Gustav

[Karamazov]

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It looks like a direct hit is imminent and New Orleans is becoming more and more like a ghost town, now that evacuation measures have been coordinated in advance. The city still hasn't fully recovered from Katrina and Rita, which was only in 2005; and now the message is much more direct towards people in the city: Get out now or you're on your own.

Needless to say, there are still going to be a sizable portion who can't leave due to financial reasons, as well many others. What kind of impact do you anticipate the storm will have on that region, this time around?

[JustMel]

Who knows? I know the impact it's having on our area right now. The interstates are backed up and the stores and motels and restaurants are filled to capacity. I'm in N MS just in the corner of Arkansas, Mississippi and TN. We're due storms starting Tuesday until next Saturday because of the hurricane, TS Hanna, and a storm front that is already in TX.

I don't think there will be as much loss of life this time because of the evacuation procedures that have already begun but the loss of houses and businesses that have just been rebuilt will probably be just as bad as Katrina. Even if they can't leave the area there are emergency shelters like the Dome that are open and I suspect that Bush will not want a repeat of the negative publicity of Katrina nor will the GOP so they will ensure FEMA responds more quickly and a disaster declaration will probably come sooner.





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I'm wondering when people are going to realize Mother Nature wants her land back and STOP trying to rebuild in the path of hurricanes.....

[Danisty]

I think things have been much more organized this time around. People had the opportunity to get out. There were buses taking people to airports and amtrak stations. If they chose not to leave, they deserve whatever happens to them.

[GuerrillaVoyage]

Where were these massive clusterfuck storms before 2005?

[cncracer]

I was raised on the coast and we had our share of hurricanes with the damage that come with them. I think today the problem is we think we need to build multi million dollar second homes on the ocean at 12” above sea level when a hurricane will come in with 16+ foot surge tides. When Mother Nature removes these monsters their owners want our government to come in and replace them. Than the cycle repeats itself. With New Orleans we look at a city built below sea level and still wanting to build where even the government feels is not safe. We need to recognize there are limits to how hard we can push nature and move back from the ocean and gulf. With global warming and the possibility of the sea level rising 10, 20, or 30 feet I have to think to rebuild in these low elevations reflects a break in common sense and basic logic.

[Tenacious B]

Where were these massive clusterfuck storms before 2005?
In the same places as they are today. Galveston, once the business center of Texas, was completely destroyed by a hurricane in 1900. It was the most deadly natural disaster in US history. Galveston has never completely recovered as the all the business relocated to Houston.

Katrina was the result of a neglected levee system and a massive clusterfuck on the side of the government to manage such a crisis (like having buses that could have been used for evacuations sitting in flooded lots).

I'm prepared to evacuate on my own terms and will refuse any such "assistance" from the government. My vehicle is ready and my rout is plotted. I chose to live in a hurricane-prone area, as I formerly chose to live in a tornado prone area, and I am solely responsible for the consequences. This is what planning and insurance is for.

[meidepractical]

I live in Baton Rouge and Gustav definately hit BR the worst. Luckily my power came on soon because I live near a hospital but some people I know won't have power for over a month. There are trees down everywhere and it pretty much looks like a bomb hit Baton Rouge.

Also the world is coming to an end here because wal-marts are only open from 8-4 haha. And now Ike is heading straight for us so it should be fun watching my car get foot long scratches from shingles flying at 100 plus mph at it again.