Ida could be worst hurricane 'since 1850'

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  1. ZVar

    ZVar Road Train Member

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    Drinking water I can see. Wine and beer? That's just like milk. Once they warm up they go bad... :)
     
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  3. buzzarddriver

    buzzarddriver Road Train Member

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    2005 Katrina, i had a load of ice to take to Biloxi ,MS Walmart. The day before she hit, i was told to stop at the Pilot in Satsuma, AL I-65 Exit 19. That night they closed the truck stop and evacuated as the hurricane had curved farther to the right. Myself and 4 other trucks with FEMA loads rode it out in the parking lot side by side. All the other trucks that had been there left headed North. Some one had dropped a 53' dry box next to a dropped tanker trailer. The dry box blew over on the tanker and i guess both were empty.
    There was a family of 4 with a camper that had evacuated east from Pearl River. They had stopped to get gas , but the T/S was already closed. They were on fumes. We put them in between me and another truck to protect them from the wind. Early the next morning, the wind and rain hit. I had Direct TV sat service thru most of the storm. The man in the camper ran an extension cord up thru the hole in my sleeper floor(Factory Hole) to my inverter so they had lights and could run their Microwave. The water got up to the floor of their travel trailer. If it had gotten much deeper, i was going to get them up in my sleeper.
    Mobile TV station said the winds max out at 95mph.
    The afternoon after the storm had passed, the AL National Guard came by and checked on us. Passed out food and water to those needing it. They had some gas and the campers were able to fuel up and leave for where ever. The pilot opened up the next day with a generator.
    All the food in the store was trashed.
    I was then told to take my ice to the Sam's Club in Mobile, as the Walmart in Biloxi no longer existed. People were coming around back to the docks trying to buy ice off of the truck. Glad the ALNG was there to oversee things.
    Fun times on the Gulf Coast.
     
  4. mjd4277

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    I had my fill of one “I” storm-Hurricane Irene back in 2011. We got hit with the worst part of the storm (northeast quadrant). We had mostly wind to deal with it,and a power outage for about 6 hours,that was it. We were lucky. About 100 to 150 miles to the west Albany,New York suffered some damage and the Connecticut River overflowed its banks in Vermont. Almost every major bridge in that state was either severely damaged or washed out outright.
    Last season we were hit with the outer rain bands of Hurricane Isaias,which spun up a tornado 10 minutes from our house!
     
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  5. Rideandrepair

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    Depends on how the storm tracks. West of New Orleans is better for the city. Lake Pontchartrain being the biggest problem. North shore will get the surge and flooding worse. East of New Orleans, like Katrina, and others, the Lake surges into the city. Looks like Lafayette’s going to get hit the worst. Houma, and all the little Towns south of there from Venice to Morgan city are really going to get flooded, from the surge off the bay. It’s all swampland mostly already. The barrier islands keep disappearing. Every hurricane has a worse effect than the past.
     
  6. Wasted Thyme

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    Anybody who lives in a Gulf coast state. That doesn't have a working generator. Is, IMO, an idiot.
     
  7. bzinger

    bzinger Road Train Member

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    Hell I live in omaha and have a 12500 watt generater just in case.
     
  8. MTN Boomer

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    The really prepared have a boat beside the house..
     
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  9. mjd4277

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    You know the Cajun Navy will be more than ready!
     
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  10. REO6205

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    They're always ready. I went through Hurricane Betsy on a tug in Venice in '65 and sat out Camille in '69 at the Slidell airport. The locals were the best source of rescue and whatever kind of help was needed. Those were great people and if my roots didn't go so deep where I live I probably would have stayed down there.
     
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