hurricane katrinia or wut ever

[zeppelin]

who alls evacuating, it supposed to be a category 4 by the time it hits land

[Scott-300ex]

I am

I walked to the ocean beach today and it looked bad:eek:

[zeppelin]

dude if i were you i would have already left, illinois is going to get hit real hard bein next to the gulf and all, your f'n nuts for stayin this long

[redlineranger]

Originally posted by zeppelin
who alls evacuating, it supposed to be a category 4 by the time it hits land

i live in south alabama and we have been hammered hard in the last 11 months by 3 hurricanes.... each time they have been goin another path and hiccup and come towards us... hell weve still got crap layin around from hurricane ivan. but were stayin here. i know im tired of cleanin all the crap the hurricanes leave behind, but i make alot of money when they come through:o

[JRP]

that hurricane is suppose to be insane... i would havte to live in the flordia panhandle or new orleans....:ermm:

[insaneracin2003]

i have relatives from new orleans coming over tonight,i hope that thing doesnt try to come at me in houston,then we will a chit load of people going north:ermm:

[redlineranger]

Originally posted by JRP
that hurricane is suppose to be insane... i would havte to live in the flordia panhandle or new orleans....:ermm:

yes you would, but look at it this way.... if u move to mid west you have tornadoes, north-blizzards,east-i have no idea, and out west- wild fires, mud slides, earthquakes. so anywhere you live really has its own form of nasty weather

Maybe they should start building better :) after living in hurricane alley (St. Maarten) you should know not to build with frame and stucco.

[fasterblaster09]

Yeh,Its coming directly to us.Im in south Louisiana.About 2 hours west of new orleans.I actually enjoy hurricanes.But not people getting hurt or anything,just watching them.But I heard its goin to be pretty bad.We're not going anywheres,staying right where we are,in our new little mobile home.But we do have an old trailer in our yard that isnt strapped or anything,so it might go through our fence.If it gets to bad,we're gonig to the local college (LSU) where my mom works.Wish us luck,it'll be interesting :p

[zeppelin]

yeah i kinda like them to, cause usualy you get off from school for a day or two. i live in br and right now it looks like we are going to ride it out

[Pappy]

looks like it is now a catagory 5! i have never been a believer in global warming and junk, but something seems to be changing the weather. maybe just a normal pattern of change?

in any event, stay safe for all those that will be impacted.:(

[TGW_400ex]

Originally posted by redlineranger
yes you would, but look at it this way.... if u move to mid west you have tornadoes, north-blizzards,east-i have no idea, and out west- wild fires, mud slides, earthquakes. so anywhere you live really has its own form of nasty weather

Nothing happens up east:devil:

[reddeisel]

yeah the news just said it's a catagory 5, good luck ya'll stay safe my prayers will be with everyone.

[Mxjunkie]

thank god I live in pa far away from that chit :eek2:

NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 28) - Hurricane Katrina strengthened to a dangerous Category 5 on Sunday with 160 mph sustained wind as residents of south Louisiana jammed freeways in a rush to get out of the way of the powerful storm.

[zeppelin]

lol man yesterday me and my dad went to go pick up a car and on the way home like all the roads were closed they had conveted them tothe one way thing so where it took us an hour to get there it was like a 3 hour trip back because so many people were going the other way

[400exrules]

Originally posted by Pappy
looks like it is now a catagory 5! i have never been a believer in global warming and junk, but something seems to be changing the weather. maybe just a normal pattern of change?

in any event, stay safe for all those that will be impacted.:(

yah this has been a year for strange weather, some last year too

[troutman561]

its now at 175 mph winds with 215 mph, gusts, after going through frances and jeanne last year i thought that was bad, but this is gona rip whatever it touches apart.. iv never seen one get this strong in the atlantic, my prayers are with everyone up there, this could be one of the worst ever

[redlineranger]

Originally posted by troutman561
its now at 175 mph winds with 215 mph, gusts, after going through frances and jeanne last year i thought that was bad, but this is gona rip whatever it touches apart.. iv never seen one get this strong in the atlantic, my prayers are with everyone up there, this could be one of the worst ever

175 dam were screwed:( ..... well i wont get the worst of it prolly 70 mph or so, to anyone that lives in southern louisiana(sp) my prayers are with you and good luck...

[Giz400ex]

For those that are gonna be affected by this, if ya can let us know on how things are going? Good luck to all! NY is thinking of ya:(

[o4250]

It's gonna be andrew all over again.:(

[Mojaveboy97]

This is bad!!They said New Orleans might go underneath water!!:eek2: we aint going to get much of it mabye 60-70 mph winds?But that will tear anything in its path APART!!And so many ppl evacuating!!Ma prayers out for the ppl in its path!And i widh yall the best of luck threw this storm!Well lata and good luck!

Kenneth

[troutman561]

yea this is like hurricane andrew but 3 times larger and as of right now stronger

[fasterblaster09]

O shyt yall are scarin me,I dont think I like them so much anymore!! :eek:

And we just purchased a brandn ew mobile home about a month ago now,so,we might have to call our insurance company.lol.
O well,life goes on.

and about the global warming,since Isaw the mvoie "day after tomorrow",thats all I can think about.

[zeppelin]

Originally posted by fasterblaster09
O shyt yall are scarin me,I dont think I like them so much anymore!! :eek:

And we just purchased a brandn ew mobile home about a month ago now,so,we might have to call our insurance company.lol.
O well,life goes on.

and about the global warming,since Isaw the mvoie "day after tomorrow",thats all I can think about.
i f'n hate that movie man, it was like talkin chit about god and crap and it was made by a buch of tree hugers, i made a movie (and a couple sequels) about the day before tomorrow, with quads and bikes, man it was fun

[400exrules]

i dont think its gonna affect us much, it better not mess up the weather much cuz dove season opens thursday, 9/1 :devil: im skippin school with abuncha friends so the weather better stay good so the birds dont leave

im pumped, we've got a badass field this year
:devil:

[derekhonda]

Originally posted by 400exrules
i dont think its gonna affect us much, it better not mess up the weather much cuz dove season opens thursday, 9/1 :devil: im skippin school with abuncha friends so the weather better stay good so the birds dont leave

im pumped, we've got a badass field this year
:devil:

you shouldnt skip school, you need everyday badly.

