I 2nd that, this is no time to fool around, anyone in the area of the Gulf needs to get the eff out now. :pity:

 

Run, don't look back and take your dog!

 

yep. get out and get your family too..i hope you guys are safe

 

Hopefully, this won't be another Katrina. Our prayers are with everyone. They just said on the news that the Mayor has ordered mandatory evacuations and that anyone who does not leave will be arrested. Please, please leave and go somewhere safe.

 

Not just NOLA.. the entire Gulf Coast should be leaving surge and flood prone areas. With Katrina, the forecast was landfall west of NOLA, and the folks in the panhandle area did not prepare for the unexpected. Katrina shifted east and caught a BUNCH of folks to close to the Gulf. Here is the current surge map.. remember.. forecasts miss by HUNDREDS of miles more than two days out.. everyone needs to stay current.





This is nearly indenticle to the track for Katrina this far out and instead of 10 ft. surge, Miss, got 28 ft. This situation could be reversed.. with Gustav coming in west of expected and thus catching the Texans unprepared.. remember Rita..

 

Oh Lordy Marty. This storm scares me and I'm all the way up here. Looks like it has a long time to strengthen before it hits land. :no:

 

Get safe guys

 

Gustav's coming, 'get your butts moving'


Be safe brothers and sisters. You can replace property. You, on the other hand are much more important.

The word is that there will be no one manning emergency call centers so there is no help if you stay.

Flee and take your pets if you can.

 

Please, all of you down there, get safe!
My prayers are with each and every one of you.
Please don't take any chances, things can be replaced, but none of us want anything to happen to any of you.
God be with you.

 

Please be safe and leave if you have any reason to believe it could effect you. Material possesions can be replaced, but you have to be here to replace them. You all are in my thoughts. Good luck.:up:

 

Jut got back from the Gulf.Almost time for a good surf soon.
I don't see it hitting my area which is a good thing.Unfortunately it has to go somewhere.So for all of you down here.You know the routine.
Be smart,be safe,good luck!

 

Hey,man.Long time no see. How did you guys do with Fay last week?

 

I'm from Mobile, AL right on the gulf coast about 2 hours east of new orleans. In fact if you look hard enough you can see Mobile Bay from my house. Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to leave. However I'm not expecting much of a fall out on my side of the storm. My sister is about 2 weeks from having her baby and hurricanes do make women have babies. Don't know what it is, but it happens, so when this thing is done I might have a niece. Assuming we all survive. :-\ We're a tough lot down here on the gulf coast. We've seen a lot of hurricanes and none of them have beaten us yet. We'll be fine. I do pray for all those who will be directly hit by the storm.

 

We had you in our prayers in the 11am service prayer team in my church today, I'm the prayer captain and made sure we covered lifting you all up, you will stay in our prayers as will the city you now MUST leave ASAP.

 

I just want to wish everyone on here and in the general Gulf area a safe next few days. Take care of yourselves and just know that everyone in the country will be there to support you and will be there to help if needed.

 

I will be praying for you guys as well. I have family in NO and we can't reach them, were hoping they left and got to a safe place, but were going to be a nervous wreck til we get a hold of them.

 

Praying for your safety guys. Storm should be there soon. Hopefully anyone there took the ride out, but if your still there, know that your in our prayers. Be safe.

 

On cnbc they were interviewing homeless people that chose to stay. On guy said he stayed through Katrina and survived that one, then went on to say, if this one comes I'm gonna be fine. HE SAID IF!!!!!! WHAT AN IDIOT!!!!! He has to be the dumbest person of alltime.

 

If he's homeless and has no family that cares for him, he may not mind putting himself in danger.

If you really fell like no one cares about you/ loves you.It's real easy to do a'lot of what you would call " dumb things'.

Without Love, or feeling loved theirs really no point in being here.:sad:

 

I also get your point, Sorry..... i didn't mean to come off like a a(( if i did.

 

You and your family will be in our thoughts and prayers. Please keep us informed on their health and safety. PM me if you need any assistance.

 

I hope everyone is ok. I'm late on this and I apologize but I'm always hoping everyones safe at all times.

 

Anyone heard from Trowa? He was the only one who replied saying he was in Mobile. I hope all is well for everyone in the Gulf Coastal region.

 

I hope he's alright. I heard that the worst parts hit were Grand Isle which was directly hit from my understanding and 9th ward.

 

Best wishes out to all of you. Not just from me, but my entire family.

 

Aren't your cousins from the area? Best wishes. :sad:

 

Thank you for the support guys. Me and my family made it through the storm okay. There was some flooding a bit south of us but fortunately there was little damage to my house. According to the news reports I've heard the storm wasn't nearly as bad as it was expected to be which is great. It's basically out of the area now. Tomorrow we'll get out there and clean up. The winds this afternoon were pretty fun though. Although I've always enjoyed hurricanes. Anyway, I do hope that everyone else was similarly affected as I was. I told you guys, we folks on the gulf coast are a tough lot. Now we get to deal with Hannah which became a hurricane today, Ike which became a tropical storm today and J-something that formed as a tropical system today. What a great day :-\ And my sister did not have her baby. So still got a couple days till Emma Lynn enters the world :)

 

Glad to hear you're okay, bud... and that you have TWO wonderful things to look forward to: your niece's birth AND the Dolphins season opener!

 

I did tell her that if she has the baby during the Dolphins/Jets game that I would have to get her husband to videotape it so I can watch it later. The birth, not the game. :)

 

there gonna piss people off by keeping them out of the city. No one is going to take them serious next time.

 

Glad to hear all is well bro. Wait til that little niece of yours gets here. You won't believe how something that little can destroy a house, after witnessing that, a hurricane is nothing.:lol: Best wishes to you and your family.

 

They won't forget Katrina that fast

 

we won't forget rita either..im so sick of hearing about katrina this katrina that(i apologize to those that may have lost possessions or loved ones to katrina). but they act like it was the only hurricane that hit louisiana at that time and they make it seem as rita people had it easy and who cares about them right?

on to gustav. me and my wife stayed with her sister here dispite all the warnings and beggings of other friends and family(we were very prepared otherwise we might have left). fortunately it ended up being the best place to be as we didn't even lose power or get that much rain.

it couldve been alot worse for us and my prayers go out to anyone affected by gustav as it wasn't pretty in some areas.

also prayers go out to those that will be seeing hanna in the florida area.

for those reports that they were going to arrest people for staying was not entirely true...they placed curfews for those that stayed and if you had no good reason to be out and about at night or they felt you may be up to no good they would arrest you. someone i know got drunker then kooter brown monday and was taken to our police station i guess to be safe from the storm and they could not take him in as they were full.

 

Glad to hear you guys, m ino and Trowa, survived and everything was well. I hope everyone else was safe. People along the Gulf Coast have a special place in my heart for everything they went through.

 

Appreciated the good wishes, bro. Unfortunately, Katrina was too much for them to handle (as far as a return to New Orleans is concerned), but they're doing fine in Georgia now.

Also, glad to hear from our Gulf Coast members. :up:

 

thanks guys..while gustav is officially out of my area,i don't think im unpacking too much with hanna,ike(hopefully ike doesn't see us as tina and decide to come up and slap a b) and josephine coming around the corner..speaking of josephine i think more people would get out of the way if they start giving these storms some mean sounding names like the terminator or hurricane deathstrike...josephine just doesn't have that seriousness going for it..who's going to run from "josephine" or "suzie".

 

Glad to hear it, King.

Glad to hear from our other gulf coast troopers as well.