Hurricane Katrina!!

[MissAva]

This is making me nutty. My sisters car ( a 50th Anniversry Corvette) floated away when College Station Flooded last year and now I keep looking at the streets here. Those signs that read "Flood Zone Park at Your Own Risk" are not easing my mind.
People are being told not to go home as many of our campus have family in Gulf Shores AL and NOLA. I wonder if classes will be held at a normal schedule.

 

[thebanjodog]

matatora. where is your school located? i have been praying for everyone''s safety in this hurricane. i will be sure and say a special prayer for you. take care of yourself and be safe. banjo

 

[Blue824]

Matatora -- when will you know if they want you to evacuate? I guess I don't know bama geography too well, so I'm not sure where you are in relation to the ocean.

eta: hehe, banjodog was posting as I was typing

 

[MissAva]

He he I wish I knew it better myself. We are in the western part of the state. They wont be wanting us to evacuate, though last fall we missed three days of classes due to loss of power. That is what I am hoping to avoid, I am a chicken and I like light summer storms where you can go and play outside but major thunder and lightening have always made me uneasy...
I guess I really ought to be glad that Ava is not here just now, otherwise my entire APT would be in the tub, bless her heart. They are saying now that the storm will hit us sometime tommorow and be done by sometime tuesday....vague as always.
Thank you for your kind thoughts.

 

[Dancing Fire]

praying for all the people in those area, stay safe.

 

[fire&ice]

At least a little comfort can be found that the hurricane veered slightly from a direct hit on N.O. & went down a bit in catagory. My continued prayers.

Yeah, the flooding is scary. Even the dead aren''t buried below ground - becoming part of the toxic waste. Hopefully the levee will hold.

Aside from the conditions that make the hurricanes come to fruitition here, the ripples that are the beginnings off the coast of Africa have been more frequent.

 

[Jennifer5973]

Date: 8/28/2005 11:29:53 PM
Author: movie zombie
a 28 foot wall of water isn''t going to be pumped ......in the report i saw on PBS years ago there was acceptance by officials of a high non-survivor rate. the wetlands that used to provide a buffer are gone. i just saw a weather report predicting that as much as 75% of the city will be underwater. additionally, there will be toxic waste and other problems with the flood water that is going to make clean up difficult. it is hard to accept that as smart and bright as we humans are that we aren''t going to be able to save everyone.

peace, movie zombie

Don''t be so sure.

 

[denverkat]

We live 6 blocks from the levee in New Orleans, and my extended family is 2 blocks away (luckily I''m in Denver for school right now). My parents went to Memphis, but the rest of the folks weren''t able to leave. Thank God the city won''t be under the 30-some feet of water and the "toxic brew" the media always enjoys inflating, but I do hope the levees hold back as much as they can. It''s just so bizarre to not know when families will be able to get home, or how wrecked it will be. The waiting is terrible. My mother has lived in Orleans all of her life, and has been saying recently that it wasn''t until the past few years that the hurricanes, which are always an inconvenience and concern, started to really worry her. I could tell from my father''s voice on the phone yesterday that he was really scared, and that spoke volumes to me about the situation. I loved growing up there, but it''s such a relief not to be there right now.

 

[MissAva]

I hope everyone comes out of this allright. And I think perhaps it will be allright. Though sometimes the Police and others cannot control everyone. My walking buddy is dating a Police Officer in Gulf Shores AL and people are trying to get onto the beach.

It is turning east (towards me yippee....).
As for people becoming toxic waste I think that is a harsh way to put that. Years ago there were bad floods in Marrietta, where I was born and both sides of my family are from originally, and it was terrible when all those people came back out of the ground. Especially since when my mother was growing up there, and this may still be true, there were more dead people then living in Marrietta GA. It was very trying for everyone, wondering how their family was, and then not too much later there was that other thing....Marrietta is just not a place to die.

 

[MissAva]

Well, here come the tornados!

 

[Diamonds4Me]

Date: 8/29/2005 1:28:09 PM
Author: Matatora
Well, here come the tornados!

Oh Mata.. and everyone else in the path of this monster....stay safe.

 

[cnspotts]

Mata, I hope you''re doing okay, I''ve been thinking about you. We''re just east of 65 and the storm appears to mostly WEST of 65. We''re just getting a mix of high winds and some rain off and on thankfully. Last year with Ivan, we had a tree come down on our house and husband''s car. I wasn''t looking forward to that again.

I also noticed above that you''re from Marrietta, small world, I grew up there too!

DH & I just got back last Monday from New Orleans, can''t believe that it won''t be the same after this. So much damage now.

My thoughts and prayers are with all those and their loved ones enduring this storm.

 

[Kamuelamom]

Matatora, if you are OK and got passed the tornadoes, please check in. Thanks.

It's been too long since she's posted. I wonder if she is OK? Lost power maybe? Keep the prayers/good thoughts going.

 

[Garry H (Cut Nut)]

Hope all our deep southern PRiscopers are safe and well

just saw the events on the news

wow

 

[Diamonds4Me]

It is absolutely devastating..horrific.

I just don''t know what else to say. Watching the news and seeing the flooding everywhere...I am speechless.

