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All joking aside, if it comes that way, I sincerely wish you guys well. I went through Andrew in '92 and Charlie in '04. God bless, I'll be praying for you guys if it heads your way.
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thanx Pagan, once they get into the Gulf? you can only pray they don't get stronger since no matter where they go? they're gonna hit somebody...
i'm just hoping it stays out of the western gulf so the oil and nat gas don't get hit...
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Hey Tex. Good to see you're following along a bit.
Keep getting stronger Mano. My family has always believed in double doses of Menudo and Pozole, if you can't stomach that then Albondiga's and Home Made Chicken Soup, you know the one I'm talking about.
A day at a time. Don't over do it on the days you feel good, seen too many family members take a step back by over doing it.
As far as the storm, I hope all in it's path stay safe.
quote:Originally posted by glassman: three gallons of clorox, 25 pounds of rice, 10lbs of frijoles negros and 200$ worth of batteries is all you need right relentless?
In an emergency, one gallon of Regular Clorox Bleach can purify 3,800 gallons of drinking water.
Didn't you forget one of the basic necessities? A good bottle of your favorite liquor.
My thoughts are with you all. Stay safe.
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Close Window Officials may evacuate New Orleans as Gustav nears Thursday, August 28, 2008 NEW ORLEANS - U.S. National Guard troops stand ready, batteries and water bottles are selling briskly, and one small-town mayor has spent a sleepless night worrying. The New Orleans area is skittishly watching as a storm marches across the Caribbean on the eve of Hurricane Katrina's third anniversary.
With forecasters warning that a strengthening Gustav could slam into the Gulf Coast as a major hurricane, a New Orleans still recovering from Katrina's devastating hit drew up evacuation plans.
"I'm panicking," said Evelyn Fuselier of Chalmette, whose home was submerged in 14 feet (4.27 meters) of floodwater when Katrina hit. Fuselier said she's been back home only a year and nervously watched as Gustav swirled toward the Gulf of Mexico. "I keep thinking, ... 'Is my house going to flood again?' ... 'Am I going to have to go through all this again?'"
Taking no chances, city officials began preliminary planning to evacuate and lock down the city in hopes of avoiding the catastrophe that followed Katrina in 2005.
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin left the Democratic National Convention in Denver to return home for the preparations. Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency to lay the groundwork for federal assistance, and put 3,000 National Guard troops on standby.
A day after stalling off Haiti's coast, Gustav was centered about 80 miles (130 kilometers) east of Kingston, Jamaica, and moving slowly toward the west-southwest near 6 mph (10 kph) at 1200 GMT Thursday. The storm was expected to pass very close to Jamaica later in the day, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Gaining strength over warm Caribbean waters, Gustav was expected to again become a hurricane later Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center. It said maximum sustained winds rose from about 50 mph (80 kph) to near 70 mph (113 kph) overnight.
Meanwhile, a new tropical depression formed farther east in the Atlantic with winds near 35 mph.
Forecasters said Wednesday that Gustav could strengthen to a Category 3 hurricane with winds of 111 mph or higher in coming days before hitting somewhere between the Florida Panhandle and Texas.
If a Category 3 or stronger hurricane comes within 60 hours of the city, New Orleans plans to institute a mandatory evacuation order. Unlike Katrina, there will be no massive shelter at the Superdome, giant sports arena. The plan is designed to encourage residents to leave. Instead, the state has arranged for buses and trains to take people to safety.
It was unclear what would happen to stragglers. Jerry Sneed, the city's emergency preparedness director, said officials are ready to move about 30,000 people. Nearly 8,000 people had signed up for transportation help by late Wednesday.
Katrina struck New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2005, its storm surge blasting through the levees that protect the city. Eighty percent of the city was flooded. After the destruction, many people never returned, and the city's population, around 310,000 people, is roughly two-thirds what it was before the storm, though estimates vary wildly.
The Army Corps of Engineers has since spent billions of dollars to improve the levee system, but because of two quiet hurricane seasons, the flood walls have never been tested. Floodgates have been installed on drainage canals to stop any storm surge from entering the city, and levees have been raised and strengthened with concrete in many places.
Robert Turner Jr., the regional levee director, said the levee system can handle a storm with the likelihood of occurring every 30 years, what the corps calls a 30-year storm. By comparison, Katrina was a 396-year storm.
Gustav formed Monday and roared ashore Tuesday as a Category 1 hurricane near the southern Haitian city of Jacmel with top winds near 90 mph, toppling palm trees and flooding the city's Victorian buildings.
The storm triggered flooding and landslides that killed 23 people in the Caribbean. It weakened into a tropical storm and appeared headed for Jamaica, though it has begun to grow stronger again by drawing energy from warm, open water.
Scientists cautioned that the storm's track and intensity were difficult to predict days in advance.
