Katrina

Here we go again ...

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[hyyyper]

and me complaining about the rain on my newspaperround,

good luck keeping your house together TC

LOL I was playing xbox live with someone and he was tellin me how he the gas is sucked dry before the hurricans. he had no gas for 20 miles.

Yet another one *sigh*. I feel bad for you. Doesn't look like it's headed for me, but the jet stream will probably push the remains of it toward me. Good luck with this one.

5th one this year ... it is becoming like old hat now. Bring in the lawn stuff, let it rain, take it back out ....

I used to date a girl called Katrina, or at least i think that was her name

whats the path supposed to be?

Originally posted by Edge

I used to date a girl called Katrina, or at least i think that was her name

lol, only lasted one night though didnt it????

Originally posted by Monty

whats the path supposed to be?

Follow the little white arrow, and TCon is where the TJ is.

UPDATED: Katrina is now a category 5 with winds up to 160 mph.

Wonderfull, we'll be getting hit by this thing too >_> we're already getting the high preasure system that's been hovering over the hurricane for a while

New Orleans appears to be about to bear the brunt of this storm ... more to follow as the day progresses.

[gouldy]

Birmingham!? As if one Birmingham wasn't bad enough, they went ahead and put another one in alabama Can't you Americans make up your own city names? [:P]

Birmingham was founded in 1871 after the Civil War with a population today of 1,052,238. So, let me ask .... can't the school districts in the UK afford to buy world maps and learn facts like this before reading it on a coaster site forum?

Oooh that burns.

jeeze that was harsh LOL...not many people in the US know the exact facts of burmingham..nor do they care (me for example)

Gouldy knows darn well my comment was not a burn .... geesh guys.

I live in pensacola fl. right next to the fl/al state line, pensacola is so far away from where its going to hit, but because of the size, we will get hurricane force winds most likely. at least it didnt come near pensacola, otherwise cleanup would be killer. For right now, im doing landscaping, and with almost 80 clients, thats killer clean up. So im glad it didnt hit here, but not glad that new orleans is going to get wiped out.

OOH that smarts Evacuate Evacuate!!!!

bye New Orleans, we love you

They were going to use the Super Dome as a shelter last time I heard.

I am leaving out of there (New Orleans) on a cruise in 21 days ... if this keeps up I might be able to catch the boat up here in Alabama! Ha!!

'Tis bad stuff ya'll .... bad stuff indeed.

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Yeah, that is really sad, all that history goes to waste, no more mardi-gras [:(]

Well, the storm has weakened slightly this morning. It is unlikely that New Orleans will get "wiped out", but it will suffer extensive flooding and heavy damage to less stable structures. Nothing that a month or so of cleanup won't mend. NO is very lucky that the eyewall is passing to the east, and the intensity of the storm dropped down to 140 mph rather than the 175 mph monster it was yesterday. The damage will still be very bad, though.

Decent rain, some wind, nothing more. My issue now is our cruise is supposed to leave from New Orleans in three weeks .... could be an interesting issue since this is posted on the Carnival webpage today in regards to THIS week's cruise that is returning:

Guests that parked at the pier in New Orleans will not be able to access their cars until there is a complete assessment of the area.

It appears though, that a contingency plan has been worked out:

The Sensation August 27, 2005 cruise will now return to Galveston, Texas on September 1, 2005. Guests will debark and take air or land transportation back home.

The Sensation September 1, 2005 cruise will depart and return to Galveston, Texas.

We are on the Sept 19th cruise, so at least we should be ok to leave and come back -- although the drive is three hours farther to get there. Argh.