Posted on 09/12/2008 5:12:09 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Prayers up!
Prayers for you all! Take Care!
You mean they evacuated? How did they die?
They should have taken the children and pets—spare them their mother’s stupidity.
Per Fox News, USCC is attempting to rescue 150 people east of Galveston.
I say forget it! They were told to leave and didn’t!
Furthermore, what idiot needs the government to tell them to leave when a MONSTER hurricane is approaching?
Prayers up!
Schools are closed. City/Parish Government closed. Winds gusting up to 25 mph with some rain. This city is about 30 to 50 miles from the Gulf and is under Tropical Storm warning.Note: I will be happy if just get winds up to 50 mph and some rain (Louisiana style).Federal Government: Post Office seems to be delivering mail.
The Vermillion River is definitely considerably higher than normal -- it still has not recovered from Gustav. A local Coulee (drainage ditch) was almost one third full -- backed up by the Vermillion River... But this Coulee may be able to raise 10 feet or more without any flooding...
Bands of rain from Ike hit the city YESTERDAy morning (Thursday morning).
It is hot and humid. Getting gasoline seems to be okay at local gasoline stations. Most homes still have debris from Gustav stacked in the front yard waiting for pickup.
Many businesses are still open.
I did see people boarding up houses yesterday and today.
There were a number of large trees cut up and waiting to be hauled away -- especially near the Vermillion River.
I did notice that one house had been torn down that I thought looked okay before Gustav.
Very heavy traffic -- it is unclear what conditions will be for the LSU game in Baton Rouge tomorrow...
Houston local ch. 11 is showing wreckage along the seawall with a structure sticking out of the water. That’s the 61st street fishing pier, destroyed. It used to stick something like 1/4 mile out, cost $10 to get on, had a bar and grill, just bits timber now.
Would that happen to be the old fort over on the Port Bolivar peninsula across the channel? If so, I dang sure wouldn't stay there for this size of storm and surge. It will get the full brunt of the storm surge at the mouth of the channel.
Yeah, Earth. And most of them work where I do. :-)
I wonder what kind of animals she can’t take with her? If you live on an island, and you have animals, and there are likely to ever be hurricanes, you darn well owe it to them to be able to evacuate them. Of course, since she has kids, if you have to choose, you choose the kids and you get the heck out (and this is from an ardent dog lover—I might risk my own life for my animals, but I won’t risk my kids lives!)
susie
Sorry, didn’t mean to have you on the recipients. You can ignore it.
You’re all added!
I think Nick’s will survive ... it better! No other bar will tolerate us.
Lemme in.
Hi, everyone. I have a friend in Houston. She mentioned being in Harris. (I’ve only just known her area as Houston. The Kady elementary district.)
She wasn’t sure she and her family were going to leave, but I haven’t heard from her since Wednesday night. Can anyone tell me what conditions are like, or predicted to be like in Harris? She might head for Austin. Really worried. Thank you all for this thread.
I’m glad he has one good call to his credit. I have more than I can remember. All but one were to stay put.
He doesn’t seem to be analysing today.
Many people who stayed they never found a trace of -- just wasted out to sea as shark food or fish food.
Hurricane Camille would be considered a Category 5 storm.
It had sustained winds (not gusts) of 200 mph.
That was one reason there was nothing left on the beach front.
I imagine the other was the storm surge (which they probably did not know how to predict then).
People were told they must evacuate...
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