Did you all just hear the emerg mngt guy in JACKSON, MS??? Yikes...he's talking about the damge Jackson will sustain..that's WAY inland..he said EVERYONE in the path even that far inland is going to experience hurricane winds. If it's a cat 5 in the middle..it will be a cat 4, 3, 2 etc further out. All those levees...not just in NO.
I live in a suburb of Jackson and I heard the MEMA guy. I think he was way out of line when he said there was really no place in the State that is going to be safe. That's a completely ridiculous, irresponsible thing to say. I know they're worried and upset, but really.
Yes, the weatherman on WWL-TV was telling people not to continue north into Mississippi, but to go west.