SCNDLS said:

i'll be safe at school.

carlcranshaw said:

shit...me, too.

the bad weather is scheduled to start tonight.

applekisses said:

Major co-sign on this. for the folks in New Orleans. Let's hope this does not happen! They've been through enough already! Reading about this scares me, and I don't even live in New Orleans (thank goodness).
[Edited 8/31/08 15:28pm]

jone70 said:

Because Bush is a dumbass.

StillGotIt said:

Agreed. I know that a lot of the people living in New Orleans are poor, perhaps they have no money to move somewhere else? I can't imagine Bush doing anything to help the poor people locate to a safer location, judging from what he's done in the past.
[Edited 9/1/08 4:56am]

JasmineFire said:

Stay safe!

carlcranshaw said:

Before Katrina, THAT was the usual attitude of hurricane veterans of Betty & Camille.

The people figured that because they survive the worst of Camille that they could handle Katrina as well. And I'm sad to say, but they were dead wrong.

i hope that this time people leave town. i hope everyone makes it out safely.

Right now, the projected path of Hurricane Gustav is to hit landfall about 70 to 100 miles southwest of New Orleans as a Category 3 hurricane. While the wind speed is expected to be below that of Katrina, New Orleans could still be devastated due to the fact that the stormiest section of the hurricane, the northeast quadrant, is expected to go over the city. In addition to the 19 foot storm surge which could go directly up the Mississippi River, Gustav is expected to dump up to 20 inches of rain as it goes through land, as well as spawning numerous tornadoes.

On a more positive note, however, the residents are taking this hurricane very seriously, and most people who could did not wait for mayor Ray Nagin to tell them to get out of Dodge. The only ones who waited were the ones who had no transportation out of New Orleans, the poor, the elderly, and the people with special needs either medically or some other type, and they were evacuating them as fast as they possibly could.

my stomach is in knots from worrying.

It is the first thing I thought about when I woke up this morning. Though I am about 6 hrs ahead of everything there so I guess I will be waiting to hear any real news.

I'm staying in a private study room in the computer lab at school. I moved in with the cats last night.

Anyway, I just woke up about and hour or so ago and it's dark and grey outside with a littel wind and light rain. From what I've heard, New Orleans is practically empty. A girl from my class was going to stay down there for the weekend but they kicked her out on Saturday.

JasmineFire said:

You'll be in good company with the cats. I love kitties.

JasmineFire said:

I hope everyone is safe!

It just started to make landfall in Lafayette(?) Louisiana, and shouldn't be a direct hit on New Orleans. (Of course neither was Katrina.) And it's only a category 2, so even though they are expecting 19 foot waves, over 20 inches of rain, and winds up to 120 mph, I suppose Cat. 2 is better than 3 or 4.

jone70 said:

oh, thank god.

not a great situation, obviously, but far better than what it was shaping up to be.

TonyVanDam said:

Well, my Aunt is from that generation. She's has a really nice house across the river (Westbank) and I guess she is saying: "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going". Blessedly the Westbank didn't flood.