[SGA]

This is a BAD Hurricaine. 175 MPH sustained winds, 210 gusts. If it hits at this strength, it will level the ocean coast where it hits. Please dont stay if you are in the area, just get out and worry about the material things later.
My prayers are with the people in the New Orleans area.

[FoxRacing81]

Originally posted by Mxjunkie69
thank god I live in pa far away from that chit :eek2:

NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 28) - Hurricane Katrina strengthened to a dangerous Category 5 on Sunday with 160 mph sustained wind as residents of south Louisiana jammed freeways in a rush to get out of the way of the powerful storm.

That's right Josh! 1 of the good reasons to live in PA.


That really sucks...I hear New Orleans is supposed to get wiped out completely.....I sure hope it's not that bad.:(

[fasterblaster09]

I,personally am not that worried,eventhought im not to far from new orleans.I can drive south and ill be to the gulf in 20 minutes tops.I know im realy underestimating it.But my mom doesnt want to leave,she said if it gets worse we'll just go to her work,which is 30 minutes away,i dotn know if we'll make it lol.They said new rleans will be between 20 and 30 feet underwater.And I have an old stubborn uncle there,who thinks he will just go on his roof like he did 40 years ago.I will post pics during and after the hurricane here down south lousiana,so yall can see.I wont have anything better to do while our electricitiy is out for maybe weeks.

[SGA]

fasterblaster09
What town do you live in?

[fasterblaster09]

I live in crowley.Its about 3 hours west of new orleans.

[tp300ex]

i livw in LA and we are already haveing high winds and ran!!!

plz keep every one in ur prays to night:(

[fasterblaster09]

here in crowley,the suns as bright as can be!!,not a storm cloud in the sky.But it is startin to get a little windy,it wont be long.

[zeppelin]

Originally posted by tp300ex
i livw in LA and we are already haveing high winds and ran!!!

plz keep every one in ur prays to night:(
dude you live in central, it hasnt even rained here yet let alone high winds lmao

[bayou boy]

we are starting to get the first feeder bands from it not too bad yet though. the wind picked up a bit since this morning but nothing compared to what tomorrow will bring. they are saying 15" of rain possible with a 20' surge.

Yep they are ****ed..... and Royally ****ed... Last Cat 5 that came thru here bent 24x24 I-beams and twisted them like a pretzel like they were made of clay.

And anyone with an engineering degree can tell you that aint no small task to do.

Sliding Glass door glass blows up like a balloon without breaking because of the heat friction from teh velocity of the wind.

and the Sound is UNREAL!....

Sustained 165mph winds means Gusts of over 200mph, during our last CAT5 (Huricane Luis) we clocked 220 on our local weather station at home and there were tornadoes EVERYwhere.

It does clean up pretty well, no leaves on the trees, no more shacks :) hell no more illegals :)

[Scott-300ex]

dude, dove season starts the 1st of september for us too, im ready to go get some doves, clean em, wrap em in bacon and grill em

when the water takes out the house and the roof falls down, your grandpa won't be happy



whens this thing supposed to hit anyways?

[SGA]

I looked on the map where bayou boy lives, its the red star just to the lower left of New Orleans. Keep us posted man!

[SGA]

Projected

Originally posted by SGA
Projected :eek: :( :(

[400exrules]

Originally posted by derekhonda
you shouldnt skip school, you need everyday badly.

no, i think ill be fine skipping one day...

why would u need everyday badly anyways :huh
you might...but i dont

[250xridamatt]

Wow, according to that thing, its gonna come all the way up to where I live, and stop right about here.

Dotn even think of going to school or work for at least 3 weeks if your directly in the path.

[dpizz450]

im in baton rouge about an hour away from new orleans. suppose to be gettin 70-90 mph winds. got me and my buddy's Z and KFX locked up tight.

Its still very very far away, you will get much higher winds
by tomorrow morning.

keep this link ... if you guys need more info links let me know.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

here is another you can use to get visible loop image of it.

http://www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/rmsdsol/TROPICAL.html

just click the left image.

[400ex28]

i didnt realize i was in the path of that bad boy!

notice what this says, maximum sustained is now 175mph

http://www.osei.noaa.gov/IOD/OSEIiod.jpg

also note red area on right smaller picture, thats hurricane force winds so dont think you gonna get away with only a hour or 2 or 3 away .

5 more mph and it will be the most powerful hurricane since Hurricane Mitch that hit not to long ago Honduras and Nicaragua

Believe death toll so far not counting the missing is 11,000 for mitch.

[bayou boy]

first feeder bands

[bayou boy]

another...I will take pics all through it. I may have to post later though i will probably lose power during the night.

[bayou boy]

x

[troutman561]

there is gona be no business or anything for months where the eye of this thing goes over, i remember down here when jeanne and frances hit last year things wherent back to normal for over a month, and those only had 110 and 120 mph winds, so good luck to u all sitting it out, altho id get out while there is still time if i was you

[Matt37]

Hopefully it will get really weak once it hits land.

They usually do.

[knighttime]

Originally posted by bayou boy
another...I will take pics all through it. I may have to post later though i will probably lose power during the night.

keep takin pics dude, and stay safe, you will lose power but stay alive!!!:macho

[knighttime]

Originally posted by YZrida
im in baton rouge about an hour away from new orleans. suppose to be gettin 70-90 mph winds. got me and my buddy's Z and KFX locked up tight.

smart move, and stay safe, and enjoy mother natures rath, lol. good luck, im bettin you make it but stay alert :macho :scary:

[knighttime]

Originally posted by Matt37
Hopefully it will get really weak once it hits land.

They usually do.

yeah, but this one is a category 5+ 'cane:uhoh:

[stocktires]

I'm in Hammond, about 45 minutes north of New Orleans. Seems like its going to be a ruff one. Manditory evacuations stopped about a mile away from me. A little rain on and off so far, the light looks really cool right now.

[knighttime]

Originally posted by stocktires
I'm in Hammond, about 45 minutes north of New Orleans. Seems like its going to be a ruff one. Manditory evacuations stopped about a mile away from me. A little rain on and off so far, the light looks really cool right now.

good luck to ya, and board up the windows :eek2:

[stocktires]

Definatley didn't, and our house has like 20 something windows :eek:

[Pappy]

that thing is huge!

man i sure hope everything goes well for everyone, i hate this stuff.

[Scott-300ex]

dam

you guys are dead:eek:

[400Rider022]

any updates

[JRP]

damn this is crazy... i save alot of the news paper and ima savethis one cause it might be the most destructive...:ermm: ..
my prayers are out to everyone and there familys...

