US News New Orleans Evacuated due to "Mother of all Storms"

[tom_mai78101]

I hate to see a new Atlantis.

 

[TheDamien]

You mean there was an old Atlantis?

 

[Varine]

You mean there was an old Atlantis?

It was part of Santorini

Keep it on the downlow.

So when's a hurricane going to hit New York?

 

[tom_mai78101]

The day after tomorrow.

 

[shinami]

So when is Gustav gona start raping?

 

[tom_mai78101]

9/02, I guess. I haven't seen the Weather Channel for 7 years straight.

 

[shinami]

9/02, I guess. I haven't seen the Weather Channel for 7 years straight.

Thank God i live in Lithuania. There are completly no Earthquakes here and also no Hurricanes.

 

[Jedimindtrixxx]

actually there is an earthquake every 4 seconds right under you,its just so minor you jsut dont feel it

 

[tom_mai78101]

Aye, the S and P wave...

 

[Lord_Phoenix]

nice to know some idiot decided to build new orleans BELOW SEA LEVEL!!!

Seriously, this really sucks though...

 

[The Helper]

nice to know some idiot decided to build new orleans BELOW SEA LEVEL!!!

Seriously, this really sucks though...

They were French.

 

[tom_mai78101]

And at that time, the first town of New Orleans was way above sea level.

 

[Darthfett]

I heard it went down to a category 2 when it hit.

 

[The Helper]

I wonder how they are going to be able to afford to bus all the residents out everytime a hurricane hits?

 

[The Helper]

Gustav slams La. coastline west of New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS - A weakened Hurricane Gustav slammed into the heart of Louisiana's fishing and oil industry Monday, avoiding a direct hit on flood-prone New Orleans and boosting hope that the city would avoid catastrophic flooding.

Wind-driven water was sloshing over the top of the Industrial Canal's floodwall, but city officials and the Army Corps of Engineers said they expected the levees, still only partially rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina, would hold. The canal broke during hurricanes Betsy and Katrina, flooding St. Bernard Parish and the Lower 9th Ward.

"We are seeing some overtopping waves," said Col. Jeff Bedey, commander of the Army Corps of Engineers' hurricane protection office. "We are cautiously optimistic and confident that we won't see catastrophic wall failure."

Of more immediate concern to authorities was a barge that broke loose from its moorings and crashed into two anchors scrapped ships. The was no damage to the canal.

More.

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A real good place to track storms is Weather Underground. Here is the page for Gustav
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200807_model.html#a_topad

 

[Prometheus]

Build more levies....

 

[Varine]

Thank God i live in Lithuania. There are completly no Earthquakes here and also no Hurricanes

Yet.

I vote New Orleans becomes an isolation zone.

 

[tom_mai78101]

I vote the threat isn't over.