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 08/26/2006 05:42:17 PM · #1
Well here comes another hurricane. 1 year to the week the Katrina strike and we have the "cone of probability" positioned directly over south Louisiana for "Earnesto". If this one hits hard, we are done!

I'll keep you posted and let you know when I leave town.

KenSkid
 08/26/2006 06:01:10 PM · #2
Damn and the house is still being built. Ouch...

Sending good Juju.
 08/26/2006 06:01:54 PM · #3
Oh heck.... crossing fingers for you big time!
 08/26/2006 06:21:31 PM · #4
They are saying it should weaken before it hits. Lets hope thier right. I spent the morning pulling out water soaked carpets from my sister-in-laws house. She was pretty lucky, it only ripped off half of the roof, the nieghbor next door had nothing but a foundation left. Was sobering and scary to see how violent mother nature can be.
 08/26/2006 07:36:11 PM · #5
Yes it is still being built ! It is about 90% complete. However, although I'm still living in New Orleans...my new home is 40 miles north of here and is a staggering 47 feet above sea level! I am currently sitting at my computer at 5 feet below!

Skid

Originally posted by _eug:
Damn and the house is still being built. Ouch...

Sending good Juju.

08/26/2006 07:38:53 PM · #6
I was really hoping for a quiet hurricane season... things are still tore up here in Mobile from Katrina. Hell, things are still tore up from Ivan.
 08/26/2006 07:41:21 PM · #7
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
I was really hoping for a quiet hurricane season... things are still tore up here in Mobile from Katrina. Hell, things are still tore up from Ivan.

Isn't that like hoping that the moon won't rise? Inevitably it will happen, right?
 08/26/2006 07:44:12 PM · #8
Last time a Hurricane hit New Orleans was in '65 when Betsy came through. Flooded some areas. I'd say if 80% of the city flooded for Katrina, Betsy flooded about 10%. It was 40 years between.

Originally posted by _eug:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
I was really hoping for a quiet hurricane season... things are still tore up here in Mobile from Katrina. Hell, things are still tore up from Ivan.

Isn't that like hoping that the moon won't rise? Inevitably it will happen, right?

08/26/2006 09:03:28 PM · #9
Originally posted by kenskid:
Originally posted by _eug:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
I was really hoping for a quiet hurricane season... things are still tore up here in Mobile from Katrina. Hell, things are still tore up from Ivan.

Isn't that like hoping that the moon won't rise? Inevitably it will happen, right?

Last time a Hurricane hit New Orleans was in '65 when Betsy came through. Flooded some areas. I'd say if 80% of the city flooded for Katrina, Betsy flooded about 10%. It was 40 years between.

Sorry, referring to "Quiet Hurricane Season". Not New Orleans/Louisiana itself

Message edited by author 2006-08-26 21:03:52.
 08/26/2006 09:25:35 PM · #10
A new hurricane... thank goodness! I was getting nervous that the price of gas was actually going down a few cents over the last week or so. This will FINALLY give the oil companies a good excuse to jack things back up again. Phew!
 08/26/2006 09:28:44 PM · #11
Originally posted by alanfreed:
A new hurricane... thank goodness! I was getting nervous that the price of gas was actually going down a few cents over the last week or so. This will FINALLY give the oil companies a good excuse to jack things back up again. Phew!

Is that sarcasm? I think that's sarcasm.
 08/26/2006 09:32:40 PM · #12
Maybe you folks should start building your houses on pontoons or something. :D
 08/26/2006 09:35:29 PM · #13
Or move up here... we don't get any of those extreme weather things :D
(only earthquakes...)
 08/26/2006 09:51:56 PM · #14
Originally posted by micknewton:
Maybe you folks should start building your houses on pontoons or something. :D


not a bad idea
 08/26/2006 10:07:20 PM · #15
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by micknewton:
Maybe you folks should start building your houses on pontoons or something. :D


not a bad idea

It works for a lot of folks around here that live on the Columbia and Willamette rivers. Some of these floating houses are downright awesome too.
08/26/2006 10:19:51 PM · #16
What I find so odd is all the hurricanes hitting the Gulf Coast over the past couple years.

When my husband and I were dating/engaged, he was stationed in North Carolina. This is 1998-1999. I remember how the east coast was the one getting pounded in those days.

In 2002, we moved to Pensacola, FL. When we moved there, I felt safe since most the storms hit the east coast and the Gulf Coast just seemed to get a few small Tropical Storms.

Then Ivan hit.....and Dennis......and Katrina......and Rita.....

It seems the east coast has been quiet.

Message edited by author 2006-08-26 22:20:22.
 08/27/2006 01:20:21 PM · #17
Well the good news Ken is that it appears you are safe and sound:-)

The bad news is who is steering this thing?!?!?! You were supposed to do a complete U-turn and take it back out over cooler waters!!! It's now coming my direction:-(
 08/27/2006 01:23:05 PM · #18
Here goes the gas prices. Can you say $3.59 a gallon?
 08/27/2006 01:43:18 PM · #19
Here in Naples, I'm not liking the latest gaggle of computer models. Reminds us of Charley two years ago. It'll hit the mountains of Cuba, then who knows.
 08/27/2006 02:03:27 PM · #20
Sheeit, man... I'm supposed to go to Ft. Myers Beach on Saturday next. Is this gonna be a problem?

R.
 08/27/2006 02:25:33 PM · #21
The people in the Netherlands have it right. They knew of the inevitability of their situation and built the dike system to sustain themselves against the ocean.

Until the Unites States comes to that conclusion in the New Orleans area and makes the appropriate investment..I would not live there..you are asking for disaster and heartache.

Good luck to you with Ernesto and I hope it does not have the same consequences of Katrina.
 08/27/2006 05:18:03 PM · #22
Originally posted by deapee:
Here goes the gas prices. Can you say $3.59 a gallon?


It`s $9 a gallon here without hurricanes
 08/27/2006 05:29:27 PM · #23
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Sheeit, man... I'm supposed to go to Ft. Myers Beach on Saturday next. Is this gonna be a problem?

R.


It should be gone by then, Robert. Looks like its gonna blow and hit wherever it hits by Tuesday or Wednesday.
08/27/2006 05:29:35 PM · #24
Looks like it's going to veer away and bother Florida a lot more.

See hurricane track here
 08/27/2006 05:36:21 PM · #25
Well, I hope Tampa doesn't get to torn up. I'm supposed to go work at MacDill AFB for the month of September. I was looking forward to get some great sunsets across the gulf. If it's torn up I probably won't be tasked to go.

Message edited by author 2006-08-27 18:02:45.
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