Has anyone heard from Matatora?

Pearcrazy, have your relatives arrived at your house yet?

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

What a horrible miserable business--I truely feel for those folks affected by this latest natural disaster.

cheers--Sharon

 

[MelissaSue]

That flooding is awful.. I''m nowhere near it.. and am hoping all of our PSers are safe.

The woman on CNN headline news that they had reporting from New Orleans was CRYING, because she was with the rescue workers, and they had to leave people who they could hear crying for help from thier homes...because it was no longer safe for them to be out there.. Its so rare for a reporter to lose it like that.. It really hit me.

 

[Diamonds4Me]

Date: 8/30/2005 10:04:26 AM
Author: MelissaSue
That flooding is awful.. I''m nowhere near it.. and am hoping all of our PSers are safe.

The woman on CNN headline news that they had reporting from New Orleans was CRYING, because she was with the rescue workers, and they had to leave people who they could hear crying for help from thier homes...because it was no longer safe for them to be out there.. Its so rare for a reporter to lose it like that.. It really hit me.

Yes, I saw that too. I don''t know how anyone couldn''t fall apart in a situation like that.

 

[belle]

thinking of those affected by this disaster....i hope our ps family members are safe.

 

[blueroses]

Any word from Matatora or Denverkat''s family?

Amazing how horrible and terrifying things got overnight--some of the footage is simply heartbreaking.

The parents-in-law of one of my dear friends live right in New Orleans, and they have no idea what''s up with their house--they happened to be visiting them in LA this week so they will not be able to get home for at least a week to see if they have a house left. It''s a blessing they THEY are ok--but of course they couldn''t do any sort of preventative stuff for their house, and they don''t know at the moment if their whole house, or the 1st floor, is gone.

Prayers for everyone there--what a terrifying catastrophe

 

[blueroses]

Update--just got an e-mail from my friend; they got a call from her husband''s dear friend at home: He and his wife have a 1 month old and they just saw their house on tv--totally destroyed

 

[onedrop]

This is just devastating...I am watching on CNN. I have family there and they are present and accounted for but getting through to anyone is a real challenge. Cell phone towers are down, no power of course.

Matatora: I am hoping that you are safe.

 

[MissAva]

I lost power yesterday just shortly after I had gotten off of Priscope. And I have just now gotten it back. The flooding here is not too bad, but the trees are all torn up. The building next to mine has a tree right throught the middle of its roof. I was quite scared when I heard it fall. I was the only one in my building and was not sure what to do. I can be a real chicken at times. The roads were all blocked so I could not get to anyone, nor them to me. I spent last night switching off between prayers and listening to books on my iPod.
I really hope I did not cause anyone too much worry. Classes will be back on soon, they are saying tommorow if they can clear the roads properly by then. Thank you again for your positive thoughts and prayers.

 

[Kaleigh]

Oh Matatora, I am so glad you''re ok. Prayers for everyone else going through this.

 

[jellybean]

Matatora -- glad you''re safe!

I have family in Florida on the gulf side and they always seem to be right in the path of the hurricanes. This one really didn''t affect them but they were completely devastated by Andrew.

My prayers go out to everyone who had to live through this horror.

 

[icekid]

glad to hear you''re ok, Mat! That must have been so scary..

 

[belle]

glad to hear you''re well matatora.

 

[fire&ice]

Date: 8/30/2005 7:43:24 AM
Author: Garry H (Cut Nut)
Hope all our deep southern PRiscopers are safe and well

just saw the events on the news

wow

Garry, you are always the first to offer support in natural disasters. I thank you for that. Here in my neck of the woods a catagory 1 or 2 is the only thing we have had to deal with. Loss of power for a couple of weeks and felled trees. No big deal. What these people are going to deal with is almost insurmountable.

I just spoke to my friend whose Gallery is gone. She can not reach her husband.

Count your blessings and send prayers their way.

Again, thanks for thinking of us across the bigger pond.

 

[lmurden]

OMG! I just turned off the news; my aching heart couldn''t take it anymore. I''ve never seen anything like this! The interviews are so sad with the survivors. I really can''t believe. I''m so glad that no one on pricescope is hurt or their loved ones.

 

[AGBF]

Date: 8/30/2005 11:25:06 PM
Author: lmurden
I just turned off the news; my aching heart couldn't take it anymore. I've never seen anything like this! The interviews are so sad with the survivors. I really can't believe. I'm so glad that no one on pricescope is hurt or their loved ones.

I also put on television news about the hurricane last night. I was shocked that during the night, after the storm had passed, in some places (including all of New Orleans) that conditions on the ground had gotten so much worse, suddenly, due to rising water. The water wasn't from the storm surge or from a levee breaking, but from, "leakage". Residents were, as I was, taken by surprise and many had to be rescued. (God willing, all were rescued, but the stories sounded as if all were probably not!)

Potable water was the most sought after commodity, but was unavailable to many. One doesn't think this can happen "here" in a society with such advanced technology, but it is happening. We cannot rescue everyone calling for help and we cannot get enough water in to quench people's thirst (never mind food or medicine).

Deborah