storm. It changed the entire geography of the region. New islands. Areas permanenly captured by the sea. This could be beyond anything experienced in modern times. Get the #### out. I mean it.i'll probably need a few hams after this one.Get out of Dodge, Tipsy.great. thats just f'ing great.
tipsy mcstagger
Footballguy
ham, im on an oil platform 10 miles off the coast...i cannot leave now.I'll give you ten if you just go. I mean it. Only three Category 5s have ever hit the US (in recorded history.) My grandparents, from New England, still talk about the 1938 storm. It changed the entire geography of the region. New islands. Areas permanenly captured by the sea. This could be beyond anything experienced in modern times. Get the #### out. I mean it.i'll probably need a few hams after this one.Get out of Dodge, Tipsy.great. thats just f'ing great.
You tryin to bump tipsy out of some hams, huh. Keep your mouth shut.He's out/ in DEstin with familyI'll give you ten if you just go. I mean it. Only three Category 5s have ever hit the US (in recorded history.) My grandparents, from New England, still talk about the 1938 storm. It changed the entire geography of the region. New islands. Areas permanenly captured by the sea. This could be beyond anything experienced in modern times. Get the #### out. I mean it.i'll probably need a few hams after this one.Get out of Dodge, Tipsy.great. thats just f'ing great.
tipsy mcstagger
Footballguy
shhhhhhhhhhhh. im screwing with ham now. btw its pensacolaHe's out/ in DEstin with familyI'll give you ten if you just go. I mean it. Only three Category 5s have ever hit the US (in recorded history.) My grandparents, from New England, still talk about the 1938 storm. It changed the entire geography of the region. New islands. Areas permanenly captured by the sea. This could be beyond anything experienced in modern times. Get the #### out. I mean it.i'll probably need a few hams after this one.Get out of Dodge, Tipsy.great. thats just f'ing great.
Da Masses
Footballguy
Ain't gonna happen, I-10 is gridlocked going both ways, and I'm out by the Loyola exit. It's not as good as they're reporting. There are people that are freaking out because almost all of the gas stations are closed. I've finished boarding up my house and walking around the neighborhood securing trashcans and anything that can be carried by the wind. Just stacking stuff up in my house, getting my insurance docs, and headed over to the shop later on this evening.
Good news is at least we got the draft out of the way yesterday morning
Pigskin P
Wicked Smot
Just noticed your avatar looks like the outer band animations they keep showing on the Weather Channel.Ain't gonna happen, I-10 is gridlocked going both ways, and I'm out by the Loyola exit. It's not as good as they're reporting. There are people that are freaking out because almost all of the gas stations are closed. I've finished boarding up my house and walking around the neighborhood securing trashcans and anything that can be carried by the wind. Just stacking stuff up in my house, getting my insurance docs, and headed over to the shop later on this evening.
Good news is at least we got the draft out of the way yesterday morning
rolyaTy
You're Heinous
How long before a religious leader says that God sent the flood to wash away the sin of Sin City?In all seriousness, i'm from northern Louisiana and have many friends who have already evacuated from down there. I sincerely hope that the storm diverts its path in the next few hours because a direct hit would devastate the city, and likely ruin many of my friends homes. The effects on oil for the nation, money from the government and toll in human lives makes this an issue for all americans and not just those from southern La. and Miss.
Futility
Footballguy
Could you drive north, outpace the storm for a bit, then cut east/west? Seems wasteful and a pain in the ###, but whatever gets you the #### out of there. I'm seriously scared for you, as I'm sure others are. :XAin't gonna happen, I-10 is gridlocked going both ways, and I'm out by the Loyola exit. It's not as good as they're reporting. There are people that are freaking out because almost all of the gas stations are closed. I've finished boarding up my house and walking around the neighborhood securing trashcans and anything that can be carried by the wind. Just stacking stuff up in my house, getting my insurance docs, and headed over to the shop later on this evening.
Good news is at least we got the draft out of the way yesterday morning
Senor Schmutzig
Footballguy
Wow, that satellite graphic on the front page of Drudge reminds me of the satellite pictures (albeit fictional) on that crap movie Day After Tomorrow. 
My wife and I are following this hurricane closely as New Orleans is one of our favorite places to visit. Were both hoping that it's not going to be as bad as some of the networks and news outlets are reporting.
There's too many good restaurants down there for it to get all washed away!
Good luck all, Tipsy, here's for hoping that those 175 MPH calms down a bit.
My wife and I are following this hurricane closely as New Orleans is one of our favorite places to visit. Were both hoping that it's not going to be as bad as some of the networks and news outlets are reporting.
There's too many good restaurants down there for it to get all washed away!
Good luck all, Tipsy, here's for hoping that those 175 MPH calms down a bit.
Da Masses
Footballguy
What probably going to happen is what happened during Betsy (or Camilie, before my time) On of the levees out by St Bernard/Lower 9th ward is going to "give way" and the storm surge is going to drain out that way, totally destroying the "parish".That is the only way that New Orleans will be saved given if we get the "worst case"Traffic is a lot better in the city now. Still going with my original gameplan and head to the resteraunt.
tipsy mcstagger
Footballguy
heres hoping that levee 100 feet from my restaurant & house holds up!Wow, that satellite graphic on the front page of Drudge reminds me of the satellite pictures (albeit fictional) on that crap movie Day After Tomorrow.
My wife and I are following this hurricane closely as New Orleans is one of our favorite places to visit. Were both hoping that it's not going to be as bad as some of the networks and news outlets are reporting.
There's too many good restaurants down there for it to get all washed away!
Good luck all, Tipsy, here's for hoping that those 175 MPH calms down a bit.
Senor Schmutzig
Footballguy
On ya feeding the troopers but man, y'all got some grandes huevos to stick around for this one. Good luck and stay safe.Damn, the pressure is still dropping.....at 902 MB. WOW. 184 MPH winds. Holy shnikeys!
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
This is getting really ugly.
tipsy mcstagger
Footballguy
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tipsy mcstagger
Footballguy
can you confirm that? 902?
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roadeyes
Footballguy
I can vouch for this. Last night I was watching the bocce in the North End of Boston and all the old-timers were talking about that storm. Called it the Long Island Express. I remember my grandfather showing me where his parent's cottage used to be in Wareham-he pointed about 1/4 mile out to sea and said there used to be a whole line of cottages but every one got swept away.Still, it sounds like Katrina could be much worse, as hard as it is to believe. Good luck and godspeed everyone.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
This is going to be worse than Andrew...much worse.
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
In every sense.Hang tough Tipsey - and everyone else in the area.