BS: more hurricane warnings

Subject: RE: BS: more hurricane warnings
From: Bill D
Date: 27 Aug 05 - 05:50 PM

The director of the office in New Orleans who has to deal with this paints a possible 'worst case' of the whole downtown flooded for months and a year to re-inspect buildings and get power back on. Plus the area is very hard to evacuate with lots of bridges and few routes.

It seems they have built the levees so high to cope with a 'moderate' hurricane, that a serious one could flood inside the seawalls and trap the water...which is what happened to us in 1947 (in Metairie). We had 2 ft. of water in the house for 2 weeks, till they dynamited levees to let the wind-blown water run back out.

I just hope something changes before Monday.

Subject: RE: BS: more hurricane warnings
From: CarolC
Date: 27 Aug 05 - 05:43 PM

Good luck PoppaGator! Batten down the hatches and head for high ground!

Subject: RE: BS: more hurricane warnings
From: gnu
Date: 27 Aug 05 - 04:17 PM

Double whammy... pray it lessens.

Subject: RE: BS: more hurricane warnings
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 27 Aug 05 - 04:12 PM

Yes, it's bad news indeed. Many northern Gulfcoast residents, myself included, would just about as soon take a direct hit ourselves as to see New Orleans take one because its extremely low geography makes it so vulnerable to flooding. We can only hope landfall occurs a bit east of the city itself so it'll be on the weaker western side of the storm.

Subject: BS: more hurricane warnings
From: Bill D
Date: 27 Aug 05 - 02:48 PM

Now it's Louisiana and Mississippi....I hope you all are taking precautions.

PoppaGator...hope you are leaving New Orleans..

(I might still be in New Orleans if my family hadn't been flooded out in 1947)