[fasterblaster09]

Originally posted by Scott-300ex
dam

you guys are dead:eek:

Well thanks,you've just boosted my confidence a whole lot.lol

I cant wait,ima be outside for it,taking picture,to show yall.Maybe ill catch one of the cows from accross the street trynig to fly??

[400exrules]

Originally posted by fasterblaster09
Well thanks,you've just boosted my confidence a whole lot.lol

I cant wait,ima be outside for it,taking picture,to show yall.Maybe ill catch one of the cows from accross the street trynig to fly??

dang man, be careful, might wanna tie yourself to the house when u go outside so u dont go flyin off lol

[bayou boy]

looks like the eye is going to hit a lil east of us....that means we are on the good side of it...(the winds and tide surge are not as bad on the west side) at least it went down to 160 that is better than the 175 it was earlier today. the wind is definitly picking up and the rain is getting more steady..I know I should have left. I rode out andrew in the early 90's it was a cat 3 when it hit here and I said I would never do it again lol...12 yrs older and no more wiser I guess...:) :)

[450r51]

this is y i love living in buffalo, 5 ft of snow is nothing compared to 150+mph winds. boy does it suck to be u guys. hope u all get through it, and make it out alive.

[zeppelin]

Originally posted by DierWolf
Dotn even think of going to school or work for at least 3 weeks if your directly in the path.

wtf, everyone will be going back to school tuesday or wednesday, but why are you all worried about it, arent you in canada

[stocktires]

Originally posted by bayou boy
looks like the eye is going to hit a lil east of us....that means we are on the good side of it...(the winds and tide surge are not as bad on the west side) at least it went down to 160 that is better than the 175 it was earlier today. the wind is definitly picking up and the rain is getting more steady..I know I should have left. I rode out andrew in the early 90's it was a cat 3 when it hit here and I said I would never do it again lol...12 yrs older and no more wiser I guess...:) :)

Dang bro, your nuts for staying down there. I hope you have a f-ing concrete house

[2002400ex]

We are effed again!!:mad:

[redlineranger]

Originally posted by 2002400ex
We are effed again!!:mad:

ya man.... i think if we get 100 mph winds out of this, this ol POS town will not be here anymore :ermm: :scary:

[FasstMidnightZ]

Originally posted by Scott-300ex
dam

you guys are dead:eek: No chit ! :eek:

Hope no one gets stuck in the middle of it :ermm:

[knighttime]

Originally posted by bomb_squad
No chit ! :eek:

Hope no one gets stuck in the middle of it :ermm:

looks like bayou boy is :eek2:

[troutman561]

well good news, winds are only 160 now, so it will only blow 98% of the roofs off.... did u all hear about the new tropical depression... its got along way to form and its taking kinda the same paths last yrs ones did that hit here, damn sux for us floridians, these 2 season have been intense for everyone

[Jake250ex]

yeah i kinda like them to, cause usualy you get off from school for a day or two. i live in br and right now it looks like we are going to ride it out


I would be more worried about coming out alive then be worried about missing a couple days of school. I have heard the New Orleans will be under several feet of water by tommorrow, and this will be the 2nd strongest documented hurricane. I hate to say it - but it looking like you either fled or... really wished you would have fled

the bodies floating will be a disgusting site :eek:

[zeppelin]

man yall are amking it out to be way worse than it really is, i doubt this thing really kills more than 20 people, and thats because the will be on the coast to look at how pretty it is, or some dumb chit like that

[Jake250ex]

i doubt this thing really kills more than 20 people,

that many ppl have probably died already from panicing and in such a hurry to flee. I can GUARANTEE you it kills FAR more than 20 people. Not trying to sound grim and morbid, but nature is nothing to try and take on... especially when people who have been in this subject area their whole lives are crapping themselves.

Originally posted by Matt37
Hopefully it will get really weak once it hits land.

They usually do.


Not likely,,, a storm with that powerful makes it own weather system... it will travel well inland and slowly drop form catagory to catagory, it will be well well up north by the time its only a depression again.

I know if i lived in the us, being an architect from there i would not be staying in the house unless its built with concrete blocks, and there are VERY VERY few that build that way in the US.

Stay away from the windows as well, 904 pressure is intense and will suck your windows right out. You will actually soon start feeling the pressure change and might have to do like when you dive and blow your nose to clear your ears.

Originally posted by zeppelin
man yall are amking it out to be way worse than it really is, i doubt this thing really kills more than 20 people, and thats because the will be on the coast to look at how pretty it is, or some dumb chit like that

Obviously you have never been thru a major hurricane... a simple 130mph hurricane flattened Hialeah in florida completely to the ground, NOTHING LEFT!. and to us down here a 135mph is nothing to worry about, but 175? thats something really to worry about and if the 175 wind dont happen to take your roof off (which it will) the twisters inside the hurricane will do it.

But for those who doubt what it will do and think its nothing, watch the news Tuesday to see the distruction..

Originally posted by fasterblaster09
Well thanks,you've just boosted my confidence a whole lot.lol

I cant wait,ima be outside for it,taking picture,to show yall.Maybe ill catch one of the cows from accross the street trynig to fly??

Yeah you go outside when it hits about 80mph winds sustained you can stand at a 45 degree angle against the wind :) take some pictures of that..

But after that GET YOUR ***** INSIDE! you might think you have an eye on every little object flying around outside but the object thats is moving away from you one minute will be in your face the next.

Originally posted by bayou boy
looks like the eye is going to hit a lil east of us....that means we are on the good side of it...(the winds and tide surge are not as bad on the west side) at least it went down to 160 that is better than the 175 it was earlier today. the wind is definitly picking up and the rain is getting more steady..I know I should have left. I rode out andrew in the early 90's it was a cat 3 when it hit here and I said I would never do it again lol...12 yrs older and no more wiser I guess...:) :)

haha, beginners, you want the eye to come over you, if the eyewall edge passes close to you, you dont ahve a break to check or fix anything what so ever, it will be continuous battering, trust me you want that 15 to 30 minute break to secure anything that might need securing, then wait for it to start up again.

The eye is the best part, its very eary (sp) and cool to be in the eye.

