Tropical Storm Issac aims toward U.S.

[SwampMama]

I'm in New Orleans now and am packing up and heading back home to my little house in the boonies northwest of Baton Rouge. As a first responder, I will be on duty there for whatever needs to be done.
One thing about the rural area where I live, when a disaster strikes, we don't sit around on our butts waiting for the govt to save us and fix everything. We get out there and do it ourselves and help each other out. By the time the gov't help gets to us, we already have it all taken care of. As Hank Jr said "Country Boy can survive!"

 

[bessie]

Wow... :tsktsk:

 

[ATasteOfHoney]

Be very safety concious. You may have a tornado going over.

Thank you.....yes, well if this is a tropical storm then I'd hate to see what they call a hurricane! Actually, I am in what is essence the bands that are part of the formation of the eye (Southeast Florida). Still, very frightening indeed and we have just had hours of relentless gusts of wind and rain bands. I still have power yet have a mini flashlight with me at all times just in case.

Hoping my poor doggies can "hold it" because the conditions are too brisk for them to go outside but I've made a make-shift "loo" for them in the garage!

Just a glance at the water temp in the Gulf of Mexico reveals very warm water west of Tampa which I feel is very bad news indeed.

New Orleans please take heed.

 

[CarmelEyesD]

no live feeds anywhere now?

 

[Blue_Dolphin308]

One thing about the rural area where I live, when a disaster strikes, we don't sit around on our butts waiting for the govt to save us and fix everything. We get out there and do it ourselves and help each other out. By the time the gov't help gets to us, we already have it all taken care of. As Hank Jr said "Country Boy can survive!"

This is one of my points exactly! Thank you, You said what I couldn't get across!

 

[jjenny]

This is one of my points exactly! Thank you, You said what I couldn't get across!

They are preparing to shelter in place. So, what have you got to say now?

"While the storm track is still variable, New Orleans may receive up to 12-16" of rain, and feel the impact of sustained tropical storm winds. ""We are going to prepare to shelter in place," said Mayor Landrieu. "You should think about how you will spend time w/o power or water." Under current forecasts, New Orleans may feel winds as early as Monday night, with heavy weather Tuesday and Wednesday. If things change tonight, we will change with the storm and will continue to provide immediate, accurate information to all New Orleans' citizens."

http://new.nola.gov/ready

 

[Blue_Dolphin308]

They are preparing to shelter in place. So, what have you got to say now?

"While the storm track is still variable, New Orleans may receive up to 12-16" of rain, and feel the impact of sustained tropical storm winds. ""We are going to prepare to shelter in place," said Mayor Landrieu. "You should think about how you will spend time w/o power or water." Under current forecasts, New Orleans may feel winds as early as Monday night, with heavy weather Tuesday and Wednesday. If things change tonight, we will change with the storm and will continue to provide immediate, accurate information to all New Orleans' citizens."

http://new.nola.gov/ready

I will say what I have said all along. Get the heck outta dodge! You would be a fool to stay put, knowing that the eye of the storm could potentially hit NOLA. People need to heed the warnings, and get out! Regardless of what the government has said. Make preparations. You have two days to get out, make the most of it., Don't just sit back and wait for things to happen. Take immediate action. Don't sit on your butts hoping that this hurricane is going to swerve around you!!!!

 

[Blue_Dolphin308]

Further down on the page that you provided




Readiness starts with you



Governor Bobby Jindal urged Louisianians to get prepared for Tropical Storm Isaac and encouraged voluntary evacuations for people in parishes in the hurricane watch zone that are in low lying areas, areas South of the Intracoastal Waterway and areas outside of levee protection.

 

[mysterygirl]

Here is what I have to say on it.....

The government can't save you.

They can assist but they will not be there to meet all of your needs.

So if you stay............know that............and be prepared as best as you can be.

Prepare for no power.

That means generator, gas for it, water, flooding............all of it.

If this doesn't appeal to you, get out.

 

[pferrin]

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?feedId=9559

live feeds of skywarn

 

[bessie]

WWL Facebook page. Questions and answers from local in the New Orleans metro area on the WWL-TV Facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/WWLTV

 

[CarmelEyesD]

thank you, thank you!

 

[pferrin]

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?stid=12

live feeds of florida counties

 

[pferrin]

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?feedId=3877

live feed for new orleans police

 

[mysterygirl]

On that facebook page, I already see cheating on gas....!

 

[Blue_Dolphin308]

NOLA is under sea level. They are going to get hit with a storm surge at best. At worst they will be hit head on. They need to get out!

 

[pferrin]

NOLA is under sea level. They are going to get hit with a storm surge at best. At worst they will be hit head on. They need to get out!

