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08-27-2021, 06:49 PM
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Hurricane Ida
I have been following Ida, the next big hurricane that is forecasted to hit the U.S., probably somewhere in the gulf coast, most likely Louisiana. I was thinking about the Forum members who live in that area. What are you folks doing to prepare?
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08-27-2021, 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by harllee
I have been following Ida, the next big hurricane that is forecasted to hit the U.S., probably somewhere in the gulf coast, most likely Louisiana. I was thinking about the Forum members who live in that area. What are you folks doing to prepare?
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Check out the "This weather is awful!!" thread. Or maybe they should move some of those posts over to this new thread.
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08-27-2021, 07:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by harllee
I have been following Ida, the next big hurricane that is forecasted to hit the U.S., probably somewhere in the gulf coast, most likely Louisiana. I was thinking about the Forum members who live in that area. What are you folks doing to prepare?
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I'm right now responding to your ? I may leave I may not as not originally from the South but have been thru some serious snow storms in the North and never left just dealt with the 4 plus feet of snow that fell in less than 48 hours along with winds of 100 plus blowing snow so high you had to dig tunnels to get out and no power for a week in freezing temps really does suck
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08-27-2021, 07:20 PM
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Being without power for long periods of time is awful. Just last week when tropical storm Fred came through the NC mountains we had no power at my mountain cabin for a couple of days and had to throw away a bunch of food in the refrigerator.
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08-27-2021, 09:28 PM
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Margaret Orr just now on WDSU said could me as much as 20 inches of rain is some locations.
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08-28-2021, 09:09 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by harllee
I have been following Ida, the next big hurricane that is forecasted to hit the U.S., probably somewhere in the gulf coast, most likely Louisiana. I was thinking about the Forum members who live in that area. What are you folks doing to prepare?
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We moved ~150 miles away from the Gulf Coast about 15 years ago so I'm not doing much of anything, except preparing the guest rooms for a couple of "friends" that are fleeing the storm. I have friends that live near New Orleans, Houston/Galveston and Corpus Christi... Over the years, they have all come to visit during one of the storm threats in their area.... Fortunately it's just one family at a time.  Not the first time and probably won't be the last.
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08-28-2021, 12:11 PM
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What did we do to prepare?
After retiring we moved to Columbia, MO. Katrina and its aftermath was NO fun. Katrina passed over our house. We and our neighborhood had a lot of damage.
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08-28-2021, 12:44 PM
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Latest map from the National Hurricane Center shows the predicted track passing over Morgan City, which is about 50 miles west of New Orleans. There will still be strong winds, but it could be a lot worse.
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08-28-2021, 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Gumby
Latest map from the National Hurricane Center shows the predicted track passing over Morgan City, which is about 50 miles west of New Orleans. There will still be strong winds, but it could be a lot worse.
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latest and greatest I just got coming thru my back yard at 1pm tomorrow
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08-28-2021, 08:34 PM
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latest and greatest I just got coming thru my back yard at 1pm tomorrow
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Well, that sucks. I hope all goes well for you and your family. Please report in after it passes.
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08-28-2021, 08:40 PM
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^ please be safe!
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08-29-2021, 04:36 AM
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Wow 140mph!
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08-29-2021, 04:50 AM
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This looks like a whopper. Could be Katrina 2.0. 140 mph winds, dangerous amounts of rain, storm surge. Please be safe. Can you evacuate? Go straight west or straight east example? The window is closing to get out. You can't save a home against a hurricane like this by being there. Save yourself. The home is replaceable. You are one of a kind and have the blessing of ER ahead of you. Go. Yesterday.
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08-29-2021, 05:05 AM
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It’s not as physically as big as some of the monster storms, but you wouldn’t want to be close!
Stay safe!
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08-29-2021, 05:07 AM
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Quote:
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latest and greatest I just got coming thru my back yard at 1pm tomorrow
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Oh my --hope you have already evacuated. If not please get out!
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08-29-2021, 06:48 AM
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Now 150 mph and the pressure has dropped to 930 millibars...
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08-29-2021, 07:10 AM
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Reported in the "Weather" thread, W2R and F evacuated successfully. Here is hoping any damage is minimal. God be with everyone in the area.
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08-29-2021, 07:11 AM
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I just saw a video clip of a crowd of passengers getting stuck at New Orleans airport because of all flights being cancelled. No place for them to go. Who knows how long they will be stuck at the airport, with no cars or hotels available.
Oh boy, what a miserable vacation!
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08-29-2021, 07:27 AM
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Our house is now in the projected eye or a couple miles to the west of it. So we'll get damage and power outages.
Thankfully we've been in Colorado all summer. Our kids are in or near us in Baton Rouge so they'll be affected as well.
Accepting all prayers!
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08-29-2021, 07:33 AM
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If not for hurricanes, we’d definitely live on the East coast. We deliberately chose a metro area a couple hours inland so we can visit often while avoiding most hurricane damage. Best of luck to all in the path of Ida, it appears we may get some rain but nothing too serious.
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