Other link i sent you before wount work anymore (well it will you just can see nothing coz it nightime)

Here is link to Infared Loop

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/float-ir4-loop.html

[zeppelin]

Originally posted by DierWolf
Obviously you have never been thru a major hurricane... a simple 130mph hurricane flattened Hialeah in florida completely to the ground, NOTHING LEFT!.
i went threw andrew, and you say that like you have been threw a major hurricane, in my experience as long as you got your chit together and arent doing somethig terribly stupid than everything will end up just fine ( with the exeption of people who live near the coast if you havent left yet God help you)

Originally posted by fasterblaster09
Well thanks,you've just boosted my confidence a whole lot.lol

I cant wait,ima be outside for it,taking picture,to show yall.Maybe ill catch one of the cows from accross the street trynig to fly??

are you in baton rouge? (sp) coz its headed directly that way.

[zeppelin]

lol im in baton rouge.... yay me.... woo... hoo ... um yeah

[Pappy]

Originally posted by zeppelin
lol im in baton rouge.... yay me.... woo... hoo ... um yeah

run forrest run!

[troutman561]

if sustained 100-110 made life aorund ehre not the same for months, whats 160 gona do, espeacially to a town below sea level... for u ppl who live in the midwest or w/e, the center and aorund the center are equivalent to an F3 tornado, and a huge on at that

yes and unlike a tornado, it stays there for hours not seconds or minutes.

Cat five has a name (catastrophic) and there is a reason for that, i would not stay in baton rouge thats for damn sure especially if your in a mobile home or a frame and stucco house.

but ja if you want to ride it out, grab hold of the toilet and hope for the best.

Speaking of the toilet, watch the water lunge around inside from the pressure, if the eye gets close enough to ya the toilet will be empty :)

I said 3-4 weeks but thats assuming they do like when florida got hit and sent support from pretty much ever state down there....

When luis hit us down here we didnt have electricity for 6 months and in some areas 10 months.


There is still time to drive you ***** west a few hours to get out of the worst of it, it should be still a cat 4 when it hits baton rouge.

but we learned that over head power lines are not the way to go so now everything is underground, from cable to telephone to power, no more poles with wires anywhere.

[zeppelin]

dude i doubt more than 150 people actualy evacuated br and the surrounding cities, trust me its not as bad as yall think it is

Originally posted by zeppelin
i went threw andrew, and you say that like you have been threw a major hurricane, in my experience as long as you got your chit together and arent doing somethig terribly stupid than everything will end up just fine ( with the exeption of people who live near the coast if you havent left yet God help you)

Andrew was an overrated hurricane, its was very tight and effected only a very small diameter on its path over florida, but where it went over you must admit, there was ZERO left ZEERROOO..

i know i personally drove thru the area right after before the marshal law went into effect keeping people out of the area.

[troutman561]

have u ever been in one, cat 5 is bad, its gona flaten what it touches(around the center if your far away from the center, then no), and yea andrew flattend stuff, but this si stronger than andrew and 3 times larger, so to say its nothing, thats an understatment thats gona get ppl killed

Originally posted by zeppelin
dude i doubt more than 150 people actualy evacuated br and the surrounding cities, trust me its not as bad as yall think it is

Your talking about Andrew or this one???? no in andrew hardly anyone evacuated, because they underestimated it just like your doing now... but watch now when one comes towards them they scatter like flies.

Ok dont bother answering i see the BR..

well good luck to ya for those who stayed.

hopefully its one of those hurricanes where is almost all upper level winds only, then there is nothing to worry about.

its cool when its like that too coz you can hear it above you but dead quiet with very little wind below... we had one of those last year, everyone prepared and it was all upperlevel winds only.

But boy TONS of rain :)

[troutman561]

you should seen this place when katrina was a cat 1 which is nothing, gas was emptied from the station in hours and publix was emptied of food

[zeppelin]

yeah i was talkin about this one, everyone in neworleanse is gone but 90% of the the people around br are still here
btw i got a little battery on my comp so after the power goes out i got like 15 min before the comp turns off so ill let yall know when we get hit if our cable still works

This is a concrete block house during andrew (only 135mph winds)

the walls might have stayed but the roof was inadequate.

now imagine your in a frame and stucco house, which is only designed to withstand 120mph winds.

http://www.sptimes.com/2002/webspecials02/andrew/photos2/homes.jpg

Originally posted by zeppelin
yeah i was talkin about this one, everyone in neworleanse is gone but 90% of the the people around br are still here
btw i got a little battery on my comp so after the power goes out i got like 15 min before the comp turns off so ill let yall know when we get hit if our cable still works

Cable should still work for quite a while afterwards...

try to save your UPS power for the computer and just turn it on when you want to give update then turn off the computer again.

if its a good ups and your windows loads fast you should get us alot of updates with a good energy saving monitor and new computer with a 15 minute ups.

Just some info :) Yes your house Litterally Explodes.

http://www.sptimes.com/2002/webspecials02/andrew/photos2/wind2.gif

[troutman561]

yea it sux for ppl up there because they dont have bulding codes like FL has, damn its gona be bad, and its gona make gas prices go over $3 easily now :ermm:

Originally posted by troutman561
yea it sux for ppl up there because they dont have bulding codes like FL has, damn its gona be bad, and its gona make gas prices go over $3 easily now :ermm:

Even with all the codes florida had it didnt do any good...

http://flare.creighton.edu/martinelli/ats113/Calendarfiles/NOTRandrew.jpg

[250xridamatt]

For whoever said that only 20 people would die, they are a little off. 7 people already died when it touched florida. It was only a cat 1 then.

[fasterblaster09]

Im in a mobile home.Its brand new,about 3 weeks old.Would realy suck to flip lol.They hav about 10 different mobile homes in my neighborhood that arent even strapped or anything.We have an old mobile home on our lot,that isnt strapped or anything.And my bike was sitting right behind it.So i thoguht about it,what if it flipped on my bike.So I just now went movie it.lol.Ill get up early and post pics.

[troutman561]

those are mostly mobile homes in the pics,a nd that was also 13 years ago, but still, concrete does no good when ur roof is ripped off by something thats like the hand of God, and dude, get outta there nomatter how strapped or new any house is its gone if its in the eyes path

Originally posted by fasterblaster09
Im in a mobile home.Its brand new,about 3 weeks old.Would realy suck to flip lol.They hav about 10 different mobile homes in my neighborhood that arent even strapped or anything.We have an old mobile home on our lot,that isnt strapped or anything.And my bike was sitting right behind it.So i thoguht about it,what if it flipped on my bike.So I just now went movie it.lol.Ill get up early and post pics.

