Hurricane coming here - DPChallenge Forums

08/27/2005 02:36:26 PM · #1

I just evacuated from New Orleans to Lake Ramsey, Louisiana.(about 45mi North of New Orleans). We will still see hurricane force winds here if the track stays the same. I will post pictures throughout late Sunday til landfall sometime on Monday. (until power goes out!)....

....Stay tuned...

KS

ShutterPug

Canon EOS-6D

08/27/2005 02:38:23 PM · #2

Just keep you and your family safe from harm KS. Hopefully there won't be too much devastation in your area.
And remember - keep your camera in a plastic baggie so the water won't ruin it!

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

08/27/2005 02:41:11 PM · #3

Thanks....we're in a pretty safe place...still will get lots of wind and tornados still possible....I'll use my head when and if I step out to take a shot...

KS

SDW

Canon EOS-60D

08/27/2005 02:49:36 PM · #4

Good Idea to get out of New Orleans (if it hits there). I think Betsy was the last to hit NO in the 60's and it did a lot of damage especially flooding since N.O. is below sea level. I hope this storm spares N.O. because I believe its going to be a big one by the time it makes landfall. The waters are very hot and gets hotter the closer you go to shore so it should intensify. I guessing High Cat. 3 or 4 at landfall.

Keep your family safe and try to get as may of your friends to do the same as you did.

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

08/27/2005 02:58:18 PM · #5

We moved about 45 mi north to get above sea level. My home is 5ft below sea level. I'm now at about 16 feet above. I will stll be windy though...

Ks

sher

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

08/27/2005 03:09:59 PM · #6

watching it closely here, too. they're expecting hurricane force winds as far inland as Jackson, MS. that's about 2 hrs. north of where i am. eeek! good luck to all in Katrina's path!

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

08/27/2005 04:59:46 PM · #7

Originally posted by kenskid:

I'm sorry, but nobody knows where the hell this one is going. The night before last they said it was going to Apalachicola. Yesterday morning they said it was coming here and a bunch of people started boarding up thier windows. Now they say New Orleans. I don't think anyone has a clue where this one will go. The Gulf is a pretty big place and when God spins a top it can go anywhere.

Hell the last Hurricane that came this way the Governor of Alabama did a mandatory evacuation of Mobile. The only people who left where the people who haven't lived here very long. The rest of us know that if you are going to evacuate every time a storm comes into the Gulf you might as well move to Michigan. We get quite a few of them in the summer and fall.

Message edited by author 2005-08-27 17:01:11.

jose3032

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

08/27/2005 05:24:08 PM · #8

I am in New Orleans and plan on staying. My wife works in a hospital and I just can't leave without her. I will try to take some pictures, but I probably won't post them until after the storm passes (and power restored if need be). I am reminded of the old Bill Cosby bit when he talked about Noah. The recurring joke was the question, "How long can you tread water?"

I think I can tread water for just long enough.

PhotoRyno

Canon EOS-5D

08/27/2005 05:39:25 PM · #9

I am in Lafayette, LA. Keeping a close eye on the weather channel. Hope I do not have to evacuate.

Winds 135 and a double eye wall. This is not going to be fun.
I lived in NO for several years and if a Cat 3-4 hits that is not a place I would want to be, especially the days and weeks afterwards. The pumps will not be able to keep up.

Message edited by author 2005-08-27 17:44:42.

jpochard

Canon EOS-40D

08/27/2005 05:45:04 PM · #10

Originally posted by jose3032:

I am reminded of the old Bill Cosby bit when he talked about Noah. The recurring joke was the question, "How long can you tread water?"

I think I can tread water for just long enough.

Oh my goodness...haven't thought about those old Bill Cosby records for year. I don't think there was one word of profanity at all, but FUNNY!

My daughter's name is Katrina! She just started back in classes at college and is getting all sorts of grief because of her name. Her favorite was a headline someone cut out for her "Killer Katrina"

No laughing matter if you are affected, for sure, and I pray that everyone rides out the storm safely.

