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Posted on 08/28/2005 8:10:23 PM PDT by NautiNurse
I saw that just last week!
Bravo!
It's under Listen Live or Live Coverage.
You are correct PAR35. You can get 10,000 to 15,000 out with about 100 modern passenger cars...enough to empty the Superdome in two or three round trips.
Where would they go? Lake Charles...perhaps Beaumont. Wouldn't get them ENTIRELY out of the storms path....but both locations should be much better off than NO.
As for shelters, the usual: gymns, churches, warehouses, Sam's Club, Costco...
There are quite literally thousands of people right now along this coast that fear they may die later today. The death toll has the potential of being 10 WTC attacks. This could make the Iraq War 'death toll' look very minor in comparison. Emergency response to the area could quite literally save thousands of lives. They will need hundreds of volunteers. There will be thousands of emergency evacs needed. As usual, flooding will be the main problem.
Yes, and Pax and Ditter. And I'm sure there are many more.
This is gonna be an all nighter.
Alexandria coverage at this link:
http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
The Alexandria Town Talk reports that Rapides Parish schools will be open as usual on Monday, so it's waaaaaay past my bedtime and this will be my last post of the night. It turns out that the school board was trying to judge whether or not the schools would need to be turned into shelters for evacuees before they rendered their decision.
My little girl and I went out for a late dinner and we noticed quite a few construction vehicles parked at Shoney's belonging to a company with a Houma address. Coincidentally, I just purchased a used vehicle this week at an auction, and the title indicates that its previous owner lived in Houma. It's a cute little car that was well maintained, so I'm glad that I rescued it from possible destruction at its former home!
We struck up a friendly conversation with an evacuating family in the Shoney's parking lot, and they told us they had no hotel reservations. I told them about the City of Alexandria's decision to open its municipal buildings and animal shelter to evacuees, and they were very grateful.
MacArthur Drive was full of vehicles clogging hotel driveways even though "No Vacancy" appeared on the marquees. I noticed an Alexandria police car parked next to the office at the Super 8 and wondered whether things were starting to get ugly at the front desk.
Meanwhile, in Pineville, a power transformer had blown out affecting the streetlights running down the length of Main Street and a good portion of the city. We were at a friend's house when she got a phone call from a relative who said was trapped in the dark with a newborn baby, and my friend took off like a shot to rescue them. It was pretty eerie, and I was grateful that it didn't affect the whole town. Still, when we stocked up on supplies, we made a point not to buy any more frozen food in case we should lose power ourselves.
I can't stay awake any longer, so one more time, I'll send prayers to everyone in Katrina's path. Stay safe and dry, y'all -- pleasant dreams!
Great job!
That's what Karl says.
100 mph winds won't kill you unless they drop a tree or a VW Bug on your head.
ha! I'm here in the north GA mountains now. Last summer I saw that familiar cap on a guy in the parking lot of a local shopping center. I yelled across the parking lot. He didn't miss a beat with the SOONER. Felt like I was back home for a minute. ;-)
KAOK guy just said winds were 100 mph in the greater NO areas...
He used to chase tornadoes with the "young Art Bell"
back after commercials
No......hope the scumbag is caught.
20 people werent killed at those apartments?
The impact of insects at that speed stings a little though.
