Hurricane Gustav
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We just had a call from some cousins -- we have evacuees on the way. Mom, four little boys, and a pug dog. Dad is with the Corp of Engineers, and has to stay behind.
Poor things. They had five feet of water with Katrina.
Poor things. They had five feet of water with Katrina.
Reality is starting to sink in now. My son applied to Loyola N. O. just last week. He emailed someone there today (re: Gustav) and he replied that he and his wife and cat are on their way out of town.
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That sucks, the corp didn't seem to confident with the current levees. The guy I saw on the news just kept saying that they would withhold a Cat3 and they were pretty much done, he kept avoiding the real question. This is gonna suck and if you know someone in NOLA, tell them to leave.
The colleges and universities in NO have good leadership and they all suspended classes and evacuated yesterday (Friday). President Scott Cowen of Tulane is a really superb administrator--I've met him, and he spoke to my college's Board meeting last January. I've also met a number of the student life folks at Loyola--they are smart, incisive people. No one in college in NO is at risk with the leadership I've seen there.
One might wish better leadership on the civic and state level, but that's another story. Right now, they at least seem cognizant of the problems of last time.
One might wish better leadership on the civic and state level, but that's another story. Right now, they at least seem cognizant of the problems of last time.
It is really starting to sink in...plenty of NOLA people are coming this way to Houston. God Bless these folks.
"I really hope the Weather channel isn't discounting other possibilities of landfall just to have the drama of a NOLA direct hit. 
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Me too! I hate TWC
"Me too! I hate TWC
I have a couple on the way too--from Lake Charles area.
Holy Moly--I haven't looked til now!!
2000 people are due here in Memphis today via Amtrak, and we're told we might have many, many more. Evidently, there's not a hotel room to be had south of here (and we're 6.5 hours by car from NO.)