Umm.. New Orleans is in trouble

[Radar]

Alot of people say "I won't leave" early in the game. I have heard this time and time again, but when the Hurricane watch is posted they are packin' up and getting ready to haul butt. Also I know it is a good idea to leave early, but there are some implications with that also. The storm is not projected to hit until Monday so if they leave tonight that will be 3 days of hotel bills (if they dont have a relatives to go to) even before the storm hits. And if the storm does come close it will be another couple of days worth of hotel bills they will have to pay because it will take at least a couple of days before they can get home. Alot of people dont have the resources for that. So anyone that says "I'm staying" but has transportation and the money to leave usually ends up doing so once the evac order has been given.... I wouldnt worry so much about posters who say "I'm hanging around" this early in the game, but if the person is still posting from their home lets say on Sunday and the storm is projected to hit their area Monday I would be worried and alarmed at their hard headedness....

[wxmann_91]

There's no reason to leave until Sunday to be honest. I'll most likely not leave at all.

Well there'll be a better picture on Sunday of where Katrina will make landfall, but if it's pointing at NO you better leave, flies can't make it thru canes. Forget all about the NOLA "force field" and save your life.

Maybe I'll climb a tree and measure the pressure with my hand-held barometer like that guy did in the Labor Day Hurricane .

In all seriousness though, if the signs are real bad on Sunday, I might leave. However, I didn't leave for Andrew or Lili or Ivan or Dennis or Georges though so chances are I'm going to ride it out.

You've a good point superfly, I don't deal with hurricanes here but I know that you must go through a lot of preparation whenever hurricanes strike, that must be painstaking. Just make sure that you either go to a shelter, ride it out, or evacuate, whatever, make a decision, by Sunday at the latest, as New Orleans isn't easy to get out and shelters will be filling fast, and hurricanes are VERY unpredicatable and can enlarge or speed up or bomb, or whatever.

[FritzPaul]

There's no reason to leave until Sunday to be honest. I'll most likely not leave at all.

Well there'll be a better picture on Sunday of where Katrina will make landfall, but if it's pointing at NO you better leave, flies can't make it thru canes. Forget all about the NOLA "force field" and save your life.

Maybe I'll climb a tree and measure the pressure with my hand-held barometer like that guy did in the Labor Day Hurricane .

In all seriousness though, if the signs are real bad on Sunday, I might leave. However, I didn't leave for Andrew or Lili or Ivan or Dennis or Georges though so chances are I'm going to ride it out.

You've a good point superfly, I don't deal with hurricanes here but I know that you must go through a lot of preparation whenever hurricanes strike, that must be painstaking. Just make sure that you either go to a shelter, ride it out, or evacuate, whatever, make a decision, by Sunday at the latest, as New Orleans isn't easy to get out and shelters will be filling fast, and hurricanes are VERY unpredicatable and can enlarge or speed up or bomb, or whatever.

Red Cross will NOT have shelters anymore in NO if the storm is > cat.2 .... They say it's to dangerous for the workers & volunteers.

[alousteau]

I don't blame them. I love NO, but I wouldn't even go there if one was comming!!!!

[fci]

She needs to turn WNW NOW to get on thier path.. Shes still chugging WSW

No she needs to head west now for 12 hours or so, then begin wnw.

With all due respect and consideration fro our neighbors to the South; may it continue to go WSW for the next 4 days.

[logybogy]

Would they rebuild New Orleans if the bowl is filled? It's a veru serious question. A Cat 5 would put the entire city under 20 feet of toxic goo and water.

It's asinine to live below sea-level in hurricane country and for the federal government to subsidize rebuilding there. They should rebuild "New New Orleans" on higher ground.