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Well guys start praying and praying hard katrina looks like the real deal might loose alot of south east louisian if it follows its current track.

Shoot all looters on sight(and leftists, because you can never be too sure).

Good luck man, seriously.

From our good friends at the NWS:

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WTNT62 KNHC 280541
TCUAT2
HURRICANE KATRINA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1240 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005


...SHORTLY AFTER 1215 AM CDT... 0515Z... AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT REPORTED THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS IN HURRICANE KATRINA HAD INCREASED TO NEAR 145 MPH... CATEGORY FOUR ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. DETAILS WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY IN A SPECIAL ADVISORY TO BE ISSUED AT APPROXIMATELY 1 AM CDT...0600Z.
THE SPECIAL PUBLIC ADVISORY WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THE INTERMEDIATE PUBLIC ADVISORY PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED FOR THAT TIME."

www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCUAT2 ... 0541.shtml

Massive flooding is expected.

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snipe well now it is a category 5 storm comming in possibly on the west side of city at high tide. getting life rafts ready. After the storm guys really get your neighbors to donate to red cross this will be our tsunami if nothing changes.

http://weather.noaa.gov/radar/images/DS.p19r0/SI.klix/latest.gif

New Orleans weather radar watch about 6 pm cdt the fire works will begin then for about the next 24 hours. Got my wife and kid out. Hunker down in building with and yes snipe i fully understand the second amendment.

http://weather.noaa.gov/radar/images/DS.p19r0/SI.klix/latest.gif

Fire works willstart at 6pm. Got wife and child out. hunkered down in concrete building off ground. yes snipe understand my second amendment will protect myself.

Guys this is serious very serious New Orleans might cease to exist tomorrow.

Matt

matt,

Having experienced three hurricanes in the past year (including Frances and Jeanne in Florida), I wish you the best of luck. Keep your head down.

"The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed in war."

As of this morning, catagory 5 hurricane with 160 mph winds, they are saying catastrophic damage. Good luck Matt, i wish you and your family (and anyone else in that area) the best!

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Matt,

Good luck to you and the family.

Hold on tight dude...

You're born, you keep your head down and you die. If you're lucky...

wind map http://www.crownweather.com/katrinawind.gif

For get september 11 impact on the economy--this is going to knock out the petrochemical instry here for months. Remember Louisiana supplies 30% of all oil, gas, and refined petrochemcial products to the nation. Next time a bill comes up in congress about louisiana keeping more oil royalties for coastal errosion versus welfare tell your congress man to let us protect ourselves.

Good luck, mattlott. I think you need to keep your head up, more than down! Have that Zodiac inflated, just in case. Assuming it hits as predicted, let us know you weathered it OK, ASAP when power is restored. Prayers being said, candles lit, beads moving...

"Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together...." - Carl Zwanzig

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ok may be a few weeks though guys see ya.

WTUS84 KLIX 281521
HLSLIX
LAZ038-040-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-281900-

HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1015 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...HURRICANE KATRINA NOW A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE PACKING SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 175 MPH...

...DIRECT STRIKE OF POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE THREATENING
HURRICANE EXPECTED...

...RUSH PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO COMPLETION AND LEAVE THE AREA
NOW!...

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

...DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA MOVING WEST NORTHWEST IN THE GULF OF
MEXICO...

...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 10 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.1 WEST OR ABOUT 225 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 175 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
HURRICANE KATRINA IS A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR
SIMPSON SCALE. SOME MINOR FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH IS POSSIBLE
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HOWEVER...KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO
MAKE LANDFALL AT A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE PACKING SUSTAINED
160 MPH WINDS. HURRICANE KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST
NEAR 12 MPH AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED
LATER TODAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PROTECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILYS LIVES. FOLLOW LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS
RECOMMENDATIONS AND LEAVE HURRICANE WARNING AREA NOW BEFORE WEATHER
CONDITIONS WORSEN. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI SHOULD RUSH PREPARATIONS FOR THE LANDFALL OF A
CATASTROPHIC HURRICANE LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...WITH DAMAGING
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH STORM SURGE.

MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA PARISHES AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES. RESIDENTS SHOULD
FOLLOW EVACUATION RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LOCAL PARISH OFFICIALS.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF OF
MEXICO COAST AS A CATASTROPHIC LIFE THREATENING HURRICANE. WHILE
EXACT LOCATION LANDFALL IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...SIGNIFICANT AND
LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE 18 TO 22 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IS POSSIBLE
NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE LANDFALL AREA. A FEW AREAS MAY
EXPERIENCE STORM SURGE FLOODING AS HIGH AS 25 FEET ALONG WITH LARGE
AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE
CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. RESIDENTS IN AREAS PRONE TO STORM SURGE
FLOODING SHOULD LEAVE NOW! HEED EVACUATION RECOMMENDATION FROM LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. SECONDARY ROADS OUTSIDE LEVEE
PROTECTION WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

...WIND IMPACTS...
EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 20 TO 25 MPH SHOULD CONTINUE OVER
THE REGION TODAY...THEN INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING
TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO OVERSPREAD THE
COASTAL AREAS THIS EVENING AND THE REMAINDER OF THE INLAND AREAS BY
EARLY MONDAY MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BEGIN BY
MIDNIGHT AND MOVE INLAND MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

KATRINA IS FORECAST TO MOVE ASHORE AS CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE...
SIMILAR IN STRENGTH TO HURRICANE CAMILLE IN 1969. WINDS ASSOCIATED
CATEGORY 4 AND CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE CAN TOTALLY DESTROY MOBILE
HOMES...AND CAUSE MAJOR DAMAGE TO EVEN WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS.
HIGHER WIND SPEEDS ARE LIKELY TO BE EXPERIENCED ON UPPER FLOORS OF
TALL BUILDINGS CAUSING DAMAGE.

