Hurricane Gustav

[seagrovegirl]

Gustav appears to be taking the same path as Hurricane Eloise, that smashed Sowal in 1975. It was a direct hit. We were living in Dune Allen at the time and the eye came right over the house. Ten days no elec and extensive damage to homes (especially the beach homes) huge trees toppled or splintered like sticks. No communications for 3 days.

Very Nasty...if Gustav does what Eloise did.....please don't stay. If you do and you come out unscathed, you will wish you didn't stay. It is terrifying!

 

[ShallowsNole]

What seagrovegirl said. And even though very few people actually evacuated back then, we went to bed with the broadcasts predicting landfall at Mobile.

Eloise turned.

 

[seagrovegirl]

What seagrovegirl said. And even though very few people actually evacuated back then, we went to bed with the broadcasts predicting landfall at Mobile.

Eloise turned.

And as you can see.....she turned at the last minute!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Alicia Leonard]

Gustav appears to be taking the same path as Hurricane Eloise, that smashed Sowal in 1975. It was a direct hit. We were living in Dune Allen at the time and the eye came right over the house. Ten days no elec and extensive damage to homes (especially the beach homes) huge trees toppled or splintered like sticks. No communications for 3 days.

Very Nasty...if Gustav does what Eloise did.....please don't stay. If you do and you come out unscathed, you will wish you didn't stay. It is terrifying!

What seagrovegirl said. And even though very few people actually evacuated back then, we went to bed with the broadcasts predicting landfall at Mobile.

Eloise turned.

We were about 45 miles inland and she picked up 100 year old pecan trees and laid them out like toothpicks. Also, picked up the family car and turned it around in our yard. First Hurricane I remember and she was a bad mama jama :shock:

 

[seagrovegirl]

Uh-oh.....I might need to go further than Paxton.........any thoughts on this????

 

[InletBchDweller]

How about now? Keep in mind this sent from La. Guess you've gotta have a sense of humor after all they've been through.

I love it. You have to keep some sort of humor our you will go insane...

And as you can see.....she turned at the last minute!!!!!!!!!!!

women, always changing their mind.:roll:

 

[Alicia Leonard]

Uh-oh.....I might need to go further than Paxton.........any thoughts on this????

We were right across the line from Paxton. But, I believe we see a lot of power outages and such because a big storm hadn't hit in a long time, and they do a lot of pruning when they come through. Tornado's scare me more than Hurricanes. Eloise also showed that quick right hook before landfall that many do. Let's just all be prepared to make a move if we have to do it

 

[AuntJulz]

Gustav appears to be taking the same path as Hurricane Eloise, that smashed Sowal in 1975. It was a direct hit. We were living in Dune Allen at the time and the eye came right over the house. Ten days no elec and extensive damage to homes (especially the beach homes) huge trees toppled or splintered like sticks. No communications for 3 days.

Very Nasty...if Gustav does what Eloise did.....please don't stay. If you do and you come out unscathed, you will wish you didn't stay. It is terrifying!

I would hope that 33 years later, we have better technology to track and predict these things. I mean, I know that it's unpredictible past 3 days, but for it to be totally missed until the last minute is not acceptable in 2008.

 

[DD]

How about now? Keep in mind this sent from La. Guess you've gotta have a sense of humor after all they've been through.

Oh my. Everyone please be safe--wherever this mofo goes.

 

[jodiFL]

I just hope that we dont get another record on the books for having 2 storms make landfall in FL on the same day........that would REALLY su**. But from the looks of all those models it is possible. I called Fay for making the record books for the most landfalls in one state and had a premonition at the Red Bar earlier that they both hit at the same time. *crosses self*