Some times it really freaks me out how very alike Bou and I think. I was working on a post about Katrina, you know that hurricane getting ready to hit AGAIN. I popped over to her place and WHAM. She was saying everything in my mind, only better.
Rather than gum it all up I'll simply add - Yeah, what SHE said!!!
UPDATE: Katrina is now a Cat 5 and picking up speed. That means she's going to hit sooner that expected. Cat.5 - 160 mph winds. Possible storm surge of 25 feet.
Hopefully everyone in Mississippi & Alabama are bracing themselves. It's not just where she strikes. The winds, rains and floods will be widespread.
This is bad. This is REALLY REALLY bad.
Updated: 11:00am - 8/28 - Jack of Jack's Army is in LA, and taking this very seriously. Good Luck Jack - you and yours are in my prayers.
Listening to FOX News they just carried an interview with a man who was going to ride out the storm. (STUPID) At the beginning of the interview he said they had "rethought" their position and are leaving. They figured if their home had stood for 100+ years it should be fine now. ARE THEY NUTS?!?!? But they are leaving as they don't want to be without electric and water for 5 days. OK - what ever. I don't care why they leave - just flippin' leave.
The mayor has ordered everyone to leave. Winds are now at 175mph with gusts of 215. 215mph
And you think gas is expensive now?!?
Like I keep saying. Bad - this is sooo very bad.
Posted by Tammi at August 28, 2005 11:12 AM | TrackBackHurricane Betsy hit in 1965. They took a 20 foot storm surge. The stories, although not as horrific as the big one of Galveston or the 'cane of 1928 in Palm Beach County, will scare the hell out of you.
People are staying. They have decided to stay. And that damn Super Dome? Give me a damn break. EVEN IF it could hold the flooding (sure, evac people who live in a city shaped like a bowl, into a smaller bowl), do they really think that POS can handle CAT 5 winds? Please.
This makes me so frickin' sick. We're sitting here as bystanders, knowing people are going to die. It really really bothers me.
OK... off my rant. Again. ;-) Hey... and of course we're alike, we BOTH got Myrna Loy!
Posted by: Bou at August 28, 2005 08:24 AMI'm heartsick thinking how bad it could be. I hope those of us who are seeing utter catasrophe are wrong - but I'm afraid we aren't.
Posted by: Kathy K at August 28, 2005 11:23 AMI CANNOT BELIEVE IT WAS MANDATORY EVAC... STARTING TODAY. Yeah. That's all caps with me yelling. Frickin' governments.
Posted by: Bou at August 28, 2005 08:18 PM