I'm online with friends in Houma right now who were too stubborn to leave. They really don't think this is a big deal at all. It's too late for them to get out now. I had hoped they would listen to reason.
I have a sad story about Houma. I have MS and post on a couple MS forums, and one of the guys on the MS forum took his family and evacuated Houma today.
But they got stuck in such traffic gridlock that he was worried they'd be on the highway during the storm, so they returned home.
He's hunkered down, and I gave him all my Florida "hurricane" advice about finding a safe room, etc.
Very scary, he has a wife and little kids he's worried about. He says he doesn't care about property damage.
He's stressed and neither stress nor heat (when the power goes out) will be good for his MS symptoms.
His posts made me really feel for the poor guy, and I know there are lots of others in his position who may have tried to get out but didn't.
BTW,what about all those cars on the road, what's going to happen if they can't clear the highways before gale storm winds? Just heard somebody say they went 30 miles in 5 hours.
Not taking it seriously enough to leave? Incredible!
Please drop us a note as to how they made out if you can. They are blessed with a friend like you who tried.
They are closer to it than NO!