The terrifying thing about Lili was that it made landfall as a borderline CAT 5 with Lafayette as its bullseye. If it had kept its strength, I don't know where I'd be typing this from now.
The NWS called up Gov. Foster that night screaming for him to evacuate the city. It was much too late for that, of course.
-Dan
I remember it turned at the last minute. It was aiming right at Lake Charles and I evacuated because I was taking care of my disabled father at the time. It was an interesting trip. I had my two dogs too and it was a long hot ordeal.
I kept telling my sister that she needed to get out of town and stay with family up north and she was stubborn. When her house was hit by a tornado she wished she had listened to me. If it would have hit full on Cat 5 it would have been catastrophic.