Hey Louisiana! Hey Mississippi!

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  1. big ed

    big ed Registered Member

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    You may have slightly misinterpreted my post. I'm just saying, you can live wherever you like but you take your chances.

    I wouldn't recognise crack if shown but I must submit to the marble bit!

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  2. JimIT

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    Superdome roof is beginning to come off... :eek:

    EDIT: Power has been temporarily cut to the SD...
     
  3. JimIT

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    Gulfport and Biloxi, MS are bearing the brunt right now...
     
  4. ronjor

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    Any links Jim?
     
  5. JimIT

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    Ron,

    This is coming directly from CNN (TV), which I'm monitoring now. Web is reporting that Atlanta and Denton FEMA offices are responding with supplies.

    CNN and Weather Channel are live...

    10,000 people in Superdome right now. 90,000 apparently are trying to ride it out in New Orleans. CNN guys on site in MS are witnessing beach-side buildings disintegrating as they speak...
     
  6. mercurie

    mercurie A Friendly Creature

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    CNBC is reporting a large hole is now in the Super Dome. No other details except to say the same as already posted. There are 10K souls there.

    My prayers are with them all.
     
  7. JimIT

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    CNN:

    "Massive piece of Superdome roof peels away."
    "370,000 in SE Louisiana without power."
     
  8. JimIT

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    CNN:

    "National Guard moving people from Superdome. Fear roof compromised."
     
  9. JimIT

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    CNN:

    "Worst of Katrina hitting NO right now."
    "Winds hitting 120 MPH."
     
  10. JimIT

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    NWS 9AM CST:

    ...storm surge flood and storm tide impacts...
    katrina making landfall in eastern new orleans and
    mississippi coast area this morning. extremely dangerous and life
    threatening hurricane...significant and life threatening storm surge
    18 to 22 feet above normal is occurring. levees have been overtopped
    in orleans and st bernard parishes. in addition dangerous battering
    waves are occurring on top of the storm surge near the coast.
    severe tidal flooding will continue in these areas. in addition...
    severe storm surge flooding is probably occurring in southeast st
    tammany parish and in hancock...harrison and jackson counties in
    coastal mississippi.


    in addition...a storm surge of 10 to 12 feet will be occurring in
    the southwest part of lake pontchartrain affecting the east banks of
    jefferson...st charles...st john the baptist and livingston
    parishes.

    tides are rapidly increasing along the southeast louisiana coast.
    severe storm surge flooding is expected develop through the remainder
    of the morning...with highest values along the louisiana coast east
    of the mississippi river...mississippi coast...and along the shore
    line of lake pontchartrain and maurepas.

    ...wind impacts...
    katrina has evolved into a large hurricane with hurricane force winds
    extending around 100 miles from the center. hurricane force winds are
    occurring over southeast louisiana and spreading into coastal
    mississippi. power outages will become more widespread during the
    morning hours. hurricane force winds will persist over much of the
    region through early monday afternoon. wind gust of 100 mph was
    reported by the gulfport emergency operations center. belle chasse
    naval air station had a wind gust of 105 earlier this morning.
     
  11. Trekk

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    Welp, here we go again! Its official, President Bush is already talking about gas prices going up .20 cents or so in the next day or two. Good god, im gonna bust out the moped.


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  12. JimIT

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    NWS--1PM CST:

    HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
    100 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

    ...KATRINA BATTERS NEW ORLEANS...SOME LEVEES TOPPED...EXTENSIVE
    DAMAGE IS OCCURRING...

    ...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL
    MISSISSIPPI FROM MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA FLORIDA BORDER....

    ...EXTENSIVE AND LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OCCURRING
    ALONG THE LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTS AT THIS TIME...INCLUDING
    THE NEW ORLEANS AREA...

    ...AREAS AFFECTED...
    IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THE FOLLOWING PARISHES

    ASSUMPTION...ST JAMES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST CHARLES...
    ST BERNARD...TERREBONNE...ORLEANS...JEFFERSON...PLAQUEMINE...
    LAFOURCHE...ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...LIVINGSTON.

    IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
    HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON

    ...STORM INFORMATION...
    AROUND 1245 PM CDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS CENTERED OVER
    AND WAS MOVING OUT OF NORTHERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY AND INTO SOUTHERN
    LAMAR COUNTY NEAR INTERSTATE 55...AND WAS MOVING NORTH NEAR 21 MPH.
    THIS MOTION WILL CONTINUE DURING THE AFTERNOON.

    MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 105 MPH...WITH HIGHER
    GUSTS. KATRINA IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE
    SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. WINDS AFFECTING THE UPPER FLOORS OF HIGH RISE
    BUILDINGS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER THAN THOSE NEAR GROUND LEVEL.
    WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE CENTER MOVES
    OVER LAND.
     
  13. JimIT

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    Detailed info on Katrina's 3rd landfall:

    HERE
     
  14. ronjor

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    Biloxi, Mississippi and Mobile, Alabama are taking a beating along with massive flooding. Some of the pictures coming out of New Orleans look grim.
     
  15. JimIT

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    NO Superdome 8/29/05:
     

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  16. BeetleBoss

    BeetleBoss She who posts lots of <I>Smileys</I>

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    Thanks for all the updates Jim.....I've been reading them.

    This is all so sad


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  17. JimIT

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    I very much enjoy visiting NO, and the MS/AL gulf coast. To see something like this happen...fortunately, NO was spared a direct hit, although it probably doesn't seem like it for the people down there.

    I think Gulfport/Mobile are going to be smashed pretty good, too--possibly worse than what NO took this morning.
     
  18. JimIT

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    NWS--305PM CST:

    HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
    305 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

    ...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA IS DEPARTING BUT WIDESPREAD
    DAMAGE AND FLOODING REMAINS IN HER WAKE ACROSS BOTH SOUTHEASTERN
    LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

    ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
    COASTAL MISSISSIPPI FROM MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA FLORIDA
    BORDER....

    ...AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR AREAS AWAY FROM
    THE COAST...

    ...EXTENSIVE AND LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING REMAINS IN
    PROGRESS AT THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA...

    ...AREAS AFFECTED...
    IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THE FOLLOWING PARISHES

    ASSUMPTION...ST JAMES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST CHARLES...
    ST BERNARD...TERREBONNE...ORLEANS...JEFFERSON...PLAQUEMINE...
    LAFOURCHE...ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...LIVINGSTON.

    IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
    HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON

    ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
    A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE
    ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE METRO NEW ORLEANS
    AREA...AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST.
    ...STORM INFORMATION...
    AT 2 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR
    LATITUDE 31.4 NORTH... LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES
    WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI.

    KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 18 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL
    MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING. ON THIS TRACK...THE
    CENTER WILL CONTINUE MOVING INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING
    AND TONIGHT.

    MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 95 MPH...WITH HIGHER
    GUSTS. KATRINA IS NOW A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
    SCALE. WINDS AFFECTING THE UPPER FLOORS OF HIGH RISE BUILDINGS WILL
    BE SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER THAN THOSE NEAR GROUND LEVEL. WEAKENING IS
    FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE CENTER CONTINUES MOVING
    OVER LAND. SEE THE INLAND HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM WARNING
    PRODUCT BHMNPWLIX.
     
  19. snowbound

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    Parking lot in Mobile Alabama :eek:


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    Those Huricanes don't look so bad from up here
     

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    Wow... the awesome power of mother nature. :eek:

    I see on the news the looters are out in force. :mad:

    Guess it won't be long before price gouging starts too....


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    That is a very good link to the photo show thanks ;)
     
  24. JimIT

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    New Orleans in "state of devastation":

    LINK
     

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