ClubJuggle

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM

08/27/2005 06:13:25 PM · #11

Originally posted by nsbca7:

Hell the last Hurricane that came this way the Governor of Alabama did a mandatory evacuation of Mobile. The only people who left where the people who haven't lived here very long. The rest of us know that if you are going to evacuate every time a storm comes into the Gulf you might as well move to Michigan. We get quite a few of them in the summer and fall.

The big difference between New Orleans and Mobile (well, the difference relevant to this conversation) is that New Orleans is about 9 feet below sea level.

-Terry

08/27/2005 06:56:04 PM · #12

Originally posted by ClubJuggle:

Originally posted by nsbca7:
Hell the last Hurricane that came this way the Governor of Alabama did a mandatory evacuation of Mobile. The only people who left where the people who haven't lived here very long. The rest of us know that if you are going to evacuate every time a storm comes into the Gulf you might as well move to Michigan. We get quite a few of them in the summer and fall.

The big difference between New Orleans and Mobile (well, the difference relevant to this conversation) is that New Orleans is about 9 feet below sea level.

-Terry

That makes it even more absurd that our Governor would evacuate an inland city two days before landfall without even knowing where the storm was going. It didn' hit Mobile, by the way. Even if it had, Mobile is probably one of the safer places in the area during a storm.

I understand the point with New Orleans, but the storm is still at least 2 more days from landfall.

It is always best to be prepared, but evacuating 2 and three days before a storm when there is no way of knowing where it is going is not wise. Our state and local governments always advise us to, but think of the gain in state revenue when all the stores have been emptied of water, batteries and canned goods, every hotel from Monroeville to Huntsville are filled to capacity, and the pumps at every service station have been pumped dry. This happens several times every year.

There is a differnce between caution and panic.

Message edited by author 2005-08-27 18:57:49.

dswebb

Canon EOS-20D

08/27/2005 07:04:25 PM · #13

nsbca7, I live just outside of New Orleans, in Slidell, and if they DON'T start evacuating New Orleans early, they will NEVER get out. Unlike most cities, there are fewer routes out. So they have to start early just to make sure everyone can get out. We plan on leaving early Sunday morning, but we're only a few miles from a clean interstate out of here. We're past most of the bottlenecks that people from within New Orleans have to go thru. And they are already streaming out of New Orleans at a rapid clip (5pm Saturday). That's a good thing. If it's a false alarm, oh well, what ya gonna do...

Carl Zeiss Planar T 50mm f/1.7

08/27/2005 07:16:38 PM · #14

Geezzzzzeee

It takes forever to evacuate N.O. and area. I've driven from N.O. to Baton Rouge during an evacuation 2yrs ago and it took 4 hours! This is normally a 50 min drive! We were glad we weren't doing it in 130 mph winds and water up to our windshields!!!!

Yeee Haaa

Originally posted by nsbca7:

Originally posted by ClubJuggle:

Originally posted by nsbca7:
Hell the last Hurricane that came this way the Governor of Alabama did a mandatory evacuation of Mobile. The only people who left where the people who haven't lived here very long. The rest of us know that if you are going to evacuate every time a storm comes into the Gulf you might as well move to Michigan. We get quite a few of them in the summer and fall.

The big difference between New Orleans and Mobile (well, the difference relevant to this conversation) is that New Orleans is about 9 feet below sea level.

-Terry

That makes it even more absurd that our Governor would evacuate an inland city two days before landfall without even knowing where the storm was going. It didn' hit Mobile, by the way. Even if it had, Mobile is probably one of the safer places in the area during a storm.

I understand the point with New Orleans, but the storm is still at least 2 more days from landfall.

It is always best to be prepared, but evacuating 2 and three days before a storm when there is no way of knowing where it is going is not wise. Our state and local governments always advise us to, but think of the gain in state revenue when all the stores have been emptied of water, batteries and canned goods, every hotel from Monroeville to Huntsville are filled to capacity, and the pumps at every service station have been pumped dry. This happens several times every year.

