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WILL THE NOLA NEGROES BELIEVE THE WEATHER REPORT THIS TIME?
Topic Started: Aug 26 2012, 11:12 PM (816 Views)
UTB

I seriously believe that they won't obey the weather report.

Of course this time if they get stuck, there will be no Bush to blame it on!

The alligators are preparing for a feast!

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/27/us/tropical-storm-isaac/index.html

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Eerie similarites: Isaac follows track of Katrina, evacuations ordered for coast





Tampa, Florida (CNN) -- Thousands in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama were being told early Monday to leave their Gulf Coast homes ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Isaac as forecasters warned it was gaining strength as it followed the same path Hurricane Katrina took seven years earlier.

The governors of the three states each declared a state of emergency, with Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley ordering mandatory evacuations to begin at 8 a.m. for residents who live along the coast and for those in some low-lying areas inland.

"I am urging everyone to take precautions now, monitor weather warnings, and be prepared for whatever Isaac may bring," Bentley said in a statement released Sunday.

A hurricane warning was issued for the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico, from Morgan City, Louisiana, east to Destin, Florida, the National Hurricane Center said.

The tropical storm was expected to make landfall late Tuesday or Wednesday -- the anniversary of Katrina's landfall -- as a Category 1 hurricane, with winds of at least 74 mph.


Isaac's strength was holding steady early Monday as it moved at 14 mph through the warm Gulf waters, about 180 miles southwest of Fort Myers, Florida, forecasters said. The storm was packing maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, according to a hurricane center advisory.

It appeared early Monday that the storm's ferocity would mostly bypass Florida's west coast and the Republican National Convention in Tampa, where the schedule was pushed back a day by organizers over concerns about the storm.

Isaac's eye is forecast to pass well west of Tampa.

After slamming into Haiti, where at least six people died in storm-related incidents Saturday, Isaac lashed Cuba and the Florida Keys.

There are so far some eerie similarities between Hurricane Katrina and Isaac, CNN meteorologist Dave Hennen said.

The forecast for Isaac and the one for Katrina in 2005 are almost identical, he said.

"Hurricane Katrina went on to become a dangerous Category 5 hurricane in the central Gulf of Mexico," Hennen said.

On August 29, 2005, Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, killing roughly 1,800 people.

"We are just on high alert. I know the anxiety level is high," New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said.

"The storm is somewhat uncertain. Out of an abundance of caution we will begin to take these precautions as quickly as we can."

Currently, there are no plans to order evacuations of New Orleans. If an evacuation is ordered, buses and trains would be used to move residents out of the city, Landrieu said.

Neither the airport, the convention center or the Superdome would be shelters of last resort as they were in 2005.

"We are much, much better prepared structurally than before," he said, adding, "if you are called upon, you should leave."

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, meanwhile, called on residents in coastal parishes prone to flooding to voluntarily evacuate. A mandatory evacuation was ordered for St. Charles Parish and for the east bank of Plaquemines Parish.

In Gulfport, Mississippi, authorities ordered the port be cleared of cargo vessels.

Eight oil rigs and 39 production platforms in the gulf were evacuated by late Sunday, according to the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. BP said it will evacuate its oil platform workers on Monday.

"ExxonMobil continues preparations for heavy weather associated with Tropical Storm Isaac at its Gulf of Mexico and Mobile Bay operations," a statement on its website said early Monday. "We are closely monitoring weather updates, determining which of our facilities may potentially be in the path of the storm and preparing those structures for heavy wind and rain."

As preparations continued on the northern Gulf Coast, Florida Gov. Rick Scott was assessing damage as Isaac brought strong winds and heavy rain as it skirted the state's western coast.

"We are experiencing some minor outages in the southern part of the state," he said at a news conference in Tampa. He said his main concern for Tampa was no longer a direct hit from Isaac but tropical storm force winds.

