Anybody else watching whats going on in New Orleans in preparation of Hurricane Katrina?

If the forecasts hold true New Orleans may be under water for a looooong time.

Check out this live video stream (link below) from one of the local tv stations. Those poor people down there are runnin' scared.

New Orleans Live Feed

This is what makes me glad I live in the Northeast. Sure, we get belted with snow, and people make fun of us for it, but damn, we don't get tornados (certainly not hurricanes), earthquakes, etc.

So I'll take my 2 feet of snow that I have to clear before driving out the door for school/work than having to shutter up my house and take the family on the run.

I hope that everybody can get out of this okay.

It's shaping up to be one of the worst hurricanes in history. It looks worse than... ANDREW.

It's bumper to bumper to get out of there, hopefully everyone's alright in the Big Easy.

As for me, on Thursday my power got knocked out, and stayed like that for 13 hours. But we still didn't have phone or the internet because phone lines were down. Until five minutes ago, and I return!

Here in Miami though, there were only 6 casualties. It wasn't too bad here, though. But god help the people in N.O.

lol, forget making sure you've got clean running water, food supply, and no flooding, damnit, I've gotta get online to help 2XJ in the IRC channel! :p

And guess who is in Louisiana visiting family.

I sincerely hope you're not in harm's way, Salad, and that you and your family are safe.

The mayor of New Orleans has just issued a mandatory evacuation order! Can you imagine that??!?

A category 5 hurricane. May God be with New Orleans. I remember the traffic trying to get out when Hugo hit Charleston. And when he got done it looked just like a war zone. When is it suppose to make landfall?

It looks like tomorrow morning, Mig. I can't even imagine what the city'll look like under all that water. Its possible the storm will get even stronger before it makes landfall! This is historical in scope, and scary to watch.

And scary to live through.

Hoping that you evacuated safely. Once you are able to access the internet again, please let us know.


Don Cardi

SB,

Please stay safe and let us know how you're doing as this passes. I just read tha the mayor is ordering a "mandatory" evacuation. Where will everyone go?? I must admit, I've not been watching the news yet this morning. When do they predict it'll hit.


TIS

This is UNBELIEVABLE.... They're reporting the winds are up to 175 miles per hour!!! I've NEVER heard of that before.... EVER!!

My thoughts and prayers are with everyone there. I'm watching the news conference. This is scary and unbelievable. I can't imagine how they're gonna handle all the chaos of an entire town having to evacuate. Mother Nature has been been showing no mercy this year.

TIS, check out the link in the first post of this thread. It has a live stream from a local tv station.

WOW!!!!!!!!!

FOX NEWS is reporting that an ENTIRE CITY is underwater!


Don Cardi

You just can't F with Mother Nature. Modern Man in his arrogance is still humbled by the basic forces of nature. Nat. Geo. had a recent article on hurricanes. We're in a cycle of hurricanes due to warm waters (global warming??).

I hope Salad and family are OK. God protect the folks scurrying to higher ground.

Already? It's not even suppose to hit land for another 12 hours -- but they did say New Orleans could be under 20 FEET (6 meters) of water tomorrow!!

Lets just keep everyone in the Big Easy (not much longer) in our prayers...

Already? It's not even suppose to hit land for another 12 hours -- but they did say New Orleans could be under 20 FEET (6 meters) of water tomorrow!! [/b][/quote]You're probably right Geoff. I turned on the news and caught the very end of that report and probably didn't hear the part that said " when it hits."

But that's still a real scary thought!


Don Cardi

and yet with huge waves crashing on shore and all the news reports.........PEOPLE ARE STILL THERE

WTH is wrong with some people?

I just saw that too. The surfers, right?

Yeah, down here in Miami too. People on the shores tailgating like it's a football game. :rolleyes:

A crazy uncle of mine (isn't there always one?) actually set up a whole little tent with ice cold beers and Carne Asada (Grilled Meat) and had a little Barbeque (by himself of course... :p ) During Hurricane Charlie last year. As if it was a sporting event or something! Luckily he wasn't hurt, but his patio was RUINED. (It didn't help matters when he lived in one of the worst hit areas at the time! ) Obviously his wife wasn't too happy about it... :rolleyes:

Gnarly waaaaaves, dooooooood!!! Radical. :rolleyes:

Proof of Natural Selection.

I love the dumb people on the news - I believe it was on Fox where the commentator lady goes, "I know there are no lifeguards out there, but can't we get some government officials to go out there and tell those people it's dangerous?"

:rolleyes:

Just saw the radar for this storm. It's huge!! They also showed live video from New Orleans. The trees are bending in the wind already. It's unbelievable. I'll say a prayer tonight for all down there. Saladbar, I'll be thinking of you.

"Crude oil futures spiked to more than $70 a barrel in Singapore for the first time Monday as Katrina targeted an area crucial to the country's energy infrastructure. The storm already forced the shutdown of an estimated 1 million barrels of refining capacity." - AP

And we thought the war in Iraq was a problem for gas and oil prices. Mother Nature can slap us silly.

I'm listening to a live feed from one of the local New Orleans tv stations from the Superdome and they're reporting that the roof of the dome is leaking!

Good grief! That's aweful. Does that newstation provide a live web feed?

Try this, Beth:

LIVE FEED FROM NEW ORLEANS

Got it. Thanks.