Posted on 08/30/2008 6:26:11 PM PDT by autumnraine
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city beginning 8 a.m. Sunday morning but urged residents to consider escaping "the mother of all storms" before then.
New Orleans residents leave Friday via Interstate 10 westbound ahead of Hurricane Gustav.
1 of 3 more photos » "You need to be scared," Nagin said. "You need to be concerned and you need to get your butts moving out of New Orleans right now. This is the storm of the century."
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Oh my.
Deja voodoo. That’s lookin bad. Evac, prepare, pray.
Now we can see the difference between Jindal and Blanco in handling this potential catastrophe. Nothing to kid about.
Let's hope this is handled better..Many lives at stake here.
Deja voodoo. That’s lookin bad. Evac, prepare, pray.
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Hey,,,that’s bout all that can be done,,,
Hopefully Gus will come through quick,,,
I’ve seen folks comin’ in all day,campers/trucks/etc.
piled high with what they could haul,,,
Some really nice boats too,,,
I’ve got all my preps done,,,
Just wait now...
For me, living in the Rockies, it's hard to imagine how tough that's got to be on so many folks at one time. Awful. We'll be praying for all y'all. Stay safe.
May God have mercy and protect all of those in harm's way. This looks to be another bad one.
Stay safe, my FRiend.
And thank you for your service.
For me, living in the Rockies, it’s hard to imagine how tough that’s got to be on so many folks at one time. Awful. We’ll be praying for all y’all. Stay safe.
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TANKS a bunch,Glock,,,
Many/most of these folks were pulled off of the offshore
rigs a few days ago,,,refinery workers too,,,
And all the people that make the world go round,,,
The US lost 30% + of our oil and gas during this storm,,,
Just like 05’ they will go back to nothing,rebuild and
do it all again,,,
Tuff Americans Them...
Hey,Kiddo,,,U2,,,
All OK here...;0)
There is a lot less people to evacuate this time. Orleans Parish alone has probably lost some 200,000 in population since Katrina. St. Bernard’s to the east has lost over 40,000 (from a starting point of 65,000 pre-Katrina). Jefferson Parish to west and south lost some 25,000. Plaquemines Parish, which is the little hamlets heading south from Orleans to the Mississippi’s mouth, lost about a quarter of it’s 28,000 population. And next to Texas, Rita reduced Cameron Parish by over 2,000 (from a starting point of less than 10,000).
If the current tracks hold, the parishes between Cameron and the Mississippi Parishes, such as Terrebonne and Lafourche, may be in line for the worst damage. And their populations haven’t shrunk — those two parishes alone have some 200,000 people.
To be honest, it’s silly for so many people to be living permanently south of I-10 on low-lying land that’s a swamp built out of Mississippi silt. If this storm is as a bad as Katrina or Rita, then the Feds need to do what they did along the upper Mississippi and take away the incentives to rebuild and aim them at people relocating.
To be honest, it’s silly for so many people to be living permanently south of I-10 on low-lying land that’s a swamp built out of Mississippi silt. If this storm is as a bad as Katrina or Rita, then the Feds need to do what they did along the upper Mississippi and take away the incentives to rebuild and aim them at people relocating.
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What state do you live in,if I mite ask ?
You wrote on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 6:13:35 PM :
“Agreed. Russia and America have represented two possible futures for humanity for centuries. Despotism and obedience versus freedom and initiative.”
And today :
“To be honest, it’s silly for so many people to be living permanently south of I-10 on low-lying land that’s a swamp built out of Mississippi silt. If this storm is as a bad as Katrina or Rita, then the Feds need to do what they did along the upper Mississippi and take away the incentives to rebuild and aim them at people relocating.”
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Which Is It ?,,,mmmmmmmmm?...;0)
He sounds like a great man.
"I think God is reminding us that on the eve of Katrina, God can bring nature back," said Russell Honore, the retired Army General who headed up rescue efforts three years ago.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080829/ap_on_re_us/gustav_s_threat
You are right. This storm is so large, going west is just getting hit in a different spot.
What does Looter Guy have to say?
Not giving people incentives to rebuilt is not despotism and obedience. It’s not forcing mandatory relocation; it’s just not bailing them out every time they get in trouble.
I don’t want my tax money going to helping people rebuild every time they get hit by a hurricane.
Living down there is like living in a shooting gallery. If they want to take the chance, that’s their decision. Don’t expect me to pay for it.
Too bad it took Katerina to teach Nagin a bit about evacuations.
At least Brownie seems to have learned something!!
Largely because the local Red Cross Chapter is one of the best in the country at disaster operations with many experienced disaster people. The chapter managed the Red Cross operations for the State of Tennessee during Katrina
This storm is hitting exactly the same time as Katrina, isn’t it? Wasn’t it over the last couple days of August beginning of Sept, 2005 that it hit New Orleans?
Since the first of the month falls on a holiday this year, that means all the welfare checks should've been received last Friday whereas in 2005 Katrina hit a couple of days before the checks were in.
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