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girlivy -> RE: More On Gustav (8/30/2008 10:18:08 AM)
Sending nothing but extreme safety and blessings to all. Much empathy.

Thadius -> RE: More On Gustav (8/30/2008 10:23:02 AM)
Gustav has just been declared a Cat 4, and they are saying it hasn't hit the warmest waters.

GreedyTop -> RE: More On Gustav (8/30/2008 10:45:12 AM)
prayers to all in the path

MusicalBoredom -> RE: More On Gustav (8/30/2008 11:08:25 AM)
We will be staying here. Lafayette is in the middle of a coastal swamp so the wetlands make long term flooding almost impossible. When we get hit there is quickly dissipating flash flooding, very very high winds and tons of tornadoes. We will be staying at the office (I have a communications company and need to stick around) which is practically a bunker with concrete walls and a steel girder roof. My bar (next door in the same building) will likely open it's doors to the patrons can't leave. It's a collage town here and there are tons of collage age kids with little or no money to go stay somewhere else.

servantheart -> RE: More On Gustav (8/30/2008 11:40:20 AM)
~FR~ We did our shopping last night, so I think we're prepared in the event Gustav decides to visit. Personally, I would like to leave if it hits here. Alicia in 1983 and Katrina taught me that these storms are not to be trifled with. [sm=whoa.gif]

Level -> RE: More On Gustav (8/30/2008 11:43:35 AM)
We're gone. They're going to call for a mandatory evac in SE Texas. Be awhile before I can log back on, be well all, God bless.

Thadius -> RE: More On Gustav (8/30/2008 11:45:10 AM)
Stay safe, and my prayers go with you.

sirsholly -> RE: More On Gustav (8/30/2008 11:46:04 AM)
Prayers to all of you...

Vendaval -> RE: More On Gustav (8/30/2008 1:12:27 PM)
General reply - Information on the highways & transportation in this evacuation. "Hundreds line up to leave New Orleans before Gustav" By Tim Gaynor and Kathy Finn 40 minutes ago NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) "Cars crammed bumper to bumper on highways leading out of the city and six low-lying parishes - the Louisiana equivalent of U.S. counties - issued mandatory evacuation orders effective later on Saturday. All major Louisiana interstates will switch to allow only one-way traffic away from the coast at 6 a.m. CDT (7 a.m. EDT) on Sunday. Hoping to avoid the 2005 spectacle of desperate city residents crammed into the New Orleans Superdome, the government has lined up hundreds of buses and trains to evacuate 30,000 people who cannot leave on their own. About 1,500 Louisiana National Guard troops and 1,500 police officers are in New Orleans to oversee the evacuation -- twice the level seen during Katrina." http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080830/us_nm/storm_gustav_neworleans_dc;_ylt=AgLy3TeWUdykAnC2iGaRFXFH2ocA

sappatoti -> Mandatory Evacuation Ordered for New Orleans (8/30/2008 7:21:38 PM)
~ Fast Reply ~ This hit my inbox about an hour ago. I hope everyone heeds this warning and gets out of the way of this storm. Peace and safety to all who are staring this down. ----- Breaking News Alert The New York Times Saturday, August 30, 2008 -- 9:22 PM ET ----- Mandatory Hurricane Evacuation Is Ordered in New Orleans City officials ordered everyone to leave New Orleans beginning Sunday morning -- the first mandatory evacuation since Hurricane Katrina flooded the city three years ago -- as Hurricane Gustav grew into what the city's mayor called "the storm of the century" and moved toward the Louisiana coast. Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na ###

LeMis -> RE: Mandatory Evacuation Ordered for New Orleans (8/30/2008 8:19:33 PM)
Be safe y'all!

euterpeIsShe -> RE: More On Gustav (8/31/2008 2:38:31 AM)
My SoulBDSMmate is living in the area of Isle de Jean Charles, i am unable to make contact via His cell phone,,i am keeping all the fingers an toes crossed that He is safe and will be ok..i hear that it is either get out or Yyour on Yyour own...this scares me to the inner core,, for Aall the peoples.He is part of the Naquin Tribe He has left sms messages on my cell and they are of total destruction approaching soon...How many out there in CM Land can help this lil distressed girly here and tell her how the situation really is going.......i am soooo far away over the pond atm. "she Begs, He Hears, she Pleads, He Smiles, she Surrenders her Soul, He Rises To His Rightful Throne, He Has her In His Power, she Is Free, Controled And Loved"

windchymes -> RE: More On Gustav (8/31/2008 6:27:08 AM)
Ditto that. Level, 2badored, and anyone else in its path....take care.

