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Post by Clipper on Aug 28, 2021 14:31:11 GMT -5
Sad to watch as New Orleans area fills sand bags and prepares for another cat 4 hurricane. Those people just can't catch a break. They are saying that there might be a 20 foot storm surge.
I was watching the local news earlier and they interviewed some woman in a RV campground outside New Orleans. She said they were battening down the hatches. Battening down the hatches? There is a trailer hitch on the front of that travel trailer for a reason. It is there to hook to a tow vehicle. I would be hooking that trailer to my tow vehicle and hauling ass out of there. How long do they think that a camping trailer is going to hold up to 100mph winds?
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Aug 28, 2021 17:45:57 GMT -5
Oh my I just watched the News and Morgan City is target for the Cat 4 Hurricane. I know a priest who was assigned in the parish there a few years ago. I am glad that he is now In Rome, Italy assigned there for additional studies in Scripture which he wanted to do. Getting his doctorate in sacred scripture. He is a Brainiac!
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Post by BHU on Aug 29, 2021 8:11:19 GMT -5
Sad to watch as New Orleans area fills sand bags and prepares for another cat 4 hurricane. Those people just can't catch a break. They are saying that there might be a 20 foot storm surge. I was watching the local news earlier and they interviewed some woman in a RV campground outside New Orleans. She said they were battening down the hatches. Battening down the hatches? There is a trailer hitch on the front of that travel trailer for a reason. It is there to hook to a tow vehicle. I would be hooking that trailer to my tow vehicle and hauling ass out of there. How long do they think that a camping trailer is going to hold up to 100mph winds? Is that the couple who lost their house in a hurrrcane last year? If they don't evacuate that trailer will be a houseboat. |
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Post by Clipper on Aug 29, 2021 10:12:41 GMT -5
I think it is. I don't remember exactly why they were living full time in a camping trailer and I can't find the article again. Smart people are filling all of their trailer's tanks with water. Fresh water tank, as well as gray water and sewage tanks. The object being that it will add considerable weight, lower the center of gravity, and supposedly help to prevent the trailer from being toppled. In this particular storm I can envision camping trailers being blown apart, even if they stay right side up. Kathy and I have been camping when a fairly substantial thunder storm moved through, and even with the stabilizer jacks down the trailer rocked, and that was only 30 or 40 mph winds and gusts that were maybe a bit higher. We were on a site that was out in the open and exposed to the wind. The storm was strong enough to uproot a tree in the campground. Pretty nerve wracking.
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Aug 29, 2021 12:00:49 GMT -5
Ida is now a Cat 4 with eye wall over Grande Isle. LA winds up to 250 miles per hour. 15 people in protected area with building holding so far. Police Dept said things are coming apart all around us and we can't take 3 more hours of this and it is expected to last several hours. Isa made landfall now wow
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Post by Clipper on Aug 29, 2021 12:20:02 GMT -5
I just turned off the weather channel and i am heading out to my shop. I can catch the news later and don't need to follow the misery and destruction in real time. Just praying for all those in it's path. By the time it gets up our way they are saying we may get a couple of inches of rain and some fairly gusty winds at times, but nothing alarming.
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Aug 29, 2021 12:44:34 GMT -5
37 foot waves hitting that area.
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Post by BHU on Aug 29, 2021 14:05:24 GMT -5
People in the path of this hurricane should not be forced to evacuate. Their rights & their freedom are being infringed upon. It's Govt. overreach & who the hell do they think they are telling people what to do?
And first responders have a duty to rescue people who are stranded in water up to their necks even if their own lives are in danger. Too bad. This ain't China.
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Post by BHU on Aug 29, 2021 14:12:20 GMT -5
I think it is. I don't remember exactly why they were living full time in a camping trailer and I can't find the article again. Smart people are filling all of their trailer's tanks with water. Fresh water tank, as well as gray water and sewage tanks. The object being that it will add considerable weight, lower the center of gravity, and supposedly help to prevent the trailer from being toppled. In this particular storm I can envision camping trailers being blown apart, even if they stay right side up. Kathy and I have been camping when a fairly substantial thunder storm moved through, and even with the stabilizer jacks down the trailer rocked, and that was only 30 or 40 mph winds and gusts that were maybe a bit higher. We were on a site that was out in the open and exposed to the wind. The storm was strong enough to uproot a tree in the campground. Pretty nerve wracking. Been down that road before. In a tent. Lol |
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Post by Clipper on Aug 30, 2021 8:42:31 GMT -5
I remember once when I was a teen our family was camping in a tent at Lake Durant. We had a lake front site that was downslope from the road. A huge thunder storm and heavy rain came through and the water flowed through our site AND our tent like a stream. No way was the trench we dug around the tent able to slow the ankle deep water.