They dont flip, they lift up and fly away!!! or roll for blocks...

and its not strapped down in any way??? your just asking to die.

Video of Charley in the eyewall, and that was a small huricane.

http://www.ultimatechase.com/Video_Library/Hurricanes/Hurricane_Charley_Gas_Station_Stream.htm

Hurricane Hugo (also hit us) some sounds of 160mph Gusts,,, remember now just GUSTS, not sustained.

http://www.ultimatechase.comVideo_Library/Hurricanes/Hurricane_Hugo_Stream.htm

LOL

Looks like they have a spot reserved for you guys already.

http://www.ultimatechase.com/hurricane_video.htm

[fasterblaster09]

Originally posted by DierWolf
They dont flip, they lift up and fly away!!! or roll for blocks...

and its not strapped down in any way??? your just asking to die.

The new on were livng in is strapped.But our old one,the people neevr came strap it,liek they were suppose to do 2 weeks ago.And I was thinking "aww nothing will happens to us,chances are slim",my mom just showed me pics from hurricane andre,not andrew.It his holley beach(well known camp ground on gulf of mexico),wel my grandfather owned 5 camps there.And 4 of 5 of them are in the gulf of mexio right now,They were all lifted at least 15 feet.they have pics of people on their roos.And thousands floated away into the gulf on their roofs,and hundreds dies from snakes.hen it was smaller than this one.So im not underestimating it anymore.

Heres a good link

Local Baton Rouge, long range doppler radar.

its a comin, so hold on to your panties.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/radar/loop/DS.p20-r/si.klix.shtml

PS that radar is just Rain Rate, not winds :)

[redlineranger]

Originally posted by DierWolf
Video of Charley in the eyewall, and that was a small huricane.

http://www.ultimatechase.com/Video_Library/Hurricanes/Hurricane_Charley_Gas_Station_Stream.htm

my dear lord:eek2: .... if that wus a small hurricane, may god have mercy on who evers directly in the path of this katrina

[MichaelS693]

ha yeah i live in brookhaven, mississippi... we are screwed lol... i just got home from driving to laurel to meet a friends grandparetns to pick up a generator... im expecting to be blown away... look where i live... im in the worst path of it!!

[troutman561]

d amn dude goodluck, ur basicly gona be in the center of hell, altho not full force once it gets there

[stocktires]

I guess I should have left, **** happens

Looks like you guys are lucking out a bit, eye last night around 5am starting whobbling and getting disorganised, winds dropped to 145 and the strongest winds have moved to the south of the eye, so most of the hard crap is still over water.

Hopefully this trend continues and the hard stuff stays off shore and it dies out quickly.

[Atkins]

Its just starting, but you guys are damn lucky it wasnt worse. Im glad it stepped down in size because this will innevitibly equal less property damage and lives lost. On a side note, I kinda wanted to see New Orleans turn into Venice, Italy:p .

[jack_no7]

You guys are just lucky that you have warning before hit its, a tornadoe just comes out of nowhere then leaves and comes back about a mile from where it left.

[Honda400exrox]

Originally posted by SGA
Projected

wtf that hurricanes gunna make it all the way to southern ontario? im up there to avoid them damn things:mad:

LOL by that time its just your regular bad weather, no worries.

Strongest part of the hurricane still over water,, damn you all are lucky that dry air smashed into it last night.

[troutman561]

wow it weakend pretty nice, lucky for u guys

[fasterblaster09]

This is the most boring hurricane.....No flying cows or anything,not even rain.Well lucky everybody.

[insaneracin2003]

I am originally from,Just South of New Orleans,(Chalmette).some of the things you guys dont realize is that they are 3 ft under sea-level.it is not only the rain and wind,it is the chance of a levee breaking.sending water into St,Bernard Parish and New Orleans.New Orleans already has a break in the levee by the Intercoastal Canal Tennessee St. A peice of the Superdome roof came off too.......

Yes we know that, but i much rather see you guys get flooded out and still have a house than to be blown apart.

[fasterblaster09]

Yes,and some places they said its 6 under sea level.And the mayor was told that the levves WOULD NOT hold if it was 160 mph winds,and it would be compeltely under water.And they said even if a miracle happened,and they held,then it woudl still be under water.They just showed on the local news,that one of the lightpoles outside of the uperdome,has just lifted out the ground.Dont know if its true.But now its changing direction towards mississippi,and they said soon it will be only CAT 3.

[Mofo Racing]

its 10:45am here in central LA and the sun will peek out every now and then but the wind is still picking up.

[MichaelS693]

please say a prayer for us gusts are up to 80 and winds around 70...we are in the path of the eye and supposed to get to 100 mph winds:(

[Atkins]

Its been Cat 3 now for a while, but the levee is beginning to fail, the pumps are off, and water levels inside of New Orleans are now at 9 feet, and rising rapidly.

Lets not forget the less populated areas of Louisiana that arent getting the media attention the big cities are.

[2002400ex]

We have had about 20 tornadoes come through here in the last few hours. I live close to Mobile, AL and the whole downtown part of the city is under water:(

[redlineranger]

Originally posted by 2002400ex
We have had about 20 tornadoes come through here in the last few hours. I live close to Mobile, AL and the whole downtown part of the city is under water:(

yea alex mobile got screwed pretty hard... its not that bad around here wind is in between 25-50 off and on with gusts of 60 or more at times.... ive read that there are people in new orleans standing on there roofs waitin to be rescued do to the fact they did not listen and leave, and that now there houses are flooded to the ceilings... the levy's(sp?) broke and theres water pourin into new orleans is wut the news man says.... hopefully any1 on here that lives in new orleans or close to made it out safely

People try to be heroes and ride it out at home! WHY?? Get the hell out, now what happens is they call for help,and endanger the life of others. I'm also from miami and grew up in Hialeah where Dierwolf stated. That hurricane destroyed our community, schools, jobs , homes everything gone. The force these things pack are incredible. I also saw first hand the damage that Andrew caused and it also completely flattened neighborhoods, concrete neighborhoods. A lot of people were found dead in there homes. It was truly a depressing and hard time to live through. My prayers are with everyone in Katrina's path.

Oil went up this morning coz of the hurricane,

New record too $70.80 cents a barrel

YEP! Sounds like fun!!

[400exrules]

my chemistry teacher said when the stock market opened this morning it went up $5 a barrel

[troutman561]

damn oil nazis

[JForestZ34]

I hope everybody is well after this sucker hit the gulf coast. Hopefully your houses and quads and stuff, more importantly your familys are all well.


