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Posted on 08/26/2005 10:25:04 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Evacuating one hospital is a monumental task--I'm thinking too of all the hospitals in NO that must be evacuated. Charity, eeesh, all of them.
I live in Jacksonville, Florida, this area has been lucky not have hit head-on since Hurricane Dora in Sept. 1964, with that said, I wish the best to whomever gets hit by this 'Cane..my thoughts and prayers for the safety of all the FReepers(and non) who are going to be in the path of "Katrina" and the hardships that happen after a hurricane hits...
Thanks for checking in!
Glad you're doing ok.
Thanks for checking in!
Glad you're doing ok.
GOES down? no updates for 45 min now
Oh, my goodness, I forgot about all of the hospitals!
Remember all those disaster plans we have practiced over the years?
Gordan looks like he dropped something, remembered, and went back to pick it up.
It was more a shot at the Fox newsbabe's "hotels sold out for SIX miles around New Orleans."
Yes, very sad about the shutins who can't get out, those who have lousy relatives who won't get them out, and the apparent lack of planning to effectively shelter or evacuate those persons (after how many decades of warning to prepare for this type of potential catastrophe?)
It's mind-boggling isn't it?
Also just heard they have started contra-flow as of 4 pm...
I can't imagine the kind of preparation and planning that goes into something like this. I hope the folks down in NO have done a good job. I surely wasn't impressed by the gov.
That strike zone is narrowing, according to Fox, with New Orleans still in the middle and the storm strengthening. Lord! Fox guy saying tourists and services still going on in the Quarter, street performers, tourist attractions full. Says people "haven't gotten the message." Holy mackerel!
30 to 40 feet, the incredible power of the ocean and now things look a lot more calm. I wish it was December already and the hurricane season was over.
http://www.dotd.state.la.us/press/traffic_cameras/cameras_no.asp?camera=Cam4
fox 8 news traffic cameras
It may give a few more hours for New Orleans residents to get out by slowing down, but the forecast track hasn't changed.
Fox news reports that the bars are full and people are still shopping like any other weekend.
By noon on Monday their attitude will have changed.
"I used to live in Louisiana and always wanted to experience a hurricane."
Don't know how bad you had it when you experienced Andrew. But I find experiencing the actual hurricane totally scary. The wind howling so loud you can hear almost nothing else, except that is, for the sounds of breaking glass, debris hitting the house, and then there's that sound of your house "moaning" under the force of the winds. THEN, afterwards, there's no power for days and days. Miserably high, muggy heat. No A/C, no showers, no toilets you can flush. Not to mention the cleaning up you have to... To me, the aftermath is as miserable as the hurricane is scary.
Unbelievable, isn't it?
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