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#21 Postby simplykristi » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:38 pm

I am just sick about this. :(

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#22 Postby krysof » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:39 pm

people on this forum thought NO dodged the bullet, oh are they wrong- some parts of NO are devastated and southern MS is crushed.
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#23 Postby jhamps10 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:40 pm

these horrible pictures make you completely forget about how our gas prices are skyrocketing from this storm. It really puts the human impact on display here.
:cry: :cry: :cry: It's the saddest thing I have ever seen.
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#24 Postby djtil » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:40 pm

people on this forum thought NO dodged the bullet,


no, people thought that it could have been exponentially worse....and those people are right.
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#25 Postby swimaster20 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:44 pm

djtil wrote:
people on this forum thought NO dodged the bullet,


no, people thought that it could have been exponentially worse....and those people are right.


but it could have been exponentially better also
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#26 Postby djtil » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:45 pm

well i think that goes without saying.
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#27 Postby Marilyn » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:45 pm

:cry: This is just a sad sad day, My husband is watching some car show and won't let me have the tv to watch CNN I know N.Orleans got it bad and Ms. too But how is Pensacola? I cannot get through to my son down there. :cry: :cry: The last time i spoke to him earlier today the water was starting to come into their house . Does anyone know ???
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#28 Postby krysof » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:46 pm

I know it could have been worse. If it completed an ERC and the eye passed over NO, we are talking thousands of deaths, complete destruction of NO, but this storm Cat 4 was incredible. When it made landfall in S Florida it was nothing like it was today.
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#29 Postby Opal storm » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:49 pm

Marilyn wrote::cry: This is just a sad sad day, My husband is watching some car show and won't let me have the tv to watch CNN I know N.Orleans got it bad and Ms. too But how is Pensacola? I cannot get through to my son down there. :cry: :cry: The last time i spoke to him earlier today the water was starting to come into their house . Does anyone know ???

Pensacola is just fine.We only saw T.S force winds here.I drove around town today and I saw a down tree here and there but that's about it.Lots of people are out of power though.
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#30 Postby Derek Ortt » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:51 pm

talked to PNJ today, the tidal surge may have been slightly less than experienced with Georges. Winds were a non issue
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#31 Postby Mello1 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:53 pm

djtil wrote:
people on this forum thought NO dodged the bullet,


no, people thought that it could have been exponentially worse....and those people are right.

Well, I can tell ya, if it had hit NO directly, then it would be basically gone.

But it's way too bad enough.
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#32 Postby KatDaddy » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:55 pm

This is just beyond amazing!
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#33 Postby wlfpack81 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:58 pm

djtil wrote:no, people thought that it could have been exponentially worse....and those people are right.


Well, let me put it in perspective. For most of NO the flooding could've been worse. But for 9th Ward and areas in e-ern NO they still got what looks to be 8-10' of flooding (houses in that last pic appear to be one story so I'm eyeballing at least 8ft of water to get to that height). Anything over the head of the avg adult which for discussion purposes I'll say is 5'5" - 6' is bad. If you can't swim 8' will DROWN you. People have drowned in 4' of water. Heck 3' can drown a child. Bullet really wasn't dodged at all IMO for NO. City was destroyed but was hit pretty hard none the less.

And keep in mind this is only NO. I can only imagine the horror we may see once we get into the rest of the towns in SE LA and MS.
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#34 Postby Marilyn » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:59 pm

Opal storm wrote:
Marilyn wrote::cry: This is just a sad sad day, My husband is watching some car show and won't let me have the tv to watch CNN I know N.Orleans got it bad and Ms. too But how is Pensacola? I cannot get through to my son down there. :cry: :cry: The last time i spoke to him earlier today the water was starting to come into their house . Does anyone know ???

Pensacola is just fine.We only saw T.S force winds here.I drove around town today and I saw a down tree here and there but that's about it.Lots of people are out of power though.
Thank You Opal thank You very Much I had just ask in another Thread ..As soon as my son can call me He will... :)
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#35 Postby yzerfan » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:07 pm

The local news anchors commenting on the footage say that the Metairie area is completely submerged.
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#36 Postby logybogy » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:11 pm

Photos of the rescue from the rooftop and the New Orleans rooftop damage.

http://philadelphiaweather.blogspot.com ... amage.html
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#37 Postby logybogy » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:14 pm

Miles and miles like this...

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#38 Postby wlfpack81 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:16 pm

Amazing but horrible pictures.
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#39 Postby jasons2k » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:31 pm

Horrible! :(
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#40 Postby JTD » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:44 pm

My god :eek:
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