Even with the storm's predicted track, GOP officials decided to push back Monday's scheduled start of the Republican National Convention in Tampa by one day, hoping the move will make it safer and easier for delegates to attend.

Officials said more than 550 flights were canceled at Miami-Dade Airport on Sunday, while the possibility of flooding due to an anticipated storm surge forced the evacuations of portions of coastal Lee County, including Fort Myers Beach.
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kennyinbmore
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UTB you need to watch a couple of documentaries on Katrina. Many people there didn't have anywhere else to go
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kennyinbmore
Aug 27 2012, 09:43 AM
UTB you need to watch a couple of documentaries on Katrina. Many people there didn't have anywhere else to go
What about bad weather being reported about 3 days before it hit Kenny?

As much money that Fats Domino has, he sat around on his ass saying that he was going to "ride it out"!

I have a friend whose wife lost a brother there.

He had ample opportunity to leave.

And he wasn't "poor".
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UTB
Aug 27 2012, 10:08 AM
He had ample opportunity to leave.

And he wasn't "poor".
But there were plenty of poor people there man. That's the point I'm trying to get across to you. I f I get a news reort that there's a Cat 5 hurricane that's going hit Baltimore in 3 days, I have a brother in San Fran and I have the means to get there. There are plenty of poor folks here in Bmore who would be SOL
Edited by kennyinbmore, Aug 27 2012, 10:34 AM.
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kennyinbmore
Aug 27 2012, 10:32 AM
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Aug 27 2012, 10:08 AM
He had ample opportunity to leave.

And he wasn't "poor".
But there were plenty of poor people there man. That's the point I'm trying to get across to you. I f I get a news reort that there's a Cat 5 hurricane that's going hit Baltimore in 3 days, I have a brother in San Fran and I have the means to get there. There are plenty of poor folks here in Bmore who would be SOL
Are they all in wheelchairs Kenny, or are some able to WALK?

If I could walk, I'd get the hell outta there!
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UTB
Aug 27 2012, 11:24 AM
kennyinbmore
Aug 27 2012, 10:32 AM
UTB
Aug 27 2012, 10:08 AM
He had ample opportunity to leave.

And he wasn't "poor".
But there were plenty of poor people there man. That's the point I'm trying to get across to you. I f I get a news reort that there's a Cat 5 hurricane that's going hit Baltimore in 3 days, I have a brother in San Fran and I have the means to get there. There are plenty of poor folks here in Bmore who would be SOL
Are they all in wheelchairs Kenny, or are some able to WALK?

If I could walk, I'd get the hell outta there!
Walk where? You're going outwalk a hurricane?
Edited by kennyinbmore, Aug 27 2012, 12:41 PM.
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Glenn D.

Interesting.... kind of here we are again. I just had this storn go by me in the last coupla days. Not a bad storm... a lot of rain, some wind, some lightning. The lightning set a warehouse on fire, A lot od blown down trees. Only service interuption was my on-demand cable stopped working for a while.

Is Ray Nagin still mayor of New Orleans?...

As far as people having no where to go?.. We have similar situations down here in Fla. We also have a system of shelters for those with no where to go... and a support system for those shelters.

My issue with the disaster that katrina caused was man made. These storms will happen time and time again. I've lived through well.... this makes it seven hurricanes. If you prepare, and or evacuate... It's really not that big a deal.
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reddgirl64

The hurricane, reaping so much chaos, in itself, was not the main cause of disaster.

Once the levee's broke, that was the straw that broke the camel's back.

I had two brother's living in NOLA at that time, both got out days before the hurricane. But they also had the means to do so.

The real travesty would be now, if there's no evacuation plan in place today.
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n.W.o.
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I actually have a contract for NOLA coming up.

Kenny, you're wasting your time. While I do blame some people, Black or otherwise, for their own demise in staying in NOLA during Katrina the poorest of people had nowhere to go and nothing to take them there if they did. Some people only see one side, some see the other. Rarely do people tend to see both sides of the coin.
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