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Post by BHU on Aug 31, 2021 13:55:17 GMT -5
LA. is a major disaster. Thousands of power lines down, spotty cell service, gas stations, pharmacies, grocery stores closed because of no power. Some areas will be without power for a month or longer.
After Katrina a law was proposed forcing pharmacies etc to have a generator on hand in case of a disaster like this. The idea went nowhere.
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Post by Clipper on Aug 31, 2021 15:41:39 GMT -5
I guess being an old fart, the loss of peoples medications in the flooding and destruction was one of the first things I thought about when I saw some of the older folks interviewed on tv. Kathy and I keep all our pill bottles in zip loc bags, contained in a air and water tight rubber maid container. Hers is yellow and mine blue, and we also set our meds up in organizers that hold 2 weeks worth at a time. When we travel or should we be forced to evacuate for some reason, those containers are in a cabinet in the kitchen and the first things we pack.
I wonder if those folks can replace their meds at a different location if they use a chain pharmacy. I ran out of one of my BP meds while Kathy was in the hospital in NC for one of her back surgeries and a Walgreen's there was able to contact the Walgreens here and were able to give me an emergency fill.
I think that gas stations would also benefit from back up power so that people aren't trapped because they can't pump gas.
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Aug 31, 2021 16:00:26 GMT -5
I guess being an old fart, the loss of peoples medications in the flooding and destruction was one of the first things I thought about when I saw some of the older folks interviewed on tv. Kathy and I keep all our pill bottles in zip loc bags, contained in a air and water tight rubber maid container. Hers is yellow and mine blue, and we also set our meds up in organizers that hold 2 weeks worth at a time. When we travel or should we be forced to evacuate for some reason, those containers are in a cabinet in the kitchen and the first things pack. I wonder if those folks can replace their meds at a different location if they use a chain pharmacy. I ran out of one of my BP meds while Kathy was in the hospital in NC for one of her back surgeries and a Walgreen's there was able to contact the Walgreens here and were able to give me an emergency fill. I think that gas stations would also benefit from back up power so that people aren't trapped because they can't pump gas. Organizing and storage of your meds is a great idea. I am going to do that. I was thinking while watching the hurricane unfold how I would keep my meds safe. |
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Aug 31, 2021 16:02:53 GMT -5
LA. is a major disaster. Thousands of power lines down, spotty cell service, gas stations, pharmacies, grocery stores closed because of no power. Some areas will be without power for a month or longer. After Katrina a law was proposed forcing pharmacies etc to have a generator on hand in case of a disaster like this. The idea went nowhere. Plus some of the levies that were to be repaired after Katrina were not and some that were failed again. Water was flowing over the levies which should not have happened. |
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Post by BHU on Aug 31, 2021 16:39:15 GMT -5
I guess being an old fart, the loss of peoples medications in the flooding and destruction was one of the first things I thought about when I saw some of the older folks interviewed on tv. Kathy and I keep all our pill bottles in zip loc bags, contained in a air and water tight rubber maid container. Hers is yellow and mine blue, and we also set our meds up in organizers that hold 2 weeks worth at a time. When we travel or should we be forced to evacuate for some reason, those containers are in a cabinet in the kitchen and the first things pack. I wonder if those folks can replace their meds at a different location if they use a chain pharmacy. I ran out of one of my BP meds while Kathy was in the hospital in NC for one of her back surgeries and a Walgreen's there was able to contact the Walgreens here and were able to give me an emergency fill. I think that gas stations would also benefit from back up power so that people aren't trapped because they can't pump gas. Organizing and storage of your meds is a great idea. I am going to do that. I was thinking while watching the hurricane unfold how I would keep my meds safe. Make sure it's something that floats. Lol |
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