But in southern Louisiana, there was little else to do except prepare as if it were Katrina.
In Grand Isle, tractor loads of dirt and mud were being hauled in to fill portions of the levee system damaged by Katrina, said Grand Isle Mayor David Camardelle. The coastal community south of New Orleans historically is one of the first to evacuate when tropical weather threatens.
Emergency preparations also were under way along Mississippi's coast. The eye of Katrina pushed ashore near the small towns of Waveland and Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and along the 70-mile (113-kilometer) coastline, roughly 65,000 homes were destroyed and thousands of businesses and casino barges were wiped out.
Meanwhile, Alabama Gov. Bob Riley said state agencies were keeping a close watch on Gustav as he urged his state's Gulf coast residents to review personal emergency plans and enter storm-preparation mode.
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Associated Press Writers Michael Kunzelman, Cain Burdeau, Mary Foster and Alan Sayre in New Orleans and Tamara Lush in Miami contributed to this report.
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HURRICANE GUSTAV TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072008 120 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008
DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT GUSTAV HAS CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN AND NOW HAS MAXIMUM WINDS NEAR 145 MPH...230 KM/HR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAKES GUSTAV AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. A SPECIAL ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED AT ABOUT 200 PM EDT TO MODIFY THE INITIAL AND FORECAST INTENSITIES. THE SPECIAL PUBLIC ADVISORY WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THE INTERMEDIATE PUBLIC ADVISORY PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED FOR THAT TIME.
$$ FORECASTER KNABB
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Gulf Coast gas prices keep spiking Gas prices continue to rise in Mississippi and other Gulf Coast states as Hurricane Gustav threatens oil supplies. Meanwhile, average price of gas creeps up nationwide. By Aaron Smith, CNNMoney.com staff writer Last Updated: August 30, 2008: 9:25 AM EDT NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Gas prices zoomed higher in states along the Gulf of Mexico as workers on offshore oil rigs abandon ship ahead of Hurricane Gustav which became a category 3 storm on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the national average price of gasoline crawled up for a second day in a row. A gallon of regular unleaded gas rose by about a penny to $3.682 a gallon overnight, according to the motorist group AAA.
The price increase was most dramatic in Mississippi, where the statewide average for unleaded gasoline rose about 4 cents a gallon on Saturday. Gas rose by about 5 cents a gallon in the coastal cities of Biloxi, Gulfport and Pascagoula, said AAA.
Gas also rose by about 4 cents a gallon in Louisiana. Alabama saw a daily increase of about 3 cents. In Texas prices rose more than 2 cents, and in Florida prices rose by more than a penny, according to AAA.In New Orleans, gas prices rose by just over 4 cents a gallon. All of these areas are dependent upon oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico as a major part of their oil supply.
In comparison, gas prices declined overnight in New York, New Jersey, California, states that are not directly dependent on the Gulf.
"Prices are more affected down South, while New York is supplied through [New York] Harbor," said Fred Rozell, oil analyst with the Oil Price Information Service.
Rozell said these increases are particularly painful to Mississippi, not just because the price increases are the most dramatic there, but because it's a state where people tend to have less discretionary income.
"I think some of those areas are going to get hit hard again and it's really going to squeeze people," said Rozell.
Get ready for high gas prices: The price increases are likely to continue, said Rozell, partly because of the storm, and partly because of recent increases in wholesale gasoline prices, which tend to lead retail prices. Rozell expects prices nationwide to increase by 10 cents a gallon over the next five to seven days, or by 15 to 25 cents in the Gulf Coast states.
Hurricane Gustav smashed into the Dominican Republic and Haiti on Thursday, killing more than 50 people and causing extensive flooding. The storm headed west and whipped into Jamaica at midday on Friday. The storm crashed through the Caymans and Cuba as it headed for the Gulf of Mexico. It built into a category 3 hurricane and now threatens to smash into New Orleans and the surrounding region early next week.
If the storm continues along its projected course, it could threaten the 4,000 drilling platforms and 33,000 miles of pipeline in the Gulf Coast, which sends 1.3 million barrels a day to the Gulf Coast's 56 refineries.
"We are seeing [gas price] increases here that are based on the possibility that there may be some supply dislocation," said Peter Beutel, oil analyst with the firm Cameron Hanover. "That would affect supply close to the affected area, as opposed to anywhere else."
First Published: August 30, 2008: 9:23 AM EDT
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Yea, I read that it made landfall about 75 miles west of New Orleans. Guess that puts it a good distance from you guys. So I guess you guys will mainly get rain and the occasional tornado.
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I'm just down the road from Biloxi.. about 40 miles or so... I'm in west Mobile which is much higher above sea level than Biloxi. I would expect that there has been some pretty substantial flooding in the Point cadet area of Biloxi..
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