Louisiana Governor declares emergency ahead of Gustav

BradB08 said:
Hopefully no one will get hurt and damage will be minimal.

I would hate to see a repeat of Hurricane Katrina. I do not fault Louisiana for stepping up precautionary measures.
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Indeed. It's good to see this time they're getting prepared for the worst though. Let us hope the Feds will be more responsive if it becomes as bad as Katrina this time around.
 
BradB08 said:
I'm more concerned about human lives in that area than the cost of gas.

I wish others were too.
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I am with you on this. Some people just don't care about what a hurricane will do to a country and people. That is really sad :(

I just heard that my sister and her family are stuck in Jamaica after Gustav left his mess behind. They cannot get to an airport to fly out. Right now my family in the Cayman Islands are being met by Gustav. I am worried about them :(
 
IslandGal said:
I just heard that my sister and her family are stuck in Jamaica after Gustav left his mess behind. They cannot get to an airport to fly out. Right now my family in the Cayman Islands are being met by Gustav. I am worried about them :(
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Yikes, I hope your sister and her family will make it through safely.

It also doesn't look good for Louisiana since the projected path shows that the hurricane is heading towards them. I hope everyone in that vicinity will be as safe as possible. :(
 
yea now they are on the way to la area.. but still not sure where it would be hit..

so far it CAT 4 ! it strong as dangerous storm! so right now they just announce that everyone need to leave! i just saw on news now.. about 4pm today..

all my family is still in la.. Baton Rouge.. my sister and my bro made to Baton Rouge from new orleans.. they are staying with my dad house.. while my mom is still at her home in Baton Rouge.. i am at ausin tx.. i called them they are ok now.. just watch on news..

if the Eye of Storm hits Baton Rouge, then all my family will leave out to the states.. but if the Eye of storm hits other place such as Lake Charles, or Laf or other small town that pass Laf.. not east side.. just west.. then my family will stay in Baton Rouge.. as safe but watch for flood and tree down.. that it..

never never stay for near Eye of Storm while it is more than Cat 2!
CAT 1 is ok to stay near by Eye of Storm.. I had that trhought before
I remmy I saw the Eye of Andrew 1992 when it hits La.. it was Cat 1..
 
HorseRace said:
yea now they are on the way to la area.. but still not sure where it would be hit..

so far it CAT 4 ! it strong as dangerous storm! so right now they just announce that everyone need to leave! i just saw on news now.. about 4pm today..

all my family is still in la.. Baton Rouge.. my sister and my bro made to Baton Rouge from new orleans.. they are staying with my dad house.. while my mom is still at her home in Baton Rouge.. i am at ausin tx.. i called them they are ok now.. just watch on news..

if the Eye of Storm hits Baton Rouge, then all my family will leave out to the states.. but if the Eye of storm hits other place such as Lake Charles, or Laf or other small town that pass Laf.. not east side.. just west.. then my family will stay in Baton Rouge.. as safe but watch for flood and tree down.. that it..

never never stay for near Eye of Storm while it is more than Cat 2!
CAT 1 is ok to stay near by Eye of Storm.. I had that trhought before
I remmy I saw the Eye of Andrew 1992 when it hits La.. it was Cat 1..
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You're incorrect. Andrew was not a Cat 1 when it hit.
 
web yea you are about right about miami .. but it was not Cat 4 or less when it hits la..
i remmy it was weak.. i thought it was Cat 1..
 
HorseRace said:
web yea you are about right about miami .. but it was not Cat 4 or less when it hits la..
i remmy it was weak.. i thought it was Cat 1..
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No, you're incorrect. It was a Cat 4 when it hit LA. I lived through it. I live in deep south Louisiana, which is part of the "hurricane hotbed".

I also researched the information to be sure I wasn't wrong.
 
HorseRace said:
web yea you are about right about miami .. but it was not Cat 4 or less when it hits la..
i remmy it was weak.. i thought it was Cat 1..
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Speak of which hurricane you thought was rather weak? Katrina was Cat 3 or 4 when it hit NO.
 
Question....

We had a rare hurricane this past December of 140 mph winds on the Washington coast that lasted for 2 (freakin) days--what category would that be?
 
darkage, and web......... no no i talked about andrew! read it again pls thank!

i know katrina was cat 3.. but but i talked about andrew.. rme! sigh
 
oh lol! sorry! ok deafdave LOL! i seem confuse with two screenames that look similar! i was like oh ok *typed* then i realized! lol! i think it funny now
 
HorseRace said:
oh lol! sorry! ok deafdave LOL! i seem confuse with two screenames that look similar! i was like oh ok *typed* then i realized! lol! i think it funny now
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I was talking about Andrew. Andrew hit the Louisiana coast as a 4. Trust me, I know... I have many very unpleasent memories of it. I also researched it to be sure my information was correct.
 
deafdave3 said:
I was totally unaware of this. However, I would like to know more about it since tropical storms cannot form in such a cold environment.
To answer your question, 140 MPH winds would classify a hurricane as a 4.

Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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It wasn't a hurricane per se.

The locals call it the "One-Hundred" year storm while the National Weather service said was a "rare hurricane".

I posted a thread about it a while back....

http://www.alldeaf.com/general-chat/47546-washington-state-residents.html

Basically a declaration of disaster by FEMA.
 
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