James

[insaneracin2003]

Guys,My parents home in St.Bernard Parish(Chalmette,La) is under 15-20 Ft. of water :( My dad just learned that he has diabeties and a major heart condition that causes mild strokes every now an then,now we believe he may also lost his house and all the tools he had been collecting since his father was alive,that is all that really mattered to him,besides family. He is here in Houston with me rite now and it is starting to take a toll on him,i can tell:(
im really worried about him,and i need you guys,if possible,to pray for him and all the people that were devistated by this storm.
I am not a person that askes for sympathy,but in this case im really scared for my father.thanks......Paul

[redlineranger]

Originally posted by insaneracin2003
Guys,My parents home in St.Bernard Parish(Chalmette,La) is under 15-20 Ft. of water :( My dad just learned that he has diabeties and a major heart condition that causes mild strokes every now an then,now we believe he may also lost his house and all the tools he had been collecting since his father was alive,that is all that really mattered to him,besides family. He is here in Houston with me rite now and it is starting to take a toll on him,i can tell:(
im really worried about him,and i need you guys,if possible,to pray for him and all the people that were devistated by this storm.
I am not a person that askes for sympathy,but in this case im really scared for my father.thanks......Paul

can do man, im sorry to hear about that though thats a shame... i hate hurricanes cus they do things like this

omg u wont believe what i seen a sec ago.... some retard in a lil kia sephia(if not it wus some kinda car of equivalent size) decides he's gone try to go through a street which wus basically like a river over in missisippii...... these tv reporter guys were sayin it wus 5 ft deep where they were and down the road it wus 10 15 feet, and all of a sudden the Dumbass came flyin through there and hit the water thinkin he wus gone make it through:ermm: ,, lets just says he has one less car payment now. the reporter had to drop his microphone and swim to save the idiot, while the camera man filmed it..... my advice if your in the southern miss/ southern louisiana area is if u come up on a huge "puddle that u think u can make'', i advise you just turn around

[Pappy]

everyone is in our prayers, it looks like this will be pretty bad for alot of folks.

I watching the weather channel, water is up 1/2 way on overpasses, thats alot of water...

Where is that guy from last night in Baton Rouge? anyone hear from him? it shifted so he should have only gotten alot of rain and some maybe 80mph winds if that... most was upperlevel winds which is good (thank god)

[Scott-300ex]

New Orleans is 15 feet under sea level with 15 feet levies built up keeping water out, i know levies broke.

The roof blew off the Superdome

I heard they can't even bury people in New Orleans cuz they will float to the top of the ground because of the ground level, so they put them in buildings, then they will probably be floating around after the hurricane destroys everything

Best of luck to everyone

I don't know if its still goin on for long or not but good luck

[Scott-300ex]

and if i was you guys down there, i woulda been ridin my quad around town and everywhere like it was street legal, they ain't ganna give you a ticket, its a state emergency or whatever, and you could have some fun, there wouldn't be many people around anyways, i woulda just been out havin fun, until like 12 hours till the hurricane hit i woulda came home

[redlineranger]

Originally posted by Scott-300ex
and if i was you guys down there, i woulda been ridin my quad around town and everywhere like it was street legal, they ain't ganna give you a ticket, its a state emergency or whatever, and you could have some fun, there wouldn't be many people around anyways, i woulda just been out havin fun, until like 12 hours till the hurricane hit i woulda came home

when hurricane ivan demolished are town last year there were 4 wheelers riding the streets for 2 weeks..... and im talkin all over town not just the outer parts..... shoot it wus the only way u could get around, that or havin a 4 wheel drive truck, and cuttin through cotton fields to get to places cus of downed power lines and trees:ermm: . good times tho:o

MSNBC website has slideshow and video of some of the damage... slideshow about middle of page on right.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9063708/

50 dead so far.

I have pics of the damage it caused in Miami, I can post if you guys want?

Yes please do, i lost mine when my windows machine crashed... :)

[Atkins]

Post up!:macho

[Cdaleracer]

Just watching ABC and this is so sad. They say 80 dead in AL? These are the times that makes me wish I was a multi-millionaire, that way I can just send tons of money that way.

[Atkins]

Originally posted by Cdaleracer
Just watching ABC and this is so sad. They say 80 dead in AL? These are the times that makes me wish I was a multi-millionaire, that way I can just send tons of money that way.
A multi-millionaire would go broke before he made a dent in this tragedy. Theyre saying roughly $27 in insurance damages, and that doesnt cover things like the broken levees, and square miles of swamp land lost that protects La from smaller hurricanes, and other state property damages such as powerlines, sewers, water, and things like that.

[troutman561]

hmm i recall someone saying this was overrated and was gona be nothing.... the lost of atleast 80 ppls lives and billions in damage sure seems like something to me.... unfortunatly alot of ppl even after this will still have the "its over-rated" attitude and thats what gets ppl killed

[Atkins]

Originally posted by troutman561
hmm i recall someone saying this was overrated and was gona be nothing.... the lost of atleast 80 ppls lives and billions in damage sure seems like something to me.... unfortunatly alot of ppl even after this will still have the "its over-rated" attitude and thats what gets ppl killed

It definitely was not over rated and was nothing to screw around with...if it didnt change paths, and maintained Cat 5 status, it would have smacked New Orleans with its east eye wall and killed well into the thousands, and possible obliterated the entire city of New Orleans...like...no more New Orleans. They are lucky, but only compared to what could and prob should have happened.

Here are the pics, I have alot more but dont have time to post them all.

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/9724/katrinahurricane0422nj7oy.jpg


http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/5989/katrinahurricane0437kp8tl.jpg

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/2399/katrinahurricane0464ld0ym.jpg

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/6543/katrinahurricane0478ll7vi.jpg

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/6534/katrinahurricane0611qf3sw.jpg

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/5859/katrinahurricane0658wp1kh.jpg

Nothing compared to what happened in Louisiana or New Orleans, this is from a CAT 1.

[Cdaleracer]

Originally posted by Atkins
A multi-millionaire would go broke before he made a dent in this tragedy. Theyre saying roughly $27 in insurance damages, and that doesnt cover things like the broken levees, and square miles of swamp land lost that protects La from smaller hurricanes, and other state property damages such as powerlines, sewers, water, and things like that.

Every little bit helps though.

