Louisiana Gridlock-Hurricane Ivan- would you do it again?
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No way was I leaving for Ivan and no way I'm going unless a Camille type threat is imminent. I'll be icing up the brews, stocking up on cigarettes and non-perishables and having a good ole time while my wife and kids high-tail it for safer ground. My house is surveyed exactly at sea-level, heh. I've been waiting for the big one since I was an infant and will wait until that day comes. In the meantime, I'll be enjoying every wave, TD, TS, Cat 1, 2 or 3 whose spere of influence passes my way.
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LaPlaceFF wrote:sunny wrote:No, we took 3127! It took us 3 hours because we did hit traffic once we got into Baton Rouge.
I know where that is! That highway runs from Boutte' to Donaldsonville. That proves that if you take a state highway (3127) other than US 61 or I 10 the traffic isnt bad.
Right. Now don't go tellin' my secret
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During the last evac here in southwest Louisiana most folks were headed for Texas then northbound and we were denied all northbound routes. It wasn't until most people reached Houston that they were allowed access. The LEO's told all vehicles with LA tags that those routes were reserved for their own residents to evacuate. There were several reports of LA vehicles being denied gasoline as well, because of the same reason, they were saving it for their own. Hundreds of southwest LA residents ended up stranded until the next day, when the threat was over.
I do hope and pray that at no time soon does southeast Texas need the hospitality of Louisianians during an evacuation. Of course, being the forgiving and kind hearted people we are, we treat people the way we want to be treated instead of turning our backs on them.
We stayed in a building that was constructed in the 60's as a civil defense shelter so we didn't have to experience those horrors first-hand but received a ton of cell phone calls about them. However, after talking to our own Law Enforcement and Red Cross officials I learned that we put ourselves in great danger. Due to the coastal errosion as some have mentioned in previous posts we could have received approx. 8' of water even where we were sheltered near I-10.
All my life I've heard the gruesome details of hurricaine Audrey and how the tidal surge left standing water a couple of feet high up to my house which is a considerable ways inland. I live 11 miles south(sea level) of where we were sheltered so assumed it was safe. Now the new data shows that where I was sheltered at, the water would be standing at 8'. Quite a sombering experience when you look back.
Our biggest problem is trying to evacuate a large city on one two lane northbound highway that is under major construction. It was impossible so most looked to Texas to get out of harms way and head north. I trust that these issues have been resolved before this years hurricaine season begins because neighbors certainly need to help neighbors.
I do hope and pray that at no time soon does southeast Texas need the hospitality of Louisianians during an evacuation. Of course, being the forgiving and kind hearted people we are, we treat people the way we want to be treated instead of turning our backs on them.
We stayed in a building that was constructed in the 60's as a civil defense shelter so we didn't have to experience those horrors first-hand but received a ton of cell phone calls about them. However, after talking to our own Law Enforcement and Red Cross officials I learned that we put ourselves in great danger. Due to the coastal errosion as some have mentioned in previous posts we could have received approx. 8' of water even where we were sheltered near I-10.
All my life I've heard the gruesome details of hurricaine Audrey and how the tidal surge left standing water a couple of feet high up to my house which is a considerable ways inland. I live 11 miles south(sea level) of where we were sheltered so assumed it was safe. Now the new data shows that where I was sheltered at, the water would be standing at 8'. Quite a sombering experience when you look back.
Our biggest problem is trying to evacuate a large city on one two lane northbound highway that is under major construction. It was impossible so most looked to Texas to get out of harms way and head north. I trust that these issues have been resolved before this years hurricaine season begins because neighbors certainly need to help neighbors.
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I find it strange that the only people I have heard those stories from about our Texas roads being closed to LA residents till they got to Houston are LA residents. I have never seen any verification of any of what you said and doubt I ever will. Did you experience it yourself? Like you said, "I have heard stories" and I imagine that is just what they are. I would love to see any verification of them that can be provided. Past that I do not understand why LA residents did not go North from the coast instead of West along the coast.
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Good redredge of the topic. I would leave for a 4 or above regardless if I was ordered. I live west Of i 95 in st augustine in an area that never would be given an evac order. However, evac is based on storm surge generally and not wind damage. Anyone in a wood frame house is taking a risk at 140 or better. Its not a risk I would take.
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We did end up leaving for Katrina. I did not want to leave. But, my mom and dad got up at 6:00 a.m. that morning and turned on the weather channel. They freaked out bad when it became a 5. And at the time it seemed like it could hit Terrebonne Parish. I am 29 years old, but I know if I did not leave with them, it would of caused a HUGE blowup fight. My dad still tries to treat me like a child and he would of dragged me in the car by my hair if he had to. So, I ended up packing my bags and evacuated for the very first time in my life. Spent 2 miserable nights in Ville Platte which is a very country hick boring town in the middle of nowhere. Luckily, Katrina spared us here in Terrebonne Parish the worse. Just came home and found more trees down than I ever saw before in my life. Now, if Katrina would of hit Terrebonne Parish dead on or went just to the west around Morgan City, I think the whole parish would of been wiped out.
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I agree cajungal, we got lucky over here. In my heart I did not want to leave, but for my children I did. I had my doubts about evacuating alone with two children but I kept thinking about Punta Gorda last year and the people that did not leave although they where in the cone. I will never regret that decision. I keep looking at what could have been for our area, and I know I made the right decision.
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