Anyone in the Gulf Coast area?

Ravenwind · Post by **Ravenwind** » October 2, 2002, 11:13 am

Anyone of you live in the Gulf Coast area? I lived in Panama City Fla for 8 years and I sure do miss those Hurricane partys. If you do I hope your on high ground, they say this one is going to get stronger as it gets closer to land fall. Be safe and hang on.

Rav

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » October 2, 2002, 11:15 am

already talking about 130 mph winds. I can't imagine that. I live in tornado country but never had to deal with one directly. Good luck to you folk down there. You do know of course that you will lose your internet connection.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » October 2, 2002, 11:29 am

tornados are major league poosay compared to a hurricane.

for starters there are tons of tornados INSIDE a hurricane. secondly, hurricanes last longer than like 2 minutes

hurricane parties were a blast. i've been evacuated from Miami, St. Augustine, Wrightsville Beach NC and Woods Hole MA, and the parties the night before were always great.

we had this beach house in NC (me and some other grad students) that was a shithole, but man it was nice to live there, and anyway the party the night before Fran wiped that house out was pretty fun! everybody in the nieghborhood was at the party, people you never even talk to otherwise, old retired folks, surf punks, everybody.

hope this storm doesnt hit New Orleans head on, cause that would not be good

Neost · Post by **Neost** » October 2, 2002, 12:23 pm

Predicting 9 foot surge along the direct path. WOW!

I've been through a tornado a time or two, always wanted to experience a hurricane. The closest I've been was when Hurricane Georges was bearing down on Puerto Rico. I was there on business and left on Saturday before it hit on Monday. When I went to the airport, there were absolutely no seats available on any flights and people were offering pretty good money for my 1st class seat:).

That was the only clue I needed that I didn't want to be in Puerto Rico when Georges hit.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » October 2, 2002, 1:02 pm

the island i lived on in North Carolina was under 8 feet of water when Hurricane Fran hit. if you ever wondered why they build those houses on the outer banks on stilts...that is why =).

didnt matter for Topsail Isle to the north cause the storm cut a new channel through that island. adios luxury homes.

driving threw miami the day after Andruw hit (i evacuated to Tampa) was like a war. on US1 (one of the major roads in the city), there were traffic lights literally sitting in the middle of intersections, tree debris everywhere, street signs were no longer up anywhere, was pretty crazy. and that was fairly far north (~20 miles) of the real devastation in Homestead, which literally looked like it had been rolled over by a giant bulldozer. i was in the SCUBA club at UM, and we volunteered to help people make insurance claims on boats and cars and what not that were submerged in lakes/ocean/channels. it was pretty wierd going around and looking for vans and shit under lakes so people could get their insurance money.

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » October 2, 2002, 1:07 pm

It's the storm surge and the tornados that get you. Just think what 9-15 feet of water rolling across and back out of your town in the course of 12-18 hours would do.

The high winds knock down trees, power lines and such, but aren't generally life threatening in most areas due to building codes. Older buildings that have survived so far are usually strong enough to make it if they aren't in the flood zone.

We stayed home for hurricane Hugo because it was only supposed to be a catagory 1 storm. It ended up being a cat 4 when it came ashore. That was a really scary evening/night. We had 145mph winds and 7+ tornados in our town. Coastal areas had storm surges up to 20 feet. It was indescribable the next morning, I didn't recognize the area I lived in anymore. It seemed like everything was detroyed our just gone.

We went thru a few in Pensacola too, nothing big though.

Good luck to those in it's path, I hope your already on the highway if you intend on leaving.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » October 2, 2002, 1:15 pm

Aabidano wrote:
Good luck to those in it's path, I hope your already on the highway if you intend on leaving.

yep, gtfo as they say

the sooner the better

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » October 2, 2002, 1:35 pm

I have been living in NC for the past 3.5 years. Shortly after i moved Hurricane Floyd hit. No one was evacuated because it wasn't expected to hit us directly. How wrong they were. I stay at a beach house that was across the street from the ocean view houses but thanks to Floyd it was made into an ocean view property!!

CobsTheWarlord · Post by **CobsTheWarlord** » October 2, 2002, 1:51 pm

I live in south east Texas down by Houston, they called a evacuation our our town today. Im not going though gonna just chill and have a party. Traffic been real bad everyone been packing up and leaving towards dallas it seems.

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » October 2, 2002, 3:45 pm

Jesus, that thing is bigger than Louisiana. Good luck down there, it's a cat 4 now

Mexlas · Post by **Mexlas** » October 2, 2002, 3:57 pm

I live in beaumont texas which is about 45 minutes away from the gulf...... needless to say, I dont really give a shit about whats going on, im pissed because college and work is closed, i had tests and essay's and tons of shit due, plus i need that paycheck to pay bills with.

im not going anywhere.

Owenn · Post by **Owenn** » October 2, 2002, 4:02 pm

JACKASS

Good luck, my friend at work is from Beaumont and all of his family is staying home too. They don't seem too concerned about it.

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » October 2, 2002, 4:06 pm

Chidoro wrote:Jesus, that thing is bigger than Louisiana. Good luck down there, it's a cat 4 now

Lili is expected to make landfall around midday tomorrow, probably along the southwest Louisiana coast. A life-threatening storm surge of up to 15 feet is likely near and immediately east of where the hurricane roars ashore

Just listened to a show the NWS did about New Orleans and a big hurricane a week ago. Neither the weather service or the cities disaster recovery folks had much hope if they got hit by anything big. Those dikes hold water in just as well as they keep it out, and the pumping stations they use after every rain storm to pump the city out could be under water.

