If you live in New Orleans

intangible child · 08-30-2008, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by pensacola_niceman

New Orleans is a city of much sin. This is God's punishment yet again.

Your makin my panties get wet! When will the bottomless pit open under D.C.?

Cubbie · 08-30-2008, 09:16 PM

CNN Breaking News.

Mayor Ray Nagin orders New Orleans evacuated, calling hurricane Gustav, the "mother of all storms."

Tirya · 08-30-2008, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Cubbie

CNN Breaking News.

Mayor Ray Nagin orders New Orleans evacuated, calling hurricane Gustav, the "mother of all storms."

Um... "Gustav" is a male name. Wouldn't "Father of all storms" be a better cliche?

And won't he feel like a complete schmuck if it happens to swing west and hit Texas instead?

Cubbie · 08-30-2008, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Tirya

Um... "Gustav" is a male name. Wouldn't "Father of all storms" be a better cliche?

And won't he feel like a complete schmuck if it happens to swing west and hit Texas instead?

Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't. I say better safe than sorry.

Tirya · 08-30-2008, 11:55 PM

Agreed on the "better safe than sorry" but in light of the mess Katrina was, it seems almost fearmongering to bill Gustav as "even worse" in order to scare people into evacuating.

tristanrobin · 08-30-2008, 11:58 PM

Gustav is already being categorized as a level 4 storm - that's higher than Katrina was categorized

Cubbie · 08-31-2008, 12:03 AM

New Orleans orders mandatory evacuation

New Orleans orders mandatory evacuation - Yahoo! News

NEW ORLEANS - Spooked by predictions that Hurricane Gustav could grow into a Category 5 monster, an estimated 1 million people fled the Gulf Coast Saturday — even before the official order came for New Orleans residents to get out of the way of a storm taking dead aim at Louisiana.

Mayor Ray Nagin gave the mandatory order late Saturday, but all day residents took to buses, trains, planes and cars — clogging roadways leading away from New Orleans, still reeling three years after Hurricane Katrina flooded 80 percent of the city and killed about 1,600 across the region.
The evacuation of New Orleans becomes mandatory at 8 a.m. Sunday along the vulnerable west bank of the Mississippi River, and at noon on the east bank. Nagin called Gustav the "mother of all storms" and told residents to "get out of town. This is not the one to play with."
"This is the real deal, this is not a test," Nagin said as he issued the order, warning residents that staying would be "one of the biggest mistakes you could make in your life." He emphasized that the city will not offer emergency services to anyone who chooses to stay behind.
Nagin did not immediately order a curfew, which would allow officials to arrest residents if they are not on their property.

Tirya · 08-31-2008, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by tristanrobin

Gustav is already being categorized as a level 4 storm - that's higher than Katrina was categorized

Actually no - Katrina hit Cat 5 on August 28 while she was still in the Gulf and then keyed back down to Cat 4 on the 29th just before hitting land.

If you want "frightening", this pic of Katrina as a Cat 5 (with the extremely well-developed eye) says it all, IMHO.

Not that Gustav isn't dangerous and deadly - don't get me wrong...

Cubbie · 08-31-2008, 12:09 AM

Here is gustav, right now.

AlicornsPrayer · 08-31-2008, 12:40 AM

I hope it misses the Alabama coast...I don't think Dauphin Island can handle another hurricane even skimming it. Another Cat 4 or 5, and the island will be split in two, with a large chunk of it gone.