Gustav is headed for New Orleans

[SheMonster]

They have called for a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans by 8AM tomorrow morning.  I have family (cousins, aunts, uncles, etc.) there, and they have all headed out already.  I hope any DMF'ers who are there will stay safe.

My son is stationed at Keesler AFB in Mississippi, and while they haven't ordered a base evacuation, today they evacuated the aircraft out of there. 

[Bun-bun]

Yes, and fuel prices up here in Virginia have already jumped .10 in advance.

I know it's not anything approaching the hardship the people of New Orleans and the surrounding coastline are going through, and I hope the damned thing turns around and heads back out to sea, but it just pisse me off.

At least it looks like they learned from Katrina. I saw news that they've got a fleet of buses ready to help folks evac.

[Munch]

Guess tax payers get another mess to clean up.

Feel bad for the people that live there, but when are gonna learn?

[Bick]

Judy still has some family in Slidell.

One son up here visiting (good timing), but her daughter and other son, along with her dad are still down there.

Been a day of worrying and stressful phonecalls.

I hope any DMF'ers who are there will stay safe.

a big +1 to that.

[SheMonster]

Guess tax payers get another mess to clean up.

Feel bad for the people that live there, but when are gonna learn?

For a lot of people, it isn't a matter of learning.  My cousin has a house that took about 4 feet of water during Katrina.  Damaged, but not destroyed so he had no choice but to fix the damage.  They cannot sell the house and they have a mortgage on it.  If they could, they would move back to Chicago in a heartbeat (his job had relocated him there in 2002) but they can't just walk way from a $200,000 mortgage so are stuck there.  They would have been better off if the house had been destroyed, then they could have walked away after Katrina.

[Popeye the Sailor]

My son is stationed at Keesler AFB in Mississippi,

Jebus-you have a son old enough to be at an AFB? I thought you were like 25! 

[SheMonster]

I am.  He's 23.  It was some kind of miracle or something 

[Popeye the Sailor]

I am.  He's 23.  It was some kind of miracle or something 

Uh-huh. Act yer (venerable) age.


Hope he stays safe.

[somegirl]

Hope he stays safe.

+1

[SheMonster]

"Venerable"?  Ouch.  


He's fine, thanks for your concern.  He had to stay on base until they got all the of planes out today, then he and his girlfriend (who is a student at Tulane) headed to Egland AFB in Florida this afternoon.  They are staying there tonight and will reevaluate tomorrow.  If they are still in the pathway, they will head to her dad's house in South Carolina.

[red baron]

Hope he stays safe.

+2

[Vindingo]

my girlfriends parents just boarded up the house and plan on evacuating tomorrow. 

I went to a 3 year aniversary of  Katrina party last night and we had a moment of silence for Gustov.  I really hope that nothing happens and that everyone is safe.

[Howie]

Let's all hope Gustav changes his mind.

[Le Pirate]

I was talking to my roomate from college yesterday. He is in the Coast Guard, stationed in NOLA. He said they've been busy locking up and strapping everything down....then they'll be leaving this morning to get out of the city.

They're heading out of the flooding, but they'll still be in the hurricane path....ready to go back in as soon as it passes through town to start cleaning up. He used the line "picking up tree branches and bodies"  ...guess the best way to deal with it is to have a little bit of a sense of humor about the situation. I actually think their first goal is to make sure the ports are opend back up ASAP.

Any of you guys who are down there. Stay Safe!!!!!

[Slag]

Some of my family left LA after Katrina, but most stayed. I have an aunt that lives in Gretna, but everyone else are above sea level. I do not know why they stay.