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » October 2, 2002, 4:16 pm

They say it's still growing, too. Be careful you guys.

Just heard a broadcast saying Lili could possibly be the strongest hurricane to hit the US since Andrew in 92.

Denadeb · Post by **Denadeb** » October 2, 2002, 4:47 pm

Yea I live in New Orleans. The one last weak droped a fair amount of water but it wasn't terribly bad. The biggest problem with New Orleans is where you may have a storm surge or 9-15 ft in the direct path else where that same surge is gonna be around 20-30ft here.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » October 2, 2002, 5:29 pm

Mexlas wrote:I live in beaumont texas which is about 45 minutes away from the gulf...... needless to say, I dont really give a shit about whats going on, im pissed because college and work is closed, i had tests and essay's and tons of shit due, plus i need that paycheck to pay bills with.

im not going anywhere.

Take some pictures of yourself flexing your skinny ass arms in front of the hurricane and post 'em up.

VariaVespasa · Post by **VariaVespasa** » October 3, 2002, 3:56 am

Always sorta wanted to see a hurricane from the inside sometime too, and even lived in Houston for 4 years too, but wouldnt you know it, the week I was on my anual trip up at Gencon was when the only hurricane of that 4 years came through so I missed it.

Took out a large treebranch in our backyard which destroyed the short covered walkway between the backdoor and the garage and fell over my friends car that was parked in front of the garage, but didnt touch the house or the garage themselves and somehow landed on side-branches etc that it didnt even damage the car except for a few scratches in the paint. And it took out the Simon and Garfunkle reunion tour concert date in Houston that my mother had tickets to. Cancelled and never rescheduled.

Nothing special as hurricanes go for strength, so I was told.
*Hugs*
Varia

Momopi · Post by **Momopi** » October 3, 2002, 6:28 am

I live in New Orleans too....this is sucking badly for sure. I can't imagine what would happen if this hurricane hit us dead on

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 3, 2002, 6:47 am

I love watching the news during hurricanes. It's like a right of passage for wannabe TV news anchors to look like idiots standing in the hurricane winds trying to report to the world that it's windy and wet. I'm guessing that you won't go far in the broadcasting world unless as part of your credentials you have a clip of yourself drenched, hanging onto a pole, with your wind tunnel tested hairdo failing as shit flies by in the background...now that takes guts!

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » October 3, 2002, 9:14 am

It's like a right of passage for wannabe TV news anchors to look like idiots standing in the hurricane winds trying to report to the world that it's windy and wet.

Classic. Hell, I've already seen 2 or 3 and that is almost exactly what I said.

GL to you future hurricane victums. It's gotta be an interesting experiance, but one I can certianly live without

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » October 3, 2002, 9:33 am

Yuck

http://www.weather.com/maps/news/atlsto ... large.html

There's a sign marking the estimated storm surge level from a catagory 3 storm on my way to work. The mark is about 8 feet above the road.

CobsTheWarlord · Post by **CobsTheWarlord** » October 3, 2002, 3:42 pm

Wokeup this morning its starting to get really really windy and stuff. Someone was saying that its actually getting weaker now, but I dunno if thats true. Mexlas when did you move to Beaumont? Thats about 35mins from me ^_^

Hammerstalker PE · Post by **Hammerstalker PE** » October 3, 2002, 4:18 pm

Well it looks like it is going to be a really bad one. If I lived anywhere near it's expected landfall I would GTFO...

Here's hoping Searyx lives there and is going to video tape it...

Impirius · Post by **Impirius** » October 3, 2002, 4:29 pm

I've been near tornadoes and watched em, but never been in a hurricane. I would much rather be in the path of a hurricane than a tornado though. Those F5's with 300+ MPH winds flatten all structures in their path. Hurricanes definately cause more devistation though due to their size. The tornadoes I have seen were just F2's nothing big, but definately a spectacular event to watch.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » October 3, 2002, 4:48 pm

Hope you guys are able to be safe down there. I hope the biggest problem you encounter will be lack of ISP, though for some that in itself is a major tragedy.

Xyphir · Post by **Xyphir** » October 3, 2002, 5:03 pm

It's nice to see another Hugo survivor, Aabidano. My family still lives down near Charleston, and since that was the last big hurricane to hit the area they are overdue for the next one. I remember the night and coming out during the eye of the hurricane. It was surreal to hear the sudden end to the wind, go outside and check on our neighbors and then rush back inside when the wind/rain picked up again. I'll never forget the sliding glass windows in our house flexing in and out as the barometric pressure rose and fell.

My wife is envious I lived through something so exciting (I believe the word she uses). For those who have been put through something this catestophic, humbling is the only word that comes to my mind. Atleast in the days that followed we grilled all the steak and seafood that was in the freezer.

Dups. · Post by **Dups.** » October 3, 2002, 8:06 pm

This one time in Canada we had STRONG winds! They went up to 50mphs!!!! We all thought the end of the world was coming.

That's one thing i love about my country. Biggest threat is ummm rabid beavers and polar bears!

*cough*

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 3, 2002, 8:58 pm

Dups. wrote:That's one thing i love about my country. Biggest threat is ummm rabid beavers and polar bears!

Biggest cause of injuries in Canada:

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » October 3, 2002, 10:53 pm

Denadeb · Post by **Denadeb** » October 5, 2002, 6:22 am

When a hurricane hits land It can produce hundreds of tornadoes, massive flooding, huge storm surges, wind damage and damage from shit flying around in the air. Thats why hurricanes tend to be worse than just tornadoes.

VeeshanVault

Anyone in the Gulf Coast area?

Anyone in the Gulf Coast area?

I do..

starting to get worse.