Seven Years Later...Here We Go Again

[irishpat183]

Bet'cha they move the school buses this time!

Of course, Uncle Sucker will just buy new ones again if they don't.

As long as they don't come to TX....we paid the price for our hospitality last time.


I love LA, love the people....but I love them there. Not here.

 

[irishpat183]

I heard the number 20 from local news. I understand that higher winds could have a more devastating impact as well. Mostly I was saying that people shouldn't downplay this storm, by comparing it to Katrina.

Of course. You never want to downplay this kind thing.

I jsut don't think it's going to be a fraction of what Katrina was. Just due to the wind.

 

[irishpat183]

IrishPat, the optimist! Who saw that coming!

 

[WaveDomer]

Tulane has closed the school for two days and the football team is in Alabama before playing Rutgers and starting Coach CJ off at 1 and 0.

Hopefully everyone in the path of the storm is well prepared and stays safe.

 

[Redbar]

Any time you build a city below sea level right next to the ocean any decent amount of rain is a bad thing. The storm strength wont be as strong as Katrina (what they are saying) but hopefully they took lessons from before and can take a better hit than before. Good luck guys and be safe.

I know it sounds crazy, but Dr. George Friedman, a geopoliticist who heads the Stratfor Group a geopolitical consortium that advises the joint chiefs among others, has written at length about what allowed the United States to become the power that it is. In brief we have the largest contiguous area of arable land (the midwest) that can feed us and the world, and we have a river system(the Mississippi) that can deliver our goods cheaply to the rest of the world, and guess what city he felt was the most important part of controlling this system: The one built near the gulf below sea level. He went on to say the Battle of New Orleans was the most important war we have fought in our development towards superpowerdom. As a New Orleans native I know many people think it a backwards place, we have been called the northernmost city in the Carribean, etc...etc..., but no informed American should discount the importance of this city and it's people to the development of our country. To this day the Port of New Orleans is absolutely critical in dispersing the widest range of goods from bulk, to petrochemical, to containerized finished goods, to cruise ships, to general cargo's. Up until 2000 every president felt it was worth investing in our levee system, it was of significant importance. Some time shortly after 2000 it was determined that the cost did not equal the benefits, but Iraq apparently did, I would love to see those equations.

 

[CarrollVermin]

Hey guys...happy to be back. A quick recap:

This was the slowest moving storm I can ever remember. The thing made landfall and then just decided to have a Hurricane from Pat O's and chill. Things didn't get bad here in Baton Rouge until Tuesday night into Wednesday evening. The winds were pretty intense but dry air moved into the system and helped tremendously. The rains never really materialized here into the 20 inches they were forecasting.

Baton Rouge got very luck. I lost power Wednesday around 11am but got it back a few hours ago (in time for the games tonight...and certainly tomorrow). Other parts were not as luck. LaPlace is still under water.

Still, happy to report that we made it. Thanks for the thoughts and prayers. One last thing...Go Irish, Beat Navy!

 

[dshans]

... happy to report that we made it. Thanks for the thoughts and prayers. One last thing...Go Irish, Beat Navy!

Good to hear, Vermin. This is for you and all y'alls:

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Mouth is one of my "never miss" acts at Jazz Fest.

 

[irishff1014]

Hey guys...happy to be back. A quick recap:

This was the slowest moving storm I can ever remember. The thing made landfall and then just decided to have a Hurricane from Pat O's and chill. Things didn't get bad here in Baton Rouge until Tuesday night into Wednesday evening. The winds were pretty intense but dry air moved into the system and helped tremendously. The rains never really materialized here into the 20 inches they were forecasting.

Baton Rouge got very luck. I lost power Wednesday around 11am but got it back a few hours ago (in time for the games tonight...and certainly tomorrow). Other parts were not as luck. LaPlace is still under water.

Still, happy to report that we made it. Thanks for the thoughts and prayers. One last thing...Go Irish, Beat Navy!

Good to hear