...RAINFALL...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF
15 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE NORTH AND SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN
AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 130 PM CDT.


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Snipers...and targets.</b>
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Matt I hope you and your family make it OK. I would be scared out of my wits with this monster coming at me. Good luck and Godspeed.

Fender
"A woman drove me to drink
and I hadn't even the courtesy to thank her".
W.C. Fields

Matt wtf you trying to ride this out for? Get outta town!!!!!! It's only "stuff" and if it's as bad as they say, it wont be worth keeping afterwards anyway!! Retreat, regroup, reaquire!!

A 9mm MAY expand, but a 45 will NEVER shrink!

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In the words of Dave Chapelle during the Wayne Brady episode: "Run Bitch!, Run for your life! Save yourself!!!"

If I could've left Biloxi for Ivan last year I would have. IF you don't have to stay, LEAVE TOWN NOW!!!! This is what insurance is for. Just make sure your policy is up to date!!

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MATT YOU GET THE F@#$OUT MAN!!!!!

YOUR NOT TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN RIDE-OUT!

YOU CAN BE HIGH BUT ONCE THE PUMPS GO,THE LAKE AND "MIGHTY MISS" FLOOD, YOUR SEWER AND WASTE PLANTS WILL OVER FLOW CAUSING DIEASE AND A BASIC "SEPTIC TANK" WHERE "BIG EASY WAS".

GET YOUR "P-ROW" AND GET OUT! NOTHING IS THAT IMPORTANT,YOUR FAMILY NEEDS YOU,THEY'LL JUST WORRY ABOUT YOU, STRESS TAKES TOLLS TOO

Goose

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Matt these guys are right, get out now.

Fender
"A woman drove me to drink
and I hadn't even the courtesy to thank her".
W.C. Fields

wife and daughter are out. Trying to get other family members out or to shelter with me. If after this passes I can I will be looking to see what where I can help locally. This is my background maybe 7 years out of ems, but this is where I know in my heart i should be.

I need to go get sleep this is not a decision I have taken lightly and have gone to great lengths to ensure i am as safe as I can be here. Much planning and decisions were made for this type of storm and me to be here over the past few years. Can not go into the reasons on a open board ok.

Snipe thanks for the safety answers earlier.

Good luck Mattlott and I know a man with your knowlage will be needed down then once this monster passes. Good luck to all in the path of the one! <img src=newicons/smiley_salute.gif border=0 align=middle>

Ugly But Well Hung

dude you cant help anyone if your dead.
Hope you at leaste got SCUBA, cause if the sea-swell is bad the strongest building in the city wont help you breathe <img src=icon_smile_sad.gif border=0 align=middle>

A 9mm MAY expand, but a 45 will NEVER shrink!

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MATT,

I SAY YOUR "CRAZY" BUT I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THE REASON YOUR STAYING,

GOOD LUCK BRO!


GOOSE

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matt,

As an Firefighter/EMT myself in NY, I see part of your reasoning. I myself called to volunteer and stay with Fire/EMS personnel when Frances was headed for where I go to school in Florida. I was turned away due to sufficient manning, but thanked for my willingness to help.

I will be looking to see if I am needed after this one.

"The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed in war."

Edited by - Hog Fan on Aug 28 2005 1:54 PM

Matt,

I understand your "Spock-like" mentality on this one. (Needs of the many out-weight the needs of the few or one.) Like Dice said your knowledge and expertesee will be needed after this is over.

Rest up buddy. It's gonna be a long week. <img src=newicons/smiley_salute.gif border=0 align=middle>

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guys really need your prayers. Just found out my grandfather who is wheelchair bound was not evacuated per the nursing home plan. It appears the owner decided to save the money or whatever. Too late for me to go get him. If the storm can move just alittle to the east we will gladly take the winds. to the west people like my grandfather will be drown.

In tears here my father and mother evacuated with my baby and wife left this morning I thought everyone was out. The nursing home was to take him to Jackson Mississippi so my parents could care for him there.

Have a feeling I will be searching for my grandfathers body come tueday morning the nursing home is on a flood plain. They told my mother 'nobody told us we had to get out'. Fuck them.

boober i agree and have made plans for my safety. My plans have changed from ealier post will be going to look for my grandfather and securing my building creeps have already been in the parking lot. Crewfew starts soon. Really am going to try and help, but I am going to have to find my grandfather, and possibly my in laws who chose to stay near harvey canal. I am up safe. But come tuesday I fear i will be the collecting the bodies of my family members who were not evacuated or did not elect to come to high ground.

I believe you help the weak and infirmed in society those who can not help themselves and the nursing home has elected to leave my grandfather in a place where he will either drown or die from stress the only answer I can see is they wanted to save a buck.