Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part VIII

www.freerepublic.com | September 24, 2005

[SouthTexas]

Don't know about the phone lines, but am getting emails still. Two more just came in, haven't read yet.

[LikeLight]

Live shots of Lake Charles LA now on wdsu.com . . . ocean-like waves over tree tops poking out . . . utterly terrifying looking . . . I don't know what's around this area, but if it's on the ground, it's under water . . . huge wave breaking, spray and white caps . . . like an ocean . . .

[silentknight]

Try not to. Accu-Weather is trying to destroy the NWS and the NHC. We should all do what we can to stop them. Boycott Accu-Weather before they destroy a good thing.

[w1andsodidwe]

I must say that listening to the press conferences from the mayors of the affected cities, I find it very chilling. They truly have implemented the nanny state. They must make it safe for the rest of us, because we are too stupid to avoid downed electrical lines and such. It is scary that elected officials have so little regard for those they govern.

[McGavin999]

In the days before the storm's arrival, hundreds of thousands of residents of Texas and Louisiana fled their homes in a mass exodus that produced gridlock and heartbreak.

Ah, the new catch phrase. Just like the body count that is inserted into every report on Iraq, this phrase will be inserted into every article on Rita.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

check this site:

http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/prj/ihnc/index.asp

There is a lock there. It's on the east central side of the city...

[CedarDave]

Which will it be today? Come back, stay away, come back...
Probably remote from his new home in Dallas instead of NO.

[No Blue States]

"There ought to be some really good sea shell hunting along the shore there next week!"


Thats what Im thinking..good shell hunting..maybe I will even find a gold coin from an ancient shipwreck that washed up. Ours daughters would have driven us crazy if we didnt go to the ocean. At the ocean they happily occupy themselves for the most part. I thank the Lord for having some measure of mercy on Texas. It was bad but could have been so much worse. I predict Rita will not get to an 8th thread.

[LikeLight]

Lafite - lower Jefferson Parish - rescuers pulling hundreds from their homes, sea water pouring in . . .

wdsu

[RDTF]

It's annoying and it's getting old.

[Cboldt]

The only connectors between the river and Lake Ponchartrain that I have ever heard about was the Spillway.

http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/prj/ihnc/index.asp#

Click on the Area Map for a simple view. I'm looking for a site that has pictures and so forth.

[brytlea]

No place is perfect, but in an emergency I'd way rather be in TX than New Orleans. I'll have to wait and see about S. FL....
susie

[not_apathetic_anymore]

if you know - where in the city are the locks located?

[Knitting A Conundrum]

small map for your convenience:

[STARWISE]

Yes .. I apologize .. I didn't realize that if I reduced the size myself, it wouldn't change the settings.

[Cboldt]

LOL. We posted the same link to each other.

[John W]

Also scary that so much of the populace believes government can save them from anything and everything-and should.

[LikeLight]

Terrebonne Parish LA . . . water still coming up in some areas . . . rescue crews out now . . . several levees topped . . . boats - sheriffs & firemen & Coastguard - in active rescues now . . . many have stayed in this area . . . several areas with problems . . . 7-8 feet around Du Lac area . . .

wdsu

[Knitting A Conundrum]

They are near the area in the lower ninth ward that flooded.

[Conservababe]

Well, hurry and read them. LOL

brythlea, does your friend pronounce Henderson "Hanerson"?
Most Cajuns do. Oh, I wish I could sit myself down at one of the crawfish restaurant right now and "eat them tails and suck them heads".