For those folks that choose to stay in the path of the hurricane ..Law Enforcement requests that you pin a ziploc to the clothing you are wearing that lists your next of kin and their contact numbers.

Fire Dept. is not allowed to leave their quarters when the wind gets over 65 miles per hour.

 

[concernedmother]

Wow everyone. Please stay safe.

 

[LaLaw2000]

There are no shelters in place because the hurricane is going to hit the city? Where should shelters be put??? I think it is rather silly to want shelters open in NOLA, when the hurricane is going to directly impact them

I have stated above in my posts that they are using buses. I have even provided links to support this. They provided buses when Katrina hit too, people just refused to believe that the hurricane was going to hit NOLA. There are 17 pick up points where people can go to be picked up by buses and transported out to safety

Yes, buses were provided for when Katrina hit, BUT they had to stay outside of the city for too long because of the way it was handled. School buses even went down from my area and were not allowed in because the officials could not get their chit together. National Guard could have had boots on the ground much, much sooner but Governor Blanco did not want to follow protocol and request Federal assistance soon enough. She was more worried about what to wear to her press conferences. Mayor Ray Nagin was trying to handle the emergency the best he could, but Blanco wanted control.

There are some very poor people in New Orleans who did not have the means to evacuate in a timely manner, and that is a fact. Some people cannot just pick up and leave. A lot of people were left in very dangerous positions because of how the officials handled it.

Granted, there is now time to get their plan together and put everyone on notice to stand by for evacuation if need be. Because of Hurricane Katrina, people now know to heed any such warnings.

The beloved city of New Orleans is not even finished complete rebuilding in some of the poorer neighborhoods, and now this. I'm saying most sincere prayers for anyone in the path of Isaac, but I am also praying that New Orleans will be spared. I have family on the Florida coast out of Tampa, the Keys, right outside of New Orleans, and in Houston. I am not near New Orleans, but am in the red cone of one of the models.

IDK why, but for some reason I feel we are all going to be surprised at where Isaac lands.

MOO

 

[Blue_Dolphin308]

Just putting this out here My comments are in red

Friday, August 26, 2005

In the early afternoon, the National Hurricane Center -officially shifts the possible track of Katrina from the Florida Panhandle to the Mississippi/Louisiana coast ( They knew it was gonna hit Louisiana at least somewhere 3 days in advance!)

Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco declared a state of emergency for the state of Louisiana. (by this time they knew that it was coming to Louisiana, otherwise she never would have called a state of emergency)

Saturday, August 27, 2005

At 10:00 AM EDT, officials in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, St. Tammany Parish, and Plaquemines Parish ordered a mandatory evacuation of all of their residents. (2 days before it was suppose to hit NOLA, and yet people stayed put!)

At 5:00 PM EDT, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin announced a state of emergency and a called for a voluntary evacuation. He added that he would stick with the state's evacuation plan and not order a mandatory evacuation until 30 hours before the expected landfall. This would allow those residents in low-lying surrounding parishes to leave first and avoid gridlocked escape routes. However, he did recommend that residents of low-lying areas of the city, such as Algiers and the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, get a head start. (voluntary evacuations, and people stayed put)

Sunday, August 28, 2005

In a press conference at roughly 10:00 AM CDT, Nagin declared that "a mandatory evacuation order is hereby called for all of the parish of Orleans." "We're facing the storm most of us have feared," he told the early-morning news conference, with the governor at his side. (Again a mandatory Evacuation 1 day before the storm, and yet again people stayed put!)

Shortly after the meeting, at 10:00 AM CDT the National Weather Service issued a bulletin predicting "devastating" damage (again they were warned to prepare for devastating damage and people still stayed)

Monday, August 29, 2005

At 5:10 Hurricane Katrina made its second landfall as a strong Category 3 hurricane near Buras-Triumph, Louisiana, with sustained winds of more than 125 mph (205 km/h), although Category 4 winds may have briefly affected the area. Katrina also made landfall in St. Bernard parish and St. Tammany parish as a Category 3 hurricane for a total of three landfalls in Louisiana. ( Katrina officially made landfall in Louisiana. People had 3 days to get out, and yet they chose to stay)

Tuesday, September 6, 2005

Rescue workers said that there were still many, "holdouts," who were not heeding the mandatory evacuation order first issued by Nagin on August 28. (even after the hurricane hit, these people still REFUSED to evacuate!!! and then they wanted to moan and complain as to them not receiving help! Seems quite evident to me, that if they would have left in the first place, when options were presented to them, this would not have happened!)

All info came from here Timeline of Hurricane Katrina - Timeline of Hurricane Katrina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia