Hurricanes are teh suck.

[Sithro]

Yay, the middle of Hurricane season... The absolute worst part of it! And there's a hurricane entering the gulf... And guess where my house is on the cone?

RIGHT IN THE FUCKING MIDDLE!

Shit, I hope we don't get hit by the damn thing. In my area of Louisiana, there would probably be like 8 feet of water in my house... IF I have a house when it's over...

[Screamfeeder]

I drove down to Miami to check it out last night. Was a sissy storm till the eye hit shore. Then that fucker revved up like hell.

[Sithro]

Yeah, difference is that here... WATER... The water is WORSE then the hurricane.

[Diwali]

All we get here in Michigan are tornadoes. Had one round here about a few monthes ago...It uprooted a 30 foot tree that had a trunk of about 12 feet round. Landed about 2 feet away from my neighbor who was ahead when it happened, and it caused him to have a heart attack.

Tornadoes around here usually have a few telltale signs they are coming. It gets really still, no wind, and its usually humid like its about to rain. Then the sky turns really pale green, and then you see the really dark clouds....

Then the wind comes...The winds that are so strong they'll knock you on your ass and tip over cars. I went around the neighborhood after the tornado, trees were knocked over and branches everywhere. No cars tipped over though.

[Sithro]

Well, I might not be around tommorow... The thing is as of right now, going to pass right over us. It may obtain category 5 power... If it hits us, you guys wont be seeing me for months.

I'm... Really scared right now.

[Kallian]

My sister lives near where it hit, can't even call her, cell phone service is knocked out =(

When the last one hit we could talk.

[Sithro]

Losing everything will be the worst for me. Just losing all of my memories, all the things that remind of when I was younger, or all the things that remind me of my birthdays, or Christmases. That will probably all be gone.

I guess I'm just afraid I'll forget, or something.

[EnigmaticParadigm]

Good luck to you man. Get off the intarweb, gather up your valuables, precious items, etc and get to high ground (shelter, et al). Don't waste valuable time on message boards.

[Screamfeeder]

Cat 4-5, Monday afternoon on Mississippi and Louisiana.

Get the fuck out of New Orleans.

[Tukwhump da Trollie]

I hope it hits you. Because I live in Pensacola. Fuck all you othersomebitches I hope you die I r teh sick of fucking hurricanes.

[Mkopec1]

Thats the price for living close to paradise (water).

[Tukwhump da Trollie]

Originally Posted by Mkopec1

Thats the price for living close to paradise (water).

Paradise? My city is the worst hellhole I have had the displeasure of living in. I go to the beach mabye bi-monthly. North-west coast is paradise not the shithole that is the Gulf of Mexico.

I must admit though Pensacola's beaches are the best I have veer seen... Assuming I look straight down at the sand.

But yeah. Get your shit and get safe and dont forget about the needs of your pets. Whatever happens shit will get fucked up for a while then only be a little fucked up for a long while then everythings cool. With any kind of luck your home will be fine and your only problem will be utilities/flooding. Myself I just dont give a shit so dosent bother me. Only reason I get annoyed is because of the motherfuckers getting gas blocking traffic. During Ivan we were bracing windows against the wind when a tornado hit the building I work in. took out a nice chunk of the corner and finished off some windows but whatever I just layed down and took a nap a while later. Even in a worst case scenario you just gotta roll with the punches get shit done and move on.

[True Love]

New Orleans is fucked. This is the big one that has been anticipated for quite some time now.

New Orleans local TV live on the internet.

Officials worry the recent focus on terrorism exposes New Orleans to a more likely danger.

"With the creation of Homeland Security, we have taken a backseat," said Walter Maestri, emergency management director in Jefferson Parish. "To us, it is pretty obvious which is the greater threat. One is maybe, the other is when." -link

The when is now. People talk about terrorism. 9/11 killed about 2,752 people and caused a minor blip in the economy. Worst case scenarios for a Category 5 hurricane hitting New Orleans involves perhaps 300,000 people unable or unwilling to evacuate. The Red Cross estimates that as many as 25,000-100,000 people could drown. Survivors would have to deal with a city where 90% of buildings have been destroyed and everything is under up to double digits of feet of toxic water that will not naturally drain. All services, electricity, sewage, water, police, medical, would be out of commission. Rescue efforts will be "a logistical nightmare". Food, water, shelter, will be difficult or impossible to find for many days. Pumping the city would take weeks and months, rebuilding would take longer. Economic impact could be significant - the area is responsible for one quarter of our oil and natural gas production, and the largest port complex in the nation moves 16% of all seagoing cargo.

Now the good news is that that's the worst case scenario. The bad news is that Katrina looks like it's going to be way too close to that.

[Matt the Gimp]

If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.

If you don't like hurricanes move the fuck out of florida.

Here where I live in Michigan we don't have any natural disasters.

[True Love]

Move away from Florida to Louisiana, right matt?

This is all over the place, but I can't get a source that's official enough for my taste. Ostensibly (probably?) from the National Weather Service. Note the bold.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED...

.HURRICANE KATRINA...A MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED STRENGTH...RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969.

MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL. PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.

HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.

AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.

POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE KILLED.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

ONCE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSET...DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE!

Hmm. Not pretty. Not pretty at all. Well actually the storm itself is actually kinda pretty, but what it's going to do... nope. Definitely not pretty.