[troutman561]

damn hard to belive its like that in those pics 40 miles south of me, amazing what even a "weak" cat.1 can do

[Atkins]

Go to the link that Dierwolf just mosted, go to the slideshow, and click on picture 3. Its a oil rig that got washed inland and wedged itself under a huge bridge. Craziest picture Ive ever seen.

ja i like that picture as well, During Luis we had a super freight liner sitting in the middle of one of our valleys about 3 miles inland :)

but ja thats 220mph winds and huge storm surge.

LIke i said, yes they were hit hard but they lucked out, it was mostly upper level winds plus it broke up quite quickly as soon as it hit land...

Very Very lucky not to have the 165mph winds down at the ground.

I too remember someone here stating its overrated and not as bad as you think, LOL....

Imagine if they did have the 165mph winds.

Rescue / Search dogs after Luis...

Look at the hills, no branches on trees or leaves

http://www.rescuedogs.nl/images/stmaart4.jpg

Takin a break :)

http://www.rescuedogs.nl/images/stmaart3.jpg


Kinda looks like Bay Rute after the invasion :)
Dont mind the shack in the fore ground, we want that sorta stuff to blow away :) Notice the hills and valleys, the wind velocity jumps up by a HUGE amount when passing thru the hills.

http://www.rescuedogs.nl/images/stmaart5.jpg

Think i posted this one already, used to be a Cost U Less

http://www.rescuedogs.nl/images/stmaart1.jpg

Just another stranded vessel :) not the one inland

http://www.stormcarib.com/reports/2001/jpg00017.jpg

Tug inland

http://www.corriero.com/images/air07-f.jpg

Beachfront property

http://www.corriero.com/images/mb12-f.jpg

Surf before the storm.

http://www.stormcarib.com/georges/image002.jpg

http://www.stormcarib.com/georges/image012.jpg

[dpizz450]

Originally posted by DierWolf
I watching the weather channel, water is up 1/2 way on overpasses, thats alot of water...

Where is that guy from last night in Baton Rouge? anyone hear from him? it shifted so he should have only gotten alot of rain and some maybe 80mph winds if that... most was upperlevel winds which is good (thank god)

im from baton rouge and i stayed. my power is still out. but im at my uncles house in more downtown of baton rouge and hes got power. but it wasn't actually that bad. had a good bit of powerlines knocked down and some decent sized trees. that was about it though. wasn't to bad at all. just i can't even see my grass it's covered in sticks leaves and stems. pray for everyone who wasn't as lucky as us. later.

[Live2Ride300]

My girlfriends name is Katrina, she's certainly raising hell down there

Reports say there will be over 200 dead, possibly much more.:(

Ja baton rouge lucked out, it went east of you guys.

For luis we had over 4000 dead, mostly the illegals that made shacks in the mountains....

We didnt put it out in the media in fear that tourism would drop off too much...

and since they were all illegals and no know to call they put them in some containers and shipped em out to sea.

[fasterblaster09]

Ive come home from school,just to see this old blck poor man on tv.Crying,can barely talk.Him and his wife and kids were on top of their house,and the water snapped in half.When the reporter asked him where his wife was,he said "i dotn know,the hosue just snapped,i had her hand,i couldnt hold it,i dont know where she is,she was telling me "save the kids,yuocant hold me,let me go,get the kids and tell them i love them and take care",and there she went.

I have a family member,who went back home yesterday,and now,nobody knows here they're at.Was todl that area was under about 10 feet of water.
I've underestimated it....:(

[bigvforcer]

i SAW THAT TOO! This is major. Several friends are getting calls to get ready to head down. Anyone that can operate excavators, do construction or is medically trained is getting called asking to head down. Some are organizing a drive to head down there and help out as soon as possible. Pay will be good, but that is not what we are concerned with. At this time we are concerned for the ones noone knows about. Good luck and godspeed to all!

[bulkdriverlp]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4824333

[bayou boy]

just got my power back. we lost power about 2:30 mon morning that is when i woke up. about 4am I was outside in it trying to tie my fence down. one of the poles snapped off where it is cemented in the ground causing the fence to hit the house back and forth. i had to tie it down so it wouldnt go thru my dining room window..that was fun..trust me.. I made out like a bandit i think...i only had that lil bit of fence broken and some shingles on my shed gone. we were very lucky. the winds here were clocked at 90 sustained and gusts of 125..I am glad we were on the good side. today when the power started coming back around town the cars were lined up at least 30 deep (no exageration) waiting to get gas. as burger king and other places like that opened it was the same thing. they are asking for people to volunteer to bring their boats to New Orleans to help in search and rescue...we cant get there the roads are out. tonite was the first images of new orleans I have gotten to see...it is truly amazing...the same thing of biloxi...to see places on tv that u have been to.. have hung out at. under water or gone. It will be a long time before things are normal there. I truly feel for those people. I took these pics on the way to check on my parents house right after the storm....not too bad compared to other places

[bayou boy]

another

[bayou boy]

poor people had their tree in the back end of thier house

[bayou boy]

last one my batteries died...this years cane crop dont look too good...as you can see we did make out alot better than others

[bayou boy]

ok enuff of that....any of u La. boys going to the dunes sunday?? we were going to sand hill in mississippi but since the storm I think were will go west instead. Got notice from ups my paddles are stuck in jackson mississippi due to the storm. hope they come in by the weekend...looking fwd to kicking yalls ***** this weekend:D

For those who said "its overrated"

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/sm/events/ts/080304tropicalweathe/p:1

I see Zeppelin hasnt replied back since the hurricane hit... he was the one that said it wasnt as bad as we thought...

was he in LA?

[Rico]

New orleans just went from the armpit of Louisiana to the butthole....:ermm:

[wilkin250r]

Originally posted by Rico
New orleans just went from the armpit of Louisiana to the butthole....:ermm:

and the enema is in full effect... :devil:

[Rico]

Originally posted by wilkin250r
and the enema is in full effect... :devil:

Yeah no crap.

I read that the Mayor of new ahlins is complaining that the levee's aren't being fixed fast enough. I wonder if anyone has explained to that retard that the F - IN city is below sea level. Your fighten physics people. Everyone new this day would come and now WE smart people that build houses in areas that aren't 100% garaunteed to be flooded one day have to pay for the poor decisions of those that can't think straight. Leave that craphole of a town under water and send everyone to higher ground to rebuild.

