Katrina in LA

polkatese
polkatese Posts: 6,767
edited April 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
Hoping for the best for folks in LA, especially to Paul (PJDami) and his family.

Paul, our thoughts, hope everything goes better than the prediction, let us know if you need anything from us!
I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • CrBoy
    CrBoy Posts: 580
    edited August 2005
    ^x2 from here, I don't know Paul but it doesn't matter, hopefully everything will be OK...

    Best of thoughts...
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,774
    edited August 2005
    Good luck Paul! Prayers are with you! Everyone else in that area in the hurricanes path! Best of luck, and may god be with you!

    Hopefully it will die down!
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  • Mike682
    Mike682 Posts: 2,074
    edited August 2005
    Current forecast has the eye going directly over New Orleans..Isn't New Orleans below sea level??

    Please be safe all
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited August 2005
    Yep, the pumps and the levee's will not have the ability to keep up with all of the rainfall,, was there one year during a tropical storm,, storm drains overflowed,, the rats came out, right before the water,,never seen anything like it ,,ever, my prayers are with everyone in it's path. Our family is/was planning on a thanksgiving @ dauphin island, near Mobile,, not sure now.
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  • Mike682
    Mike682 Posts: 2,074
    edited August 2005
    The forecasters are saying 10-25 ft storm surges.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited August 2005
    My prayers are with everyone in the path. Hope all turns out better than expected!
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited August 2005
    This went through Miami beach right next to my sister in-laws area where she lives, it was a cat 1 at that time and 4 people died.. It is a monster storm now with 55 ft waves in the center, 175 mph winds.... People are leaving LA which is the only safe option.. Just leave and be safe

    we were hopeing this didn't turn and hit the tampa bay area, But then it has to hit somewhere else and that's terrible..

    Thoughts and prayers for those people
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited August 2005
    audiobliss wrote:
    My prayers are with everyone in the path. Hope all turns out better than expected!


    Well stated.

    +1

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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited August 2005
    Rats and moccasins will be looking for high ground as will everybody else. I hope that somehow both the human AND animal suffering can be minimized, but I'm afraid this is going to be a disaster of incredible proportions.
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited August 2005
    I was frightened just watching this on the news from KC... may God protect all.

    PJ your in my prayers and all else as well.

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  • CrBoy
    CrBoy Posts: 580
    edited August 2005
    I just read the article about Katrina on Cnn.com and all I can say is OMG!!!

    My prayers to the peeps on the path and everybody else... this is a bad thing for all of us...
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited August 2005
    This looks like a bad one. I hope all CP members and their families in the area have gotten to safety! My thoughts and prayers are with everyone in the storms path. Let us know if we can help.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2005
    Don't forget DarqueKnight Polkies.
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  • hotwheelman
    hotwheelman Posts: 1,300
    edited August 2005
    Stay safe paul & DK, I am going to say some extended prayers for all in that area.

    One other thing, dad said that he heard that this is going to have a windfall effect on gas prices, anywhere form 50 cents to 1 dollar increase in prices at the pump. :eek: Better fill up while you can is all I can say.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited August 2005
    this looks to be the worst one since Andrew.
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited August 2005
    Godspeed...If you can, leave...
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  • Mike682
    Mike682 Posts: 2,074
    edited August 2005
    hotwheelman wrote:
    Stay safe paul & DK, I am going to say some extended prayers for all in that area.

    One other thing, dad said that he heard that this is going to have a windfall effect on gas prices, anywhere form 50 cents to 1 dollar increase in prices at the pump. :eek: Better fill up while you can is all I can say.

    Looks like your dad was correct:
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050829/bs_nm/markets_oil_dc
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited August 2005
    This will be one remembered for making it hard on the Big Easy. Hope all left there can survive. May God have mercy on their souls.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited August 2005
    I pray PJ and DK are both safe by now. Yes, this one might just take NO and the Delta for long long time.

    Gods speed and blessing to you.

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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited August 2005
    May Pat Robertson protect us all!
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2005
    OK, a couple of the posts are attempting humor and that's fine, but it's time to turn it off.

    This isn't the first time these LA folks have experienced bad karma, just potentially the worst. Every other hardcore storm has always bent east, aside from the 60's, so feel pain for the whole area. Is MI and AL any less of a concern here? No.

    I'm sure everyone is taking steps to ensure their own safety, let them worry about what they need to do, as they know best.

    Pray if you want, the survival instinct is in the individual, not the forum.
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  • wodom1
    wodom1 Posts: 1,054
    edited August 2005
    My folks and sister/brother-in-law and their three kids all live 60 miles southwest of N.O. and have left the area. My parents went to Baytown, TX to my Dad's Mom's house and my sister/bro-in-law went to his mom's house outside Baton Rouge. They got the houses boarded up and took off on Saturday morning. Hopefully any damage will be minimal. When Andrew came through the area back in 1992 the only thing to happen to my parents house was a 20' section of the wooden fence between the house and the driveway got lifted up, turned 90 degrees and thrown across the street. I hope that nothing more severe happens or else I might be driving down there to help them out this weeked.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited August 2005
    My family's prayers are with all affected by this storm and it's aftermath. May God's hand protect you all and all the little critters, too.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited August 2005
    good luck and our prayers are with those in the path of the hurricane. The pictures are sad to see. Be safe all.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited August 2005
    Good luck to all Polkie's in the path of this force of Mother Nature. I've been watching coverage all day and I'm just numb at the devastation. Anyone in the direct path of the storm probably won't be able to read these posts. But my thoughts are with all of you, and hope you come out of it with everything that is important.

    Best regards,

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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited August 2005
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited August 2005
    That is good news. The implications otherwise are terrible...
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited August 2005
    It was still a cat 4 at land fall 8am this morning... Its now a cat 1 almost 8 hours later, La is demolished... just not under 20 foot of water yet as feared.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited August 2005
    Don't see it mentioned, but anyone can help by swinging by your local Red Cross and giving a pint. They always need it, especially in times like this.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited August 2005
    wrote:
    turned out to be not as bad as originally feared.


    Guess it ended up being pretty bad

    http://www.mjmorningshow.com/script/headline_newsmanager_alt.php?id=429556&feed_id=59 click on photo gallery.... very sad days to come :(
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