ATL GUSTAV: Tropical Depression - Discussion

[CajunMama]

Lafayette parish extended their 8pm-6am curfew now to include thursday. The university here will begin classes on thursday. My daughter has a night class from 6-9pm on thursday which means she would be out past curfew. Does that make any sense? You would think the two largest employers in lafayette would coordinate themselves.

And just a note...read on http://www.advertiser.com that 10 louisiana residents have died due to gustav.

[CrazyC83]

Lafayette parish extended their 8pm-6am curfew now to include thursday. The university here will begin classes on thursday. My daughter has a night class from 6-9pm on thursday which means she would be out past curfew. Does that make any sense? You would think the two largest employers in lafayette would coordinate themselves.

And just a note...read on http://www.advertiser.com that 10 louisiana residents have died due to gustav.

That will likely be canceled.

[fasterdisaster]

Something I've always wondered: In damage tallies do they include flooding from remnant lows or only up to the point advisories are being issued?

[jasons2k]

I hear you Hurakan. I just find it sad. The Cuban people are so intelligent and resilient by all accounts. When I lived in Florida, I knew a some people from Cuba - they were some of the nicest people I've ever met. We became very good friends with one family who had fled. Not to mention the food...

I see pictures of Cuba and it's such a beautiful nation with such beautiful architecture, and yet, it's like a time warp from the 1950's. It's almost as if time stopped. It's just a shame that this regime chose socialism & communism over capitalism & democracy. I just can't help but wonder what might have been. But, alas, that is another discussion for another forum.

[NC George]

This was during Hurricane Iván:

fasterdisaster, like I said before, there is an image that Cuba wants to portray to the world and to its people. They really don't care about their people but they care about their image in the world. By taking all the preparation they are telling them, we're here for you and to protect you. It's a false sense of security that is destroyed when they go back to find a demolished home and no resources to fix it.

Just speculation here, but it's a lot easier for a communist country with little personal freedom to evacuate people at the point of a gun than it is to evacuate people here in a free republic where you have to convince people to leave (even mandatory evacuations really aren't as long as you stay on your property.)

[HURAKAN]

I agree. I have mentioned that a lot.

[crazycajuncane]

Lafayette parish extended their 8pm-6am curfew now to include thursday. The university here will begin classes on thursday. My daughter has a night class from 6-9pm on thursday which means she would be out past curfew. Does that make any sense? You would think the two largest employers in lafayette would coordinate themselves.

And just a note...read on http://www.advertiser.com that 10 louisiana residents have died due to gustav.

My best friends boss called them and said work in the morning. We have a curfew until 6 am and he has to be at work at 5 am lol.

On a side note. I ran out of coffee and took a run this morning to get a cup. I couldn't find a gas station for a while. I really like McDonald's breakfast. I finally ran into a gas station. I got my cup of coffee and a few lotto tickets. I won $50 on the Easy 5 Lotto automatically with the easy match. Weird because I had stopped playing the easy match. The jackpot is $200k on Wednesday.

[NC George]

My best friends boss called them and said work in the morning. We have a curfew until 6 am and he has to be at work at 5 am lol.

When I left work (and I mean left, I told them I was leaving in 15 minutes whether they liked it or not, they decided to close right after that) the night of hurricane Floyd, it was after the curfew in my town (I work in Greenville, about 10 miles from Ayden) when I arrived. A local police officer pulled me over (which was quite funny, because downtown Ayden had already started flooding, he was in a Cherokee, and I was in a lifted F-150 on 35" tires, if I had wanted to not stop, he couldn't have followed me) and told me about the curfew. I explained I was coming home from work, and he just told me to go home, no problem.

[crazycajuncane]

My best friends boss called them and said work in the morning. We have a curfew until 6 am and he has to be at work at 5 am lol.

When I left work (and I mean left, I told them I was leaving in 15 minutes whether they liked it or not, they decided to close right after that) the night of hurricane Floyd, it was after the curfew in my town (I work in Greenville, about 10 miles from Ayden) when I arrived. A local police officer pulled me over (which was quite funny, because downtown Ayden had already started flooding, he was in a Cherokee, and I was in a lifted F-150 on 35" tires, if I had wanted to not stop, he couldn't have followed me) and told me about the curfew. I explained I was coming home from work, and he just told me to go home, no problem.

You have to figure most law enforcement would be relaxed about it, but they have some out there that would love to write a citation no matter what.

