Posted on 08/28/2005 3:24:16 AM PDT by janetjanet998
I have never seen any thing like this in my 20 years of storm following....nor do i recall such a potential in history..
we have the worst case scenario times 10.even the "big one" everyone talked about was even assuming a much smaller cane area wise..
the storm is huge...like 2-3 times the size of andrew and maybe almost just as strong...it is hitting at the worst possibe angle for NOLA and size the eye is so large ,30 miles across, the MS coast will get it too...it will affect many more people that Andrew did..hurricane force winds are 150 miles wide and exspanding... Andrew was very small and jogged south and hit then less populated areas of miami then into the bare swamps...storm surge with will be huge may go miles inland in places
its large so it will take awhile to spin down producing many tornnadoes and flooding inland
Declare a national emergency...get the military ready for rescue then clean up
I never thought i would see a bigger news story in my life then 9-11....this could be it...its picking up speed and many people will still be stuck on the roads when it nears..plus it is so big wind/rain many hours ahead of it will not help with the traffic...
Traditionally, eastern Canadians, New Brunswick, Nova scotia always helped out places like NO, Louisiana When disaster struck. I'm sure if help is needed they will do what they can, like send down power, electric crews, etc. As for the rest of the world? I doubt it. They don't have much to offer anyways, and they hate us.
That's the best thing to do, rather than stay put and speculate. Save your own hides first,because life cannot be replaced. Everything else can. Now's the time to leave that cat you've always hated outside...
It would be quick and easy to activate the small staff of FEMA. Getting the whole show on the road would take significant time, since temporary staff has to be hired to write and process the pile of purchase orders, and various local official agencies have to be attached, who in turn have to reschedule their own staff and equipment.
What other hurricanes had a MB reading lower than this one ( not counting the 1935 storm ) ? .
Let's not forget fires, floodings, urban riots. The man talks non-sense, ignore him!
He just goes to his happy place where nothing can touch him :)
Look how dark that sky is getting even at 4:10 PM in the afternoon.
A less intrusive government doesn't mean a government which doesn't get involved when the people are in need. I've read all of your comments and they clearly come out of complete ignorance.
I have never seen any thing like this in my 20 years of storm following....nor do i recall such a potential in history..
Fox reporting that the normal 5hr drive to from NOLA to Houston is taking over 17hrs....we need the govt to help get those people to safety.
Umm... okay!
Now THAT was an intellectual insight.
aid? from socialists or dictators or the poor? we're the target of anything but aid.
and we don't need em.
prayers for NOLA.
Those people in the traffic were on their way out, I feel for them because it must be scary and very uncomfortable.
But my heart is with the poor, the elderly and the infirm who need assistance to even get the basics of life on their own. I want the government to help them survive this, because they don't have the health, money or resources to help themselves.
They do have my sympathy, as I may one day be in their position – but there’s not much that can be done until after it is all over.
They have my sympathy too & my prayers. I had occasion to visit NO & LA over the years many times for business and vacations, even a cruise.
Took several tours and remember seeing the levies & being told of all the "plans" that were in place for the natural disaster of a flood or hurricane.
It seems now that the plans did not take into account their elderly,sick, infirm or poor.
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