Members Steverino Posted August 29, 2008 Members Share Posted August 29, 2008 What about "last Resort"?!?!?!?! Well, they're thinking if they close the dome, it'll encourage the locals to evacuate. IMO I don't think anyone would want to go back there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chunky-b Posted August 29, 2008 Members Share Posted August 29, 2008 I heard on the local news last night that all Lowes and Home Depot's are already sold out of generators and almost out of plywood. The discount gas stations had cars 4 deep last night on my way to a softball game. The storm is still 4-5 days away. We live 3 hours north of the gulf coast and people are already panicking!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Phantasm Posted August 29, 2008 Author Members Share Posted August 29, 2008 Well, they're thinking if they close the dome, it'll encourage the locals to evacuate. IMO I don't think anyone would want to go back there. Well, it wasn't an evacuation center last time. When I was driving out of town on Saturday for Katrina, stuck in traffic, the Mayor was on the radio and every 5 minutes they played a tape of him saying that the superdome wasn't prepared to be an evacuation center. The problem is, people didn't listen. MOST people listened, but if 30,000/500,000 people don't, that still looks like a lot of people on the news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators isaac42 Posted August 29, 2008 Moderators Share Posted August 29, 2008 That's clear over between Haiti and Cuba. Why is everyone so worried? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators isaac42 Posted August 29, 2008 Moderators Share Posted August 29, 2008 I heard on the local news last night that all Lowes and Home Depot's are already sold out of generators and almost out of plywood. The discount gas stations had cars 4 deep last night on my way to a softball game. The storm is still 4-5 days away. We live 3 hours north of the gulf coast and people are already panicking!! Panicking, or preparing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chunky-b Posted August 29, 2008 Members Share Posted August 29, 2008 Panicking, or preparing? It looked more like panicking to me... Gas prices are already going up and the Attorney General is sending investigators out to watch for price gouging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators isaac42 Posted August 30, 2008 Moderators Share Posted August 30, 2008 For what it's worth, Gustav's predicted path is trending westward... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BeeTL Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 8:00 pm Saturday 8/30...Gustav looks like a Cat 4 and likely to go Cat 5 in mid-Gulf. This is horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jazz Ad Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 Oh my. Now this is a big one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emprov Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 8:00 pm Saturday 8/30...Gustav looks like a Cat 4 and likely to go Cat 5 in mid-Gulf. This is horrible. Just read that. Looks like it could be another bumpy ride. If a positive can be taken from this, I've heard from multiple new sources that just about every federal and local agency will be much better prepared than they were with Katrina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FastRedPonyCar Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 FEMA started arriving friday out at maxwell AFB in montgomery. I had to get images built for all the laptops they brought in. All the AF bases have been evacuated. We've got a lot of extra military folks staying here at maxwell while the storm goes on. This is gonna be a rough one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 82Daion Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 Good vibes headed out for everyone in the area. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> I'm hoping for some sort of miracle in regards to this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Phantasm Posted August 31, 2008 Author Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 well, I am evacuated yet again. Our parish president told me on the radio during the drive that my immediate levees are not ready and we are in danger. I got all the basses except for the bongo. The cats are pissed. We are in small dorm rooms at LSU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Johnny_Crab Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 already.OK.I lived in NOLA from 1960~1989.Daughter and her husband got here this morning as they just moved from Baton Rouge to south of Lafayette(BAD place to be right now). Wife's family lives north of New Orleans in Covington. My sister lives in Metairie(flooded 3 times in 20 years!) which is a suburb of New Orleans and rebuilt after Katrina, the other sister lives in Pensacola and is barely over Ivan, and my brother lives in Houston.We're making reservations in north San Antonio tonight just in case as Rita was a PIA(missed us but was expensive evac-wise).No matter where this goes it ain't gonna be good.Let me lighten this up a bit. Here are pics from the Rita evac.Everybody's on the road again:Contraflow RULES!!! They should do this at rush hours!!Reason # 1 to bring your PC if you evac.(note the LIVE traffic on I-10 being shown on the TV to the left):How to finally figure out which basses you like....the ones you take!PS: If I lived anywhere from Beaumont to Pensacola, I'd be evac'ing or SERIOUSLY packing the car/van. We'll NEVER, EVER complain again about a 33 gallon gas tank on my wife's van. Drove about 155 miles and it took 13 hours but the van only used half a tank of fuel(10 mpg average due to traffic and running the A/C) and note we averaged about 11 miles per hour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BeeTL Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 well, I am evacuated yet again. Our parish president told me on the radio during the drive that my immediate levees are not ready and we are in danger. I got all the basses except for the bongo. The cats are pissed. We are in small dorm rooms at LSU. Which Parish? St. Bernard? Jefferson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 78pbass Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 I posted this in case anyone needs. http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2082786 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Phantasm Posted August 31, 2008 Author Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 Which Parish? St. Bernard? Jefferson? Jefferson parish, westbank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Johnny_Crab Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 Here's the one forecaster, since Nash Roberts is not around anymore, I pay attention to for things such as this:http://www.accuweather.com/mt-news-blogs.asp?partner=accuweather&blog=strait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BeeTL Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 Jefferson parish, westbank.I've spent some time recently in Jefferson Parish. I attended a meeting that President Broussard was at.Again I say, "this sucks". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Phantasm Posted August 31, 2008 Author Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 I've spent some time recently in Jefferson Parish. I attended a meeting that President Broussard was at. Again I say, "this sucks". You should have told me! We could have had a drink.In fact, I've already secured some Captain Morgan's for my coke to kill the pain.I think I'm accepting the fact that it's very likely that after this week, for the second time in 3 years I will be homeless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BeeTL Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 You should have told me! We could have had a drink.In fact, I've already secured some Captain Morgan's for my coke to kill the pain.I think I'm accepting the fact that it's very likely that after this week, for the second time in 3 years I will be homeless. I've visited New Orleans 6 or 7 times over the past year and have just started getting comfortable there. At first I stayed in Metairie, then later in the French Quarter. I found a 'locals' restaurant called Alfonso's across from Snug Harbor on Frenchman St. that I love. Let's hope for good things and I'll buy you a drink soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ThudMaker Posted August 31, 2008 Moderators Share Posted August 31, 2008 Prayers and mojo sent for all the HCBFers in the path of this storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members solderjunkie Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 Be careful, lads... that is one bad Rusky! I lived in Pensacola until last year. I have a sea-trunk full of batteries, weather radio, battery TV, flashlights, first aid, candles, oil lamps, etc... I still have the 8500 watt gennie and 12 jerry cans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Steverino Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 Gotta go put all my gear away.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bogster Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 Good luck to Phantasm and everyone else in harm's way. We in NE Florida got really lucky with Fay (and have been for many years since Dora). If Fay had been as powerful as Gustav, it would have been a much different story for us recently. Stay safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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