[wilkin250r]

Originally posted by Rico
Yeah no crap.

http://www.ricoracing.netfirms.com/Smilies/rollinonfloor.gif

[troutman561]

its bad there, that city isnt going to be the same for years, and if we are in a 30 year cycle of increased hurricane activity the might as well not even bother

[insaneracin2003]

it is easy for yall to talk chit about new orleans,you guys prolly never lived there are even stepped foot in that city or the rural areas even.i lived there for 21 years before i was transferred to houston.i agree that it is not the best place for a selected few to live but i wouldnt call it a chit hole like you guys said. just my 2 cents!!!!

[fasterblaster09]

Originally posted by insaneracin2003
it is easy for yall to talk chit about new orleans,you guys prolly never lived there are even stepped foot in that city or the rural areas even.i lived there for 21 years before i was transferred to houston.i agree that it is not the best place for a selected few to live but i wouldnt call it a chit hole like you guys said. just my 2 cents!!!!

Agreed.Do you know,how much of an attraction i is.So many people go on mardi gras,on bourbon street.I think they will rebuild it,may be 5 years later,maybe 10,maybe 20.But I know that new orleans is something lousiaian wont let go.No matter what it takes.

[knighttime]

Originally posted by Rico
New orleans just went from the armpit of Louisiana to the butthole....:ermm:

lmfao

:ermm:

[troutman561]

wow another tropical storm jsut formed, buit atleast this one appears to be going away, amazing tho how much activity is goin on, and its supposed ot be like this for 30 years or so:ermm:

[bayou boy]

guys rico is right. new orleans is the armpit of La. hell I live down here and I can see it. Look at all the looting going on...they even shot a cop trying to stop a looter. they should shoot those guys on sight no questions asked...murder rate, political corruption etc. not to say there are not good people there because there are but as a whole the image it portrays to the rest of the nation is exactly what rico said...I guess the truth hurts some people. like a radio dj said down here...I heard it today and I had to laugh....next time they evacuate they need to make a shelter for all the gangsta wannabees...if they dont have a gun give them one..if they want a knife give them one...let em all kill each other. I have friends that live there and in the burbs around there. they basicly feel the same way in general but I do feel sorry for those people...we finally heard from some friends that live there. they have 8' of water in their house...it will be a long time before things are normal there again...on a bright note they are moving alot of the people in the dome to houston....maybe some of the troublemakers will like it there and stay.

[bigvforcer]

We may never have set foot in the city but it does not take an engineer to realize that being below sea level is probably not the smartest thing on the face of the earth. For years they have known it was going to happen and it did. Now as they start to rebuild, they will build closer to the ocean and build bigger homes so the next time it costs more money.

NEWSFLASH:

SOMETHING MOST HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT. WITH THE RAIN MOVING NORTH AND POSSIBLY FLOODING THE OHIO VALLEY, THE OHIO RIVER WILL SWELL UP, WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT WILL SWELL THE MISSISSIPPI AND THE MISSISSIPPI DUMPS AT NEW ORLEANS RIGHT BEHIND ANOTHER LEVEE. THEY HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL. IF THEY CAN'T FIGURE SOMETHING OUT QUICK THE MISSISSIPPI WILL RUN OVER NEW ORLEANS NOT JUST THROUGH IT!!!!!!!!!

[fasterblaster09]

Yes I know,the crime rate is UNBELEIVEABLE,but,with all the people new orleans brings in each year.Do you honestly think the will let it go??

[bayou boy]

the river levees are not the issue...the river swells every year with the snow melt. they also have spillways up the river they can open to lower the water level....although one of them drains into the lake. but the river is low right now it would take alot more water than that storm gave to top the levee on the river

[Scott-300ex]

man, some of these people are so stupid though


EVERYBODY, EVACUATE YOUR HOUSE, A CAT-5 HURRICANE IS COMING

so these people go and hide in thier attic



:rolleyes:

[stocktires]

Originally posted by Rico
Yeah no crap.

I read that the Mayor of new ahlins is complaining that the levee's aren't being fixed fast enough. I wonder if anyone has explained to that retard that the F - IN city is below sea level. Your fighten physics people. Everyone new this day would come and now WE smart people that build houses in areas that aren't 100% garaunteed to be flooded one day have to pay for the poor decisions of those that can't think straight. Leave that craphole of a town under water and send everyone to higher ground to rebuild.

Rico, I've always loved you, but screw that. Since you read something that told you about our mayor complaining about the levee's not being fixed, I'm SURE you know everything there is about N.O. It takes fixing levee's FIRST, then pumping the water out. The mayor does seen dumb, like many in New Orleans (which actually are), but he's really not so. He's got his priorities straight but doesn't have the resources to do anything. Take away gas, electricity, food, water, and phone service and let me know how you would do it two days after the sinking of a major city? Also, you'll have to save about 20,000 people along the way in a matter of days starting from NOTHING. Also, people can't help others when they can't even help themselves.
Sure, everyone knew one day this would happen. Be it 3 days or 3 centuries away. You built your home where a tornado could wipe you out in a matter of minutes, aren't you an idiot... Why didn't you move to California? Think on the other side of the fence Einstein.
If you ever lived in New Orleans you'd have a completely different outlook. It's one of the most unique and amazing cities in the country, and that's the reason people love it. IT'S HOME! People don't choose where they grow up, or the people they love, or the town they love. It's almost impossible to choose what you care about; you don't have much control over it. Try not loving someone; you can't just make things like that go away. I'm not so sure they should try and rebuild, but I can understand if they do.
I COMPLETELY agree, a lot of people in the city are gansta wanabe's and people that aren't even worth the price of a bullet to shoot them with. But your extremely insulting some of my family and close friends that are you normally everyday smart people and I get unimaginably protective sometimes.
The majority of the people that didn't leave where too poor or disabled (elderly) to leave. Generally, as you know, these type of people aren't too brilliant, much less educated. In some cases, people couldn't even drive out while using the evacuation route (All highways are on way). Think of 80,000 people trying to leave a city within a day or so.
I'd love to say more, but I'd rather sleep. The last few days have been a bit hectic.

[bayou boy]

Originally posted by Scott-300ex
man, some of these people are so stupid though


EVERYBODY, EVACUATE YOUR HOUSE, A CAT-5 HURRICANE IS COMING

so these people go and hide in thier attic



:rolleyes:
they did'nt hide in their attics...they went there when the water started rising in their home and they could not go outside because of the storm.