Posted on 09/15/2004 7:38:29 PM PDT by lainie
I have to work for a few hours today and then off to daughter's swim meet but will check back in later to see if this thread is still going. I'd like to see if they find the driver and how everybody is faring.
Prayers for everyone in the area(s), family and friend's.
Can anyone direct me to any info on Gulf Breeze?
what paper was the pic of the truck posted on?
If you look at any map of the area you'll see that decent roads in and out of the area are few and far between.
Neither 90 nor 98 can handle much more east-west flow and Hwy 29 really only goes nowhere.
"You cain't git there from here" truly applies in this area, especially now!
An image at Drudge from a higher angle shows possible mis-alignment of two piers, possibly multiple missing piers, and substantial damage to the westbound lanes on the far side of the high spans over the channel.
http://www.drudgereport.com/
Bumping from South Central Alabama. Still wet n' wild!!!!
Winds at 40 MPH steady.
Thanks, I just don't think he realized what he was in for.
http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/
Just heard from my refugee family that they may not be able to return home for weeks due to power outages.
Thanks, I just don't think he realized what he was in for.
The easiest way to see it is just click on the Drudge link in my last post.
Man. We are in the middle of moving to the country. Our pole barn is shabby by any standards... expecially these!! ;)
You are very likely right on the money!!!!
If they would spend less money on typical "entitlement" programs, they'd have more for natural disasters. I bet there are all sorts of bogus programs to help keep the welfare mongers as "good clients" creating ongoing "demand" for case workers and other good-for-nothings. Meanwhile, the beat cops, nurses and firemen have to scrimp. Liberalism - it is a disease.
heck, my barn doesn't even have electricity!!!!
Listening to local Montgomery radio and tv stations....
A LOT of power outages throughout Southern Alabama....
Probably those FReeprs from around these parts aren't keeping up on the thread without power.
I still have power which is a miracle in itself given the storm around me.
Pray for us here. Knocking on wood but thank God things are so far ok.
I'm curious about Gulf Breeze, as well. My elderly aunt and uncle live there, she is in a wheel chair and is unable to travel. We spoke to them last night and they were at my cousin's house in Pensacola......in the "Safe Room". Haven't been able to reach them today. I hope they have a home to return to.
Computers in barns...wow. It's funny, my dad was the guy who invented the hardware tester for the first IBM PC and he has this dinky little and very old computer in the house he plays games on. He's in the sticks, kinda, and won't get a new computer or internet because it's long distance. Having a phone in the barn is the only way I can reach him. :)
Can't we get a rest from these things?
Well you did better than me. My prediction was *initial* (initial being the operative word) landfall at Southwest Pass, which of course would have meant going back over water with a second landfall near the AL-MS stateline. The eye passed at least 25 miles east of my target. Whereas, you were good within about 5 or 10 miles. This storm was a wobbler and made it difficult to predict. Your technique is of interest. Will you publish?
Thanks,,looks like the driver may be lost.
any news on the newscaster who had a tornado hit him?
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