There is a differnce between caution and panic.

tryals15

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II

08/27/2005 07:51:15 PM · #15

Originally posted by nsbca7:

Maybe you should stick to talking about subjects you know something about... I live just north of new orleans, across the river. Believe me, it take at least 2-3 days to evacuate everyone. During Ivan it was taking people in excess of 8 hours to drive from NO proper to Baton Rouge.

And as I recall, while Ivan missed NO for the most part last year, it made a fairly last minute turn and ran right over Mobile.

sher

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

08/27/2005 07:55:05 PM · #16

agreed...there would be no way to get 1.3 million people evacuated from new orleans in just 1 day. starting evacuation at least 2-3 days ahead of the storm is the only choice to make.

08/27/2005 08:05:37 PM · #17

Originally posted by tryals15:

And as I recall, while Ivan missed NO for the most part last year, it made a fairly last minute turn and ran right over Mobile.

It sure came close to Mobile. But you know what seens Ironic? Mobile wasn't given a mandatory evac during Ivan. There was not one causulty during that storm in the state of Alabama and that was the worst storm to hit the area since 1906.
By contrast, while everyone was given to such high levels of panic during Dennis, which did relativly little damage, there were five trafic fatalities during the mass evacuation.

Now I know all about Galveston Island in 1900 and I know what a hurricane is capable of. We've had a few bad ones here. But are you going to force the evacuation of 5 million people along the Gulf Coast every time a storm comes into the Gulf?

scalvert

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

08/27/2005 08:14:30 PM · #18

If safety demands it, yes. Better to evacuate 5 million than lose 5,000.

08/27/2005 08:22:05 PM · #19

Originally posted by scalvert:

If safety demands it, yes. Better to evacuate 5 million than lose 5,000.

I sat out every one for the last 21 years. 12 of that was right dowm in Bon Secour. Only the people who have lived there less then five years ever evacuate.

What happens when you do premature mass evacuations everytime a storm comes in the Gulf is that eventually the people become jaded and won't leave even when there is an direct threat. It just sounds like all the others.

dswebb

Canon EOS-20D

08/27/2005 08:26:50 PM · #20

Unfortunately Katrina looks like a direct threat to N.O. So, would you still have us sit here and just take it? Or get out? I agree I don't like going, and might not if it were just me, but I've got two little kids to think about also...

08/27/2005 08:31:39 PM · #21

Originally posted by dswebb:

Do what you want. I know what I would do. I wouldn't live is a town 9 feet below sea level to begin with. But if I was on high ground and not directly on the coast I would feel safer there riding out the storm then out on the highway with 5 million panic stricken motorists.

dswebb

Canon EOS-20D

08/27/2005 08:35:12 PM · #22

I'm above sea level, about 8 or 10 feet if I remember the surveyor's report when we bought correctly...

But being stuck in a house with no power and 2 panic striken children is NOT a pretty sight either! I'll take the car and a trip to Grandma's house... But thanks for your permission anyway... :-)

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

08/27/2005 08:39:22 PM · #23

Originally posted by dswebb:

But thanks for your permission anyway... :-)

You're welcome.

Brad

Olympus OM-D E-M1

08/27/2005 08:47:21 PM · #24

Originally posted by nsbca7:

What happens when you do premature mass evacuations everytime a storm comes in the Gulf is that eventually the people become jaded and won't leave even when there is an direct threat. It just sounds like all the others.

Uh huh.
And if one life is lost due to this kind of mentality, then it's OK?
You have to be kidding me!

Reminds me of the hurricane parties in Florida during Hurricane David.
Woo Hoo - beer keg time - ABSOLUTE SUPIDITY.

I won't say what I really want to say concerning your viewpoints here nsbca7, but you shouldn't be putting into people's heads that they should stay put. Maybe in your isolated situation, it was OK, but if there is a risk, why take it? Worst case is everyone is inconvenienced - big whoop.