BRNaughtyAngel -> RE: More On Gustav (8/31/2008 2:21:57 PM)
Well only time will tell once the storm hits and afterward, but I can tell you that here in the Baton Rouge area, things seem to be running smoothly. Government officials are on the t.v. and radio constantly giving updates, etc.... I'm sure it won't be perfect, but I think so much was learned from the tragedy that was Katrina. Changes made, plans implemented, etc.... They just announced that they are in the process of ending contraflow which is the one way traffic flow on the Interstates to get people out. So I'm thinking people haven't waited till the last minute and got out. Now we wait.

DomKen -> RE: More On Gustav (8/31/2008 3:59:13 PM)
Please, if you are in the projected path of this storm get out of there.

celticlord2112 -> RE: More On Gustav (8/31/2008 4:18:23 PM)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5975900.html At least the residents of New Orleans have done pretty much exactly that. An estimated 1.9 million have left, with maybe some 10,000 remaining. Kudos to Ray Nagin for his statement to would-be looters: quote: "Looters will go directly to jail. You will not get a pass this time," Mayor Ray Nagin said. "You will not have a temporary stay in the city. You will go directly to the Big House."

bipolarber -> RE: More On Gustav (8/31/2008 5:31:11 PM)
Got a call about 3:30 this afternoon... got called in since I was still on the volunteers list from Katrina... just a general organizational... Volunteered my time for tomorrow, Labor Day, setting up the civic hall, cots, blankets, and getting the kitchen ready, in case the local hotels get swamped. We'll put folks up like we did last time, if needed. (sigh) Here we go again... The only thing that still gets me mad, was when I caught Limbaugh on the radio, two years ago, ridiculing the idea that global warming would ever create another hurricane like the one did with Katrina. Still laughing, you fat, oxy contin addicted, fucker?[:@] Republicans should cary a surgeon general's warning tattooed on their foreheads: CAUTION: THIS GARBAGE SPEWING LIAR MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO THE TRUTH. DEATH AND DISASTER MAY RESULT IF LISTENED TO, OR ALLOWED TO HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE.

NumberSix -> RE: More On Gustav (8/31/2008 5:37:25 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: celticlord2112 At least the residents of New Orleans have done pretty much exactly that. An estimated 1.9 million have left, with maybe some 10,000 remaining. What are the 10,000 ? Fire, cops, militia, hospital, like that? Or is it infirm and idiots, do you know? Ron

Thadius -> RE: More On Gustav (8/31/2008 5:51:08 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: bipolarber Republicans should cary a surgeon general's warning tattooed on their foreheads: CAUTION: THIS GARBAGE SPEWING LIAR MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO THE TRUTH. DEATH AND DISASTER MAY RESULT IF LISTENED TO, OR ALLOWED TO HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE. Aye, because you have never told a lie around here, or fabricated anything, and Dems are the symbol of honesty and all things good and right with the world. By the way, thanks for volunteering to help out our fellow citizens.

Vendaval -> RE: More On Gustav (8/31/2008 7:10:44 PM)
I would guess all of the above, Ron. Some people are too ill or disabled to be easily moved and some of those folks with have caretakers staying with them. Emergency support at hospitals, fire departments, police, Red Cross, National Guard and the like will hang tough. Man, I think that waiting for something like a hurricane or toronado to touch ground is worse than having an earthquake strike without warning in some ways. Or perhaps it is simply a matter of what natural disasters we become used to as being inevitable. Que sera sera quote: ORIGINAL: NumberSix quote: ORIGINAL: celticlord2112 At least the residents of New Orleans have done pretty much exactly that. An estimated 1.9 million have left, with maybe some 10,000 remaining. What are the 10,000 ? Fire, cops, militia, hospital, like that? Or is it infirm and idiots, do you know? Ron

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