Time for the Big (un)Easy?

[Porsche-O-Phile]

If I lived in NoLa, I'd be feeling a little bit uneasy about the projected track of this next Atlantic storm. NHC is saying they expect it to re-intensify into a CatIII or higher after crossing the western tip of Haiti. I know it's a long way off still and a lot could happen, but extrapolating that forecast track is a tad bit disconcerting.

Of course, anyone still living in New Orleans post-Katrina is a little bit crazy IMHO anyway...

Probably will end up being nothing, but it makes ya' wonder if they REALLY are set up to handle another major storm. My guess would be "no".

[Jim Richards]

Mule, AKA Beer Guy, will be busy as hell next week!

[Rick Lee]

Look on the bright side. There's a lot less in NOLA now to damage.

[Red Baron]

The ACOE says the levees are ready! Wait a minute, they said that before Katrina too....

Run Forrest run!

So, should Nagin order the evacuation today? Or man the school busses?

[widgeon13]

Perhaps if it goes under water this time we will get the picture and leave it the way it was meant to be instead of spending $$$ to rebuild a city that is below SL.

[Red Baron]

Originally Posted by widgeon13

Perhaps if it goes under water this time we will get the picture and leave it the way it was meant to be instead of spending $$$ to rebuild a city that is below SL.

The city has to be there because of the port however I'm sure you know that.

[RWebb]

Originally Posted by widgeon13

Perhaps when LA burns up/or gets smashed to bits by an earthquake we will get the picture and leave it the way it was meant to be instead of spending $$$ to rebuild a city that is in a fire zone & earthquake zone.

or substitute almost every other city in the US...

[74-911]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

Probably will end up being nothing, but it makes ya' wonder if they REALLY are set up to handle another major storm. My guess would be "no".
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Maybe N.O., maybe not, but sometime next Tuesday or Wednesday, some area on the gulf coast is going to catch it bigtime. I just hope it's not here !!

[widgeon13]

Quote:
Originally Posted by RWebb
Perhaps when LA burns up/or gets smashed to bits by an earthquake we will get the picture and leave it the way it was meant to be instead of spending $$$ to rebuild a city that is in a fire zone & earthquake zone.

[RoninLB]

whole LI NY has been reclassified as a flood zone

[Mule]

Been down this road before. Got plenty of cigars. We'll see what's up come Saturday. Remember, these are the same guys who can't tell you if it will rain this afternoon. LSU plays at 4:00. After that I'll look into it.

[rouxroux]

Mule, if it starts to get hairy, brought yourself on across 'de neutral ground...I'll be sure to stock up when I make groceries!

"Hurricanes: God's way of telling Louisiana we don't have to wait on B-HO for urban renewal"!!!!!!!!

[legion]

Originally Posted by Mule

Been down this road before. Got plenty of cigars. We'll see what's up come Saturday. Remember, these are the same guys who can't tell you if it will rain this afternoon. LSU plays at 4:00. After that I'll look into it.

But they can predict the weather in the next several decades...

[911boost]

I am supposed to travel to Puerto Rico on Monday. If the storm does materialize and hits, I will be there helping out instead.

While I stand to make some $$ if it does hit, I would much rather it be downgraded, and allow me to make a rountine trip to PR, than have any damge to the region the storm hits.

Bill

[Mule]

Originally Posted by rouxroux

Mule, if it starts to get hairy, brought yourself on across 'de neutral ground...I'll be sure to stock up when I make groceries!

"Hurricanes: God's way of telling Louisiana we don't have to wait on B-HO for urban renewal"!!!!!!!!

Tanks Roux. Long as dem Tigers take care dem Mountaineers evyting gon be allright. Dis Mule aint no dumb ass no. I done been lookin at dem meter&ologists' stuff.

I b'leve dem Texicans got mo to worry bout ya.

[Hugh R]

Why don't people in NOLA keep a full tank of gas in their cars? Simple enough to get to the higher ground.

[rouxroux]

Originally Posted by Hugh R

Why don't people in NOLA keep a full tank of gas in their cars? Simple enough to get to the higher ground.

What are these "cars" you speak of? They won't need 'em. B-Ho, Nagin, Scary Mary and "Cool Cash" Jefferson will be ready with their tour buses to shuttle folks out for the photo op (at least the lib media will have something to cover other than the Republican convention).

[varmint]

the old world is littered with ruins. built near volcanoes, on fault lines, in deserts. each city has the same story. after the twentieth or so natural disaster, people wised up. and built some place safe.

america is a young country. we'll learn eventually.

[RWebb]

Originally Posted by Hugh R

Why don't people in NOLA keep a full tank of gas in their cars? Simple enough to get to the higher ground.

If you're talking about Katrina - a lot of poor people do not own cars. NoLa has decent public transit and that is one way they get to their jobs, if they have them.


The populace is also pretty superstitious. Often a mixture of Catholic and folk beliefs, including Voodoo, or its remnants. Many believed that a statue behind Saint Louis Cathedral has saved the city every time before (and it has dodged a lot of storm-bullets in the past). So people think they did ok last storm (imagining divine protection) and tend to stay for the next one.

We'll see what happens this time.

[Mule]

Originally Posted by varmint

the old world is littered with ruins. built near volcanoes, on fault lines, in deserts. each city has the same story. after the twentieth or so natural disaster, people wised up. and built some place safe.

america is a young country. we'll learn eventually.

You referring to Los Angeles?