3800 anybody keeping track of this hurricane?!

[shaferz]

WOW. Up to a Cat. 5 now. They say New Orleans is in the direct path, which is bad news because I hear that New orleans is 5-10 feet UNDER SEA LEVEL. FWIU, the city depends on many OLD pumps to keep the drainage pipes/storm sewers, ect free and clear of water. Unfortunately, a 25 storm surge will decimate that entire setup.

Some people are saying that if this hurricane IS a direct hit on New Orleans, they might not be going back for A MONTH!


Sounds like its going to get really nasty there REALLY quick. I sure hope everybody gets out.

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[Royalgtp]

No.


When is it suppose to hit? Link?.........lazy....

 

[2002SilverGTP]

most of my friends that live about 30 miles out of new orleans have already evacuated the are. A couple of my friends there work for the Sheriffs Office and are required to stay and ride out the hurricane. some of them are already prepared that this storm will destroy their houses and they may not have anything to come back to.

 

[shaferz]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,167270,00.html


Turn it to fox news channel though. There is a lot better up to date coverage there.

 

[EmersonHart13]

This is going to be ugly...

 

[dsk727]

They are making it sound like New Orleans is basically going to be toast after it. I feel horrible reading about it, sounds like its the biggest in a long time!! Hopefully the casualties are low! Anyone who has friends or family there, I pray they make it out of this alive!!!

 

[dole21]

Originally posted by RoyalGTP@Aug 28 2005, 02:39 PM
No.


When is it suppose to hit?  Link?.........lazy....

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cnn.com
msnbc.com
yahoo.com
excite.com
msn.com

lead story on every page

 

[dole21]

Originally posted by 2002SilverGTP@Aug 28 2005, 03:02 PM
most of my friends that live about 30 miles out of new orleans have already evacuated the are.  A couple of my friends there work for the Sheriffs Office and are required to stay and ride out the hurricane.  some of them are already prepared that this storm will destroy their houses and they may not have anything to come back to.

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glad to hear most of them are out of the main damage area, my best wishes to youo're friends who are still stuck in whats about to happen there.

 

[dole21]

they're saying right now 20,000 to 30,000 are gonna take refuge at the superdome..


maybe its just me...but I dont think i'd wanna take refuge in a huge concrete dome with not alot of support on the center of that building...

 

[shaferz]

Originally posted by dole21@Aug 28 2005, 04:43 PM
they're saying right now 20,000 to 30,000 are gonna take refuge at the superdome..


maybe its just me...but I dont think i'd wanna take refuge in a huge concrete dome with not alot of support on the center of that building...

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I agree. I was concerned about that the second I heard they were putting people in there. If that place goes in the wind?

That's a LOT of deaths. But then again... I would rather take my chance there than to sit my ass down on burboun street.

 

[EmersonHart13]

Especially since Cat 5 is 165 plus mph and the roof is rated to 130....

And it is basically guaranteed that the bottom 4 stories are going to be flooded as well.

Gotta do what you gotta do,

John

 

[TinyTam95]

John and I have friends that live in Ft. Lauderdale and we were told that Miami was hit harder then expected. It was supposed to hit Ft. Lauderdale more so then Miami. They lost power and there are still some out of power in the heat. They did get it back but our other friends have not yet. John and I are going down there on Friday the 2nd of September. We will see the after math...........

tammy

 

[shaferz]

8:10am CDT:


They are now saying that the roof of the superdome has started to deteriorate.

 

[LeeGTP]

I'm watching Fox News in the Morning NOW CAT 4 135MPH winds, Large Section Of the Superdome Roof is Peeling :-((

 

[framos242]

I'm glad that my friends got out of there and are now in Houston, for the time being.

I pray that no one gets hurt.

 

[LeeGTP]

CAT 2 as of 12:32pm Waves 40 to 50 in some area

 

[Krobar2]

Too bad I am at work right now, and can't see anything that is going on. I was watching this all last night. I guess it is supposed to be the worst since 1965

I hope everyone is safe

Dave

 

[MIKES3]

I was listening to 780am radio this morning. At that point in time they said there was over 10,000 people in the Super Dome and a huge chunk of it blew off. They said that was one of the only structures that could hold up against those winds. This is going to be very sad.

Did you hear about the 2 families that were stuck in New Orleans? They tried every thing from a rental car and the airport. Of course all the cars were rented and the airport was shut down. These 2 families one being from Glencoe, IL and not sure where the others was from. I do know they were both from IL. They found a limo drive that saw green. The family split the $3700 one way limo ticket. I would have.

The other crazy thing is all the gators or croks. What everones are out there. I'm sure they are going to be floating / swimming in the towns that are under water along with all the poisinous snakes / bacteria. Its going to be dangerous for some of these areas