I wouldn't be overly concerned about it, but I also wouldn't test any law enforcement at this time. I am sure they've been working long hours. They'll peg anyone who doesn't have business on the road and that's great. Keep the looter's in check,

[Innotech]

Hey guys. Lafayette got lucky and avoided the absolute worst., I think we got 80 mph winds tops. It was actually pretty exciting and my mother weathered the storm well since it was mostly during the day. We started cleanup today and put up the generators. Power is back, and tonight the internet come back. So here I am, reporting safe and sound. minimal damage overall though I heard some other parts were not so lucky. One guy died close to here (about 2 miles down the road) from a huge tree that fell on his house.
Thankfully Gustav was a shell of what he could have been though still devastating. I hope you all made it through well.

[fasterdisaster]

Something I've always wondered: In damage tallies do they include flooding from remnant lows or only up to the point advisories are being issued?

Reposting this.

[Shawee]

This was during Hurricane Iván:





fasterdisaster, like I said before, there is an image that Cuba wants to portray to the world and to its people. They really don't care about their people but they care about their image in the world. By taking all the preparation they are telling them, we're here for you and to protect you. It's a false sense of security that is destroyed when they go back to find a demolished home and no resources to fix it.

does anyone have a link to the cuban hurricane model site?

Our entire region is exremely fortunate. Excellent work all around. This forum is abso;utely the BEST resource for updates and analysis. I wonder what Fidels user name is?

All kidding aside, please take time and drop a few bucks into the bucket if you can to keep the servers running! Thanks folks behind Storm2K!!!

[HURAKAN]

The meteorological data has always been shared. There is no question that Cuba uses the same advisories, models, and everything that the NHC provides. They just don't say it!

[Just Joshing You]

According to CNN, Mayor Nagin has told people not to return to New Orleans because the city got hit a lot harder than they had originally though.

Isn't that eerily similar to what happened after Katrina?

[Shawee]

According to CNN, Mayor Nagin has told people not to return to New Orleans because the city got hit a lot harder than they had originally though.

Isn't that eerily similar to what happened after Katrina?

C. Ray is taking heat for not being in sync with the surround Parishes on letting folks back. We learn from every event and this is another of the "Lessons Learned". We are all very grateful but focused on what we need to do to not put folks like him in that situation to begin with... it all goes back to pre-planning, and finding resources to get first world flood protection (insert tornadeo, earthquake, etc.). The poor guy has been (rightly?) attacked for the last 4 years, but no one should be a political punching bag. it is what it is.

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[Ad Novoxium]

According to CNN, Mayor Nagin has told people not to return to New Orleans because the city got hit a lot harder than they had originally though.

Isn't that eerily similar to what happened after Katrina?

C. Ray is taking heat for not being in sync with the surround Parishes on letting folks back. We learn from every event and this is another of the "Lessons Learned". We are all very grateful but focused on what we need to do to not put folks like him in that situation to begin with... it all goes back to pre-planning, and finding resources to get first world flood protection (insert tornadeo, earthquake, etc.). The poor guy has been (rightly?) attacked for the last 4 years, but no one should be a political punching bag. it is what it is.

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I honestly think Nagin was attacked more for the whole Chocolate City fiasco than for New Orleans.

[Cyclone Runner]

2 Confirmed dead in Mamou, Louisiana from tornado this morning spawned from Gustav's remnants.

http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs. ... 1/80903001

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/yesterday.html

[bob rulz]

2 Confirmed dead in Mamou, Louisiana from tornado this morning spawned from Gustav's remnants.

http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs. ... 1/80903001

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/yesterday.html

I believe that brings the total direct death toll to 101.

Haiti: 76
Jamaica: 11
Dominican Republic: 8
United States: 6

[BayouVenteux]

Just checking s2k for the 1st time since Mon a.m....from my iPhone...got a decent cel as I wait in line 4 generator gas...I live south of BTR...guess the storm tracked more N than Nw...recorded a min pressure of 977mb on a fairly accurate home station...definite cat 1 gusts going by the damage...borderline sustained I would guess. Lost allthe "adult" trees in my yard. Def the worst inland winds to hit this area in modern times.

[CajunMama]

2 Confirmed dead in Mamou, Louisiana from tornado this morning spawned from Gustav's remnants.

http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs. ... 1/80903001

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/yesterday.html

I believe that brings the total direct death toll to 101.

Haiti: 76
Jamaica: 11
Dominican Republic: 8
United States: 6

US is higher 14 deaths
1 fatality in Lafayette (falling tree)
2 fatalities in Baton Rouge (falling tree)
2 fatalities in Mamou (tornado)
3 fatalities Jefferson Parish (evacuation)
3 fatalities Calcasieu Parish (evacuation)
1 fatality Lafourche Parish (natural causes)
1 fatality Rapides Parish (electrocution)
1 fatality Grant Parish (falling tree)


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