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mekender wrote:good god! it is a Cat 4 right now and it is still over land in Cuba...
for gods sake, if you are in Louisiana still, GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE!!!
if you need a place to stay, let me know, ill find you something. Ive got family in FL and NC
Ummmmmm.... Dude, this ain't our first rodeo. Chill, OK?
I've got two-to-five plans to execute, so either lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way.
as a life long resident of FL, i understand completely.
i also know that no amount of preparation can handle a cat 5 while you are at the shoreline...
“I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party. The Democrat Party has adopted our platform.” - Norman Thomas, a six time candidate for president for the Socialist Party, 1944
From what I'm reading, it sounds like everyone involved has their shit way more together this time around. It hasn't been long enough for people to forget Katrina's lessons, which will make a huge difference.
I just found this video of Nagins press conference about the storm. Say what you will about the guy but he appears to have learned his lesson. That and Jindal is leaning on him pretty hard to not fuck it up. I may be being a bit melodramatic here but there may not be much of a Louisiana left in three days, much less a New Orleans.
Current Pos: 26.4N; 87.3W
Max Winds: 115 MPH
Gusts to: 140 MPH
Moving NW at 16 kts
Pressure: 957 mb
POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
"Schoolbus" Nagin is being led this time. Kathleen Blank-stare is history and now a competent person is calling the shots. Jindal is doing this right.
i would have loved to been a fly on the wall at that ass chewing
“I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party. The Democrat Party has adopted our platform.” - Norman Thomas, a six time candidate for president for the Socialist Party, 1944
