pray for New Orleans

[loud-n-low 10+ year member]

good luck to anyone in the path of this catastrophic storm

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[Brock 5,000+ posts]

good thinks my friends from Tulane are here and not there right now. wonder if they will push back the classes starting there....

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I've got the Hurricane Watch Net on 14.325 MHz going in the background now...some freaky shit, for sure. Going to be interesting listening to the health & welfare traffic that's going to come out of that area tonight...the Red Cross/FEMA are going to have their hands full.

 

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

oh shit!

i just realized my friend is going to Loyola, and i think he's already there

lol

 

[Brock 5,000+ posts]

lol

I dont think its a LOL matter....

A friend of mine just moved into a new apartment down there over the summer. He just recently got all his furniture, entertainment center, and everything else moved in and set up. hopefully he still has a roof on the place when he gets back...

 

[the_noob 10+ year member]

If they receive a direct hit, they could be under almost 30 ft. of water. Right now, there is at least 100,000 people stranded over there. It's really not looking good. I really hope that sh*t doesn't come my way, either.

 

[marleyskater420 5,000+ posts]

whats happening?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Something called a "hurricane"...we get them around this time of year.

 

[vosschs 5,000+ posts]

ya this shit is crazy, its supposed to go over 200+ mph wind gusts, thats nuts!

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

This one is going to have its name retired...even if it makes landfall as a Cat 4...

 

[the_noob 10+ year member]

whats happening?

In New Orleans?

Well, 70% of New orleans is actually below sea level. It is surrounded by very large bodies of water on three sides, all of them higher than the city itself: the Mississippi River, Lake Pontchatraine, and the Gulf of Mexico. New Orleans has a levie(sp?) system in place all along these bodies of water. However, they cannot handle the kind of surge associated with Katrina. Therefore, the water will rush over, creating a ''bowl'' effect.

If you are in New Orleans and are not at least three stories up if and when this hurricane hits, if it does make a direct hit, then your chance of survival is basically 0%. So, if you are staying in your house, you will not survive.

Fortunately, for those who can't leave, the city has sent out buses all over the town, allowing free transportation from their homes to the nearest shelter. Like I said, there is at least 100,000 people who couldn't leave. The superdome can hold about 60,000 people. That means they have to make room for at least 40,000 people elsewhere.

At least, that's what I've gathered from watching the news for the last couple of days.

 

[vosschs 5,000+ posts]

well the superdome they said theres like 10k ppl inside, and like 5k outside

 

[marleyskater420 5,000+ posts]

****...

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

got lots of family friends and the like at xavier of NO, hope they're all right..

 

[chinny 5,000+ posts]

**** and i though it was bad down here in florida.... i hope a miracle of life happens and it dies out in the water wich it wont but miracles do exist...