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I've never heard the word "hunker" so much in a single day.  "Hunker."  If you say it enough, it sounds really funny.  "Hunker."
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And you never hunker up or hunker sideways...Only hunker down...
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Can you contrahunker? Wouldn't that be the most expeditious form of hunkering?
 
Well, I'm off to bed. G'nite and sweet dreams to those of you in the NO area, as best you can. Please try to find some comfort that those of us here at FBG, tho we may have our differences, have you in our thoughts and wish you all the best. Hopefully tomorrow the dawn will bring at least one small ray of sunshine, and all will be well. :raisedglass:

 
I didn't know this. When Andrew made landfall, it was considered a Category 4. Then a year or two later, after all the data was studied, they changed it to a cat5.MSNBC meteorologist was just asked if there was any chance of significant weakening before landfall. :no: He said that the best case would probably be 140MPH winds. :(

 
I've never heard the word "hunker" so much in a single day.  "Hunker."  If you say it enough, it sounds really funny.  "Hunker."
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And you never hunker up or hunker sideways...Only hunker down...
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Can you contrahunker? Wouldn't that be the most expeditious form of hunkering?
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Contrahunker = word of the day. :lmao:
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It feels good to laugh. :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
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Good. Now, get out there and throw a Ritz cracker! :angry:
 
Let me be the 172nd person to wish our boys from southern LA and AL good luck. :thumbup:

I'm setting my alarm for 3am so I don't miss any of the carnage at sunrise back east.
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Nice, you wish us luck and then cannot wait to see our homes floating around or just leveled.classy.
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must have come across wrong - i have peoples in New Orleans and McComb, Miss. In no way am i taking glee in the misfortunes of you, yours, and friends of mine.
 
off to bed guys. hope I wake up to good news for you all. my uncle is in metairre (sp), and he's safe, but concerned about his home. he's been there for 30 years.GB

 
Even though I'm safe out here in California I can't go to bed. I'm glued to the Weather Channel. I'm still a Floridian. Anyway, thoughts and prayers with you guys in the path. ContraHunker!

 
Even though I'm safe out here in California I can't go to bed. I'm glued to the Weather Channel. I'm still a Floridian. Anyway, thoughts and prayers with you guys in the path. ContraHunker!
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I know the feeling, even though I've never lived on the coast. It's gonna be a long night for a lot of people.
 
I'm sure you'll keep us abreast of the situation and let us know if you need anything. (Please do.)

Here's promising when you get through this, I come and run up a huge bill.
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Corrected...and count me in on that too.
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BSR clan in too. Do you have a kids menu?
 
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i have a really bad feeling this storm is going to be much worse than anything ever to hit land. I think those people getting drunk are insane. I'd be getting out of there asap, even if you had to walk.

 
Went out of town to visit friends and family and I didn't keep up with the news. What was once a tropical storm has become an absolute monster -- I can't believe how quickly this thing has grown and how much damage it could cause. God bless anyone within Katrina's path, and hopefully it won't be as bad as some are forecasting.

 
Tourists stranded by the shutdown of New Orleans' Louis Armstrong Airport and the lack of rental cars packed the lobbies of high-rise hotels, which were exempt from the evacuation order to give people a place for "vertical evacuation."

Tina and Bryan Steven, of Forest Lake, Minn., sat glumly on the sidewalk outside their hotel in the French Quarter.

"We're choosing the best of two evils," said Bryan Steven. "It's either be stuck in the hotel or stuck on the road. ... We'll make it through it."

His wife, wearing a Bourbon Street T-shirt with a lewd message, interjected: "I just don't want to die in this shirt."
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:lmao: USA Today link

Those of you moving a couple of hundred miles away, you still have the tornadoes to deal with. Why don't you just go further north for a day?

 
i have a really bad feeling this storm is going to be much worse than anything ever to hit land. I think those people getting drunk are insane. I'd be getting out of there asap, even if you had to walk.
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I have that feeling about the Superdome crowd. :unsure: I am just hoping that the rest I heard about this storm is just plain wrong...or that there is something in The Big Easy that mitigates some of the damage...or perhaps the heretofore unknown "Schwengie Effect" just blows this baby out in the delta.

 
Downgraded to Cat 4. I'm calling it a night. Good luck to everyone over there.
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This is in line with the predictions I heard much earlier. The idea was about the outter bands, moving slowly, slowing down the whole thing. I guess what I am saying is that the doom and gloom I also heard was with this Cat 4 scenario in mind.Come on Schwengie!

 
cnn.com reporting Nola will be spared the worst as the brunt of the storm hits the MS coast. foxnews.com still has doom and gloom headline. :thumbdown: Between the downgrade to cat-4 and the indirect hit, I'm starting to feel confident that the levies will be just enough. Obviously still a destructive thing happening but it might just be "only" as bad as a deadly hurricane hitting anywhere else.

