Look Out New Orleans!!ike Is Coming!!

so they say they will never evacuate again huh??

i wonder how they will feel in a few days? one things for sure,it looks like its coming for them..



would you evacuate or stay?

 

Let's see...here in the Panhandle, we're right on the edge of tornado alley. Luckily, being on the edge makes weather kind of "severe" in spring and summer months, but tornadoes are pretty rare. The last one we had that I can recall was right outside of town in like October of my 7th grade year. However, when there's a tornado coming right for us, generally we find it a good idea to take shelter. To me, the idea of just sitting stubbornly through a hurricane is ridiculous, lol. That's like sitting outside in a tornado!

 

Andrew was a horrific storm. That one went through Dade Country and leveled every building. The winds were 168 mph sustained according to one of the weather instruments. No one can ride out a storm like that.

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unless you built your house underground

 

there is one of those in las vegas, but I believe the storm surge would fuck you up the ass.

 

Here are some interesting facts about hurricanes;

The Ten Worst Hurricanes As Measured By Intensity

1. The Great Labor Day Storm (1935) - Florida
One of just three Category 5 Hurricanes to make landfall in the US, the Great Labor Day Storm had a minimum pressure of 892 millibars (26.35 inches). It caused 423 deaths in Florida. It also was notable for providing the setting for the Humphrey Bogart - Lauren Bacall movie, Key Largo.

2. Hurricane Katrina (2005) - Louisiana and Mississippi
Katrina had a minimum pressure of 904 millibars (26.64 inches), making it the second most intense storm to hit the US, as well as the most costly, and the third dealiest.

3. Hurricane Camille (1969) - Mississippi, SE Louisiana
Camille, a Category 5, was the second most intense Hurricane ever to hit the United States, with a minimum pressure of 909 millibars (26.84 inches). The final windspeed will never be known because all measuring devices were destroyed, but it is thought to exceed 200 mph.

4.Hurricane Andrew (1992) - Florida and Louisiana
A Category 4 when it hit Florida, Hurricane Andrew hit Louisiana as a Category 3. At its peak, Andrew had a minimum pressure of 922 millibars (27.23 inches).

5. Unnamed Hurricane (1886) - Texas
This Category 4 Hurricane turned Indianola into a Ghost Town. Today, the Court House lies 300 feet out in Matagorda Bay. The storm had a recorded minimum pressure of 925 millibars (27.31 inches).

6. The Atlantic-Gulf Hurricane (1919) - Florida, Texas
This hurricane struck the Keys as a Category 4, and Texas as a Category 3. At its peak, it had a minimum pressure of 927 millibars (27.37 inches).

7. San Felipe-Okeechobee Hurricane (1928) - Florida
The fourth strongest Hurricane to hit the US mainland caused a lake surge on the inland Lake Okeechobee in Florida that rose as high as nine feet, flooding nearby towns. A Category 4, it had a minimum pressure of 929 millibars (27.43 inches)

8. Hurricane Donna (1960) - Florida to New England
Donna is the only hurricane known to have produce hurricane-force winds in Florida, the Mid-Atlantic states, and New England. At its peak, it had a minimum pressure of 930 milibars (27.46 inches).

9. Unnamed Storm (1915) - New Orleans, Louisiana
This unnamed Category 4 Storm reached a minimum pressure of 931 millibars (27.49 inches). It flooded Lake Pontchartrain, causing it to overflow its banks and killing 275 people.

10. Hurricane Carla (1961) - Texas
A Category 4, Carla had a minimum pressure of 931 millibars (27.49 inches), tying it with the 1915 Louisiana storm.


Hotwater

 

my mother in law lived in NO three years ago. Her house was destroyed and she has had to start her life over.

last week she had a flight to NO for the first time since she left there. She didn't go because of Gustav. US Air would only let her redeem a ticket within 7 days...so this morning I took her to the airport to fly down there. Now she's gonna be down there for Ike. I think its time she just left the idea of that city alone.

 

My sister in law and her daughter just left yesterday for Bayou Vista which is right by morgan city about 20 mi. from No. We told em they should stay, but whatever. They'll probably be back in a few days.

 

my parents lived in florida few years sago when 4 huricanes in a row wiped through theyre town they evacuated for 1 but stayed for the otherr 3 ..my dad was condo manager so he stayed to ewatch over the buidings
after the 4th huricane..they sold theyre plsace and moved to the mountains
cant blame em

 

it won't stop till the job is finished...

 

Too bad las vegas isn’t on the gulf coast; that way Ike could kill two birds with one stone


Hotwater

 

good point.

we can hope for an asteriod.

 

I would evacuate rather be safe then sorry

 

when did they say they weren't evacuating again? after gustav you mean?

LOL they were fucking lucky. Dipshits

 

We're now experiencing the full wrath of what's left of Hanna


Hotwater

 

Is it luck, or the massive amount of prayers that were sent out to ward it off from the region? What is luck really?

 

they simply got lucky.

 

Don’t worry Ganja Ike'll get them


Hotwater

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Hurricane_of_1938

When it comes to hurricanes no one ever talks about that one, even though it killed almost 500 people here and caused almost $5 billion in damage in today's money. It was only a category 3 when it hit but shit in New England is not built for hurricanes, let alone back then.

 

you know, it really isn't a very good place for a city.