OT: hurricane discussion

Mari · 08-31-2008, 11:12 PM

I think I heard on the 11:00 update from the Hurricane Center that
Gustav could hit just west of New Orleans as a Category 3.
(Katrina hit just east of New Orleans as a Category 3 back in 2005).
Gustav is a little smaller across than Katrina so less area will be
effected by hurricane strength winds and storm surge than last time.
There will still be lots of rain and perhaps floods.

I hope that the people up and down the coast of Louisiana
are in good shape tonight.
God save us.

Mari

Mari · 09-01-2008, 12:02 AM

I worry a little for the people of New Orleans tonight. Also for the city itself. I think that some of the evacuees will not return -- like last time. And New Orleans will be diminished.

I visited New Orleans once around early 1990s perhaps but memory is not good on dates. I was there for work but sis and parents showed up too for fun. We ate dinner in the French quarter and walked around, stopping into a couple of clubs to hear music.

There is no city like it anywhere in the world.
The people of New Orleans are gracious and fun and beautiful.

M

bizi · 09-01-2008, 12:52 AM

I need to go to bed....I am also so worried about new orleans...I think you are right Mari.

bizi

mymorgy · 09-01-2008, 01:26 AM

i am watching cnn. I guess they will have 24 hour live coverage.

Mari · 09-01-2008, 10:15 AM

I'm watching CNN at the moment too. The local FOX station is carrying CNN.

It appears that the storm hit at Grand Isle / Port Fourchon as a Category 2. Cat 2s are not devastating. The winds don't take a a part buildings for example as easily as a Cat 3 can.

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/myfox/pa...Y&pageId=3.2.1

Hurricane Gustav Hits Louisiana Coast as Category 2 Storm

FOX 5's Super Tracker
FEMA.gov
By: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Quote:

NEW ORLEANS (MyFOX Atlanta) -- Hurricane Gustav charged toward the largely deserted coast of Louisiana Monday morning and made landfall west of a city still recovering three years after Katrina's devastating blow.

Cartons of food, water, blankets and other supplies to sustain 1 million people for three days were ready to be distributed Monday as FEMA anxiously eyed Louisiana levees to gauge how much damage Hurricane Gustav would wreak.

Flood barriers in and around New Orleans, which was devastated in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina, were expected to hold this time, Federal Emergency Management Agency Deputy Director Harvey E. Johnson said. But the storm's surge could over top levees and at least partially flood the city, he said.

Damage from Gustav "will be a catastrophe by the time you add it all up," Johnson said in an interview with The Associated Press a few hours before landfall, but not as bad as Katrina.

"We're expecting levees to hold. We're expecting that that people are much, much more prepared," he said. "We don't expect the loss of life, certainly, that we saw in Katrina. But we are expecting a lot of homes to be damaged, a lot of infrastructure to be flooded, and damaged severely."

Gustav was downgraded to a Category 2 storm by mid-Monday morning. Katrina was a Category 3 storm when it hit the Gulf Coast three years ago, obliterating 90,000 square miles and costing billions of dollars in damages.

Although all the levees have been strengthened since Katrina, the Corps of Engineers has not completed its plans to prevent or ease flooding in New Orleans, Johnson said.

"There's no doubt there'll be water that'll accumulate inside New Orleans," he said. "But we just have to watch that, and understand it and not overreact, and gauge how well those levees are holding."

bizi · 09-01-2008, 07:22 PM

I was so upset with my hubby who decided to come to natchitoches from ruston this evening....he got lost and I was so afraid...felt helpless cause I could not help him....he was lost for a long time....finally he got back on the highway and he is about half an hour away.
so am relieved about that!
The rains have started in northern LA, we are in natchitoches. They are expecting 10 inches of rain. It is very gusty here right now.
I called our neighbors, in lafayette, and they said that at least the front part of our house is fine, that our neighbors lost some small trees...that our neighborhood still had power which is great. Other areas in Lafayette had big trees down and even fell on houses killing at least one on the north side of lafayette...so I was so relieved to hear that our home was ok and that they were fine as well. They checked on our kitties this morning and they are fine.

I am feeling much better right now....drinking a good beer and eating chocolate.....

Mari · 09-01-2008, 07:51 PM

That is good news, Bizi.
Tell your husband he is supposed stay close to wherever you are in times like this.

I'm glad that your house is alright and that you got good news.
Stay dry.

Mari

Mari · 09-04-2008, 08:14 PM

The National Hurricane Center just changed the projections for the track.
They say Hurricane IKE is headed this way as a major storm and will show up early next week.

I'm going to hope that the track changes again and goes out to sea.
Also, I have to stay away from the TV.
The news folks are acting excited.

M.

bizi · 09-04-2008, 09:24 PM

I better go look at my weather channels, blogs etc.
Have your parents left yet?

bizi

Mari · 09-04-2008, 09:47 PM

Yes,
Parents left on Monday. My dad was checking the whether twice each day. They made it home despite the Louisiana hurricane.

M.

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