 
Still here. Power going in and out every 30 mins or so and winds are about 35 here with huge long gusts, not just a regular brief gust. 30,000 in the county without power so far, in extreme south part of Mobile County.

 
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Downgraded to Cat 4.
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The swamplands south of New Orleans did their jobs. 30--40 mph should be knocked off the interior winds by the time the eye passes just east of New Orleans....

Got a slew of family staying up here in Baton Rouge with us. As of 6:45 a.m., still have power and water.

Weather now is bad locally, of course, but could be worse. Bracing for the toughest bit of the storm. Just wanted to get some messages posted before the power went out.

 
This is in line with the predictions I heard much earlier. The idea was about the outter bands, moving slowly, slowing down the whole thing. I guess what I am saying is that the doom and gloom I also heard was with this Cat 4 scenario in mind.
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A Cat 4 is plenty bad, make no mistake. But any slowing of wind speed is most welcome.
 
Downgraded to Cat 4.
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The swamplands south of New Orleans did their jobs. 30--40 mph should be knocked off the interior winds by the time the eye passes just east of New Orleans.
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Getting more info now. Sustained winds are down to 145 mph. Every slight advantage helps. Hoping for a slowdown to 130 or so before the eye passes N.O. Maybe even 120-125 :fingerscrossed:

 
Baton Rouge still online. We have some power outages but my area is hangin' in.In New Orleans the `Dome power is out and they're running on generators. For those that were worried about the `Dome occupants, the govener just announced they've had deliveries of food and water (multiple 18 wheelers) so they'll be okay. But it's gonna get hot woth no AC.Winds gusting to 30 or 40 mph here in BR. Some gusts to 100 south of NO.

 
Have the OVER-RA-TED chants started yet?Thankfully it doesn't look all that bad relative to what they were hyping at about 9pm last night.

 
Have the OVER-RA-TED chants started yet?

Thankfully it doesn't look all that bad relative to what they were hyping at about 9pm last night.
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Let's not get too cocky...three deaths have already been reported. Nursing home folks who were being moved. While I'm sure it's not due to flooding or wind, the deaths will still be attributed to the storm.
 
Have the OVER-RA-TED chants started yet?

Thankfully it doesn't look all that bad relative to what they were hyping at about 9pm last night.
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you've obviously never been through a hurricane. i just went through Katrina as she passed my house as a CAT 1 here in S. Florida and it was very, very scary. CAT 4 and 5 are still huge hurricanes capable of mass destruction. this thing could still very well devastate new orleans.
 
Who has the most interesting coverage right now? Fox News has Steve Whatshishame standing outside right now with his goggles on and he's getting whipped around a bit. Probably 50+ MPH winds where he is. He just indicated that the hotel he is staying at has locked their doors, I guess he'll have to crawl under the satellite truck.

 
Who has the most interesting coverage right now? Fox News has Steve Whatshishame standing outside right now with his goggles on and he's getting whipped around a bit. Probably 50+ MPH winds where he is. He just indicated that the hotel he is staying at has locked their doors, I guess he'll have to crawl under the satellite truck.
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CNN just has some dude standing in some light rain in Baton Rouge. BORING.
 
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Any update on New Orleans? My uncle lives right outside the city and we haven't been able to get in touch with him.
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No power in the French Quarter, I would have to imagine that would also extend outward to other areas of New Orleans.
 
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Any update on New Orleans? My uncle lives right outside the city and we haven't been able to get in touch with him.
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No power in the French Quarter, I would have to imagine that would also extend outward to other areas of New Orleans.
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I heard no major water so farPower outages=

 
CNN has someone inside the SuperDome and is indicating that the roof may be starting to pull away! :eek: Lots of leaking apparently and lots of stuff banging around "up there". That place must be a mess. A stinky mess at that. I'm sure the bathrooms are :X by now.EDIT: The reporter is indicating that he can see daylight now when looking up. That's not good. Wind and rain pouring in in spots. And to think the worst is still not even in downtown New Orleans yet. That's not good.

 
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Ed Reams reporting on CNN from the Superdome is saying a part of "the roof has been compromised" and is leaking. Theres still 2 hours before the worst of the storm is predicted to be overhead for them.Those still in The Big Easy are in my thoughts and prayers. :(

 
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