ID T1 TIME LAT LON DIST HDG WDIR WSPD GST WVHT DPD APD MWD PRES PTDY ATMP WTMP DEWP VIS TIDE (GMT) nm ° ° kts kts ft sec sec ° in in °F °F °F mi ft ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42040 B 0550 29.18 -88.21 0 0 100 46.6 58.3 40.0 13 - - 29.20 -0.18 81.7 84.6 79.7 - - 42007 B 0550 30.09 -88.77 62 332 80 27.2 46.6 15.1 14 - - 29.35 -0.15 80.1 86.0 79.7 - - OSTF1 O 0550 30.36 -89.61 102 315 10 7.8 19.4 - - - - 29.47 -0.10 75.7 - 74.1 - - 42039 B 0550 28.79 -86.02 117 101 130 33.0 42.7 23.0 13 - - 29.58 -0.03 85.6 86.2 78.3 - - 42036 B 0550 28.50 -84.52 198 101 140 25.3 33.0 16.7 13 - - 29.71 -0.02 84.2 84.2 77.9 - - 42001 B 0550 25.84 -89.66 215 201 240 27.2 35.0 17.1 12 - - 29.37 +0.09 84.0 85.3 77.4 - - BYGL1 O 0542 29.78 -90.42 121 288 40 - - - - - - 29.35 - 77.7 85.3 - - - LABL1 O 0542 30.05 -90.37 124 295 40 22.9 41.0 - - - - 29.46 - 80.1 - - - - LABL1 O 0536 30.05 -90.37 124 295 40 22.9 35.9 - - - - 29.47 - 80.4 - - - - WAVM6 O 0530 30.28 -89.37 89 318 60 24.1 44.1 - - - - 29.49 - - - - - - LABL1 O 0530 30.05 -90.37 124 295 40 22.9 39.0 - - - - 29.48 - 80.2 - - - - APCF1 O 0530 29.73 -84.98 172 78 - - - - - - - 29.77 - - - - - - BYGL1 O 0524 29.78 -90.42 121 288 40 - - - - - - 29.37 - 78.3 85.5 - - - LABL1 O 0524 30.05 -90.37 124 295 40 26.0 39.0 - - - - 29.47 - 80.2 - - - - BYGL1 O 0518 29.78 -90.42 121 288 40 - - - - - - 29.36 - 78.3 85.5 - - - LABL1 O 0518 30.05 -90.37 124 295 50 26.0 39.0 - - - - 29.48 - 80.4 - - - - BYGL1 O 0512 29.78 -90.42 121 288 20 - - - - - - 29.38 - 78.4 85.6 - - - LABL1 O 0512 30.05 -90.37 124 295 40 21.0 38.1 - - - - 29.48 - 80.6 - - - - PCBF1 O 0512 30.21 -85.88 136 62 - 15.9 22.9 - - - - 29.72 - - - - - - APCF1 O 0512 29.73 -84.98 172 78 - - - - - - - 29.78 - - - - - - BYGL1 O 0506 29.78 -90.42 121 288 30 - - - - - - 29.38 - 78.3 85.6 - - - LABL1 O 0506 30.05 -90.37 124 295 40 24.1 39.0 - - - - 29.49 - 81.0 - - - - DPIA1 C 0505 30.25 -88.07 65 6 80 36 41 - - - - 29.55 -0.06 84.0 85.6 80.4 - 3.88 42067 O 0500 30.04 -88.65 56 336 100 35.0 46.6 - - - - - - 78.8 86.0 - - - BURL1 C 0500 28.90 -89.43 66 256 80 73 83 - - - - 28.93 -0.28 80.8 - - - - WAVM6 O 0500 30.28 -89.37 89 318 40 25.1 32.1 - - - - 29.52 - 79.2 85.1 - - - PCLF1 O 0500 30.40 -87.21 90 35 - 4.1 7.0 - - - - 29.63 - 81.0 85.8 - - - GDIL1 C 0500 29.27 -89.96 92 274 40 47 58 - - - - 29.18 -0.21 80.4 84.2 80.4 0.9 - BYGL1 O 0500 29.78 -90.42 121 288 30 - - - - - - 29.39 -0.12 78.3 85.6 - - - ILDL1 O 0500 29.05 -90.53 122 267 10 44.1 56.9 9.2 16 - - 29.18 -0.21 78.8 88.0 - - 2.87 LABL1 O 0500 30.05 -90.37 124 295 40 19.0 34.0 - - - - 29.49 -0.10 80.8 - - - - LUML1 O 0500 29.25 -90.66 128 272 10 35.9 47.0 - - - - 29.23 -0.20 77.7 79.9 75.2 - 0.39 TAML1 O 0500 29.19 -90.67 129 271 30 39.0 52.1 - - - - 29.21 -0.21 79.3 80.8 75.9 - 0.77 PCBF1 O 0500 30.21 -85.88 136 62 - 13.0 21.0 - - - - 29.73 - - - - - - SGOF1 C 0500 29.41 -84.86 176 85 130 26 29 - - - - 29.76 +0.02 84.4 86.4 77.9 - - MRSL1 O 0500 29.44 -92.06 202 275 50 21.0 31.1 3.3 18 - - 29.47 -0.08 82.0 89.6 - 7.5 2.66 KTNF1 C 0500 29.82 -83.59 244 80 80 12 14 - - - - 29.84 +0.01 76.6 - 74.8 - - 1 B = Buoy, C = C-MAN Station, D = Drifting Buoy, S = Ship, O = Other
Sure they can. Coliseum, athletic dept gyms, student recreational facilities, classrooms with chairs pushed into the corner. Numerous local school buildings and govt buildings in the capital, too. Expensive, looting problems, but in a once in a lifetime emergency that can be dealt with. We have in the past.
Are you talking about me, Flyer?
Any thing weather related is obviously Global Warming and we all know that is Bush's fault.
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