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Lady D

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Good lord, what if it hits NOLA??

I'd say New Orleans will be losing many more of its residents. Before Katrina I saw where there were 484,000 residents, now there are 239,000. Alot of these people have just started going back home over the past several days. But I heard they were allowing them back in but I also heard they were not wanting them to come back yet. So I don't know which is correct.

I cannot imagine wanting to go back this soon. Surely much of the power is still off and I am sure there had to be some damage flood wise. I know the levees supposedly held pretty much but still, they cannot keep evacuating time after time again over a several week period. They will get tired of that.
 

Miss Critter

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New Orleans/Baton Rouge Gustav updates can be found at:

http://wwl.com (this is a news station with great coverage that streams live)
http://nola.com (New Orleans newspaper)
http://www.2theadvocate.com (Baton Rouge newspaper)

Baton Rouge took a harder hit than New Orleans did. Worst since Hurricane Betsy, and many say worse than Betsy. Almost all of the city was without power. Gov. Bobby Jindal has done a great job by all accounts in managing and accelerating the recovery process.

I've heard anecdotally from friends that many in the New Orleans area will not return if another big one hits. They simply can't take any more. Who can blame them?
 

BeachSiO2

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New Orleans/Baton Rouge Gustav updates can be found at:

http://wwl.com (this is a news station with great coverage that streams live)
http://nola.com (New Orleans newspaper)
http://www.2theadvocate.com (Baton Rouge newspaper)

Baton Rouge took a harder hit than New Orleans did. Worst since Hurricane Betsy, and many say worse than Betsy. Almost all of the city was without power. Gov. Bobby Jindal has done a great job by all accounts in managing and accelerating the recovery process.

I've heard anecdotally from friends that many in the New Orleans area will not return if another big one hits. They simply can't take any more. Who can blame them?

There are some very smart people that would like the opportunity to redesign that city to be more storm resistant. I don't want to say that it would be good if some people don't go back to their homes, but then again, it would make it much easier to plan a better protected city. Note that I said "more storm resistant" and "better protected," not completely protected.
 

timbanker

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We will certainly know more as the days progress but Ike has me very concerned. Watch the forecasts and be prepared.
Hopefully, it won't cause any problems anywhere but it has the potential to be an issue.
 

Lady D

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We will certainly know more as the days progress but Ike has me very concerned. Watch the forecasts and be prepared.
Hopefully, it won't cause any problems anywhere but it has the potential to be an issue.

I caught our local news here tonight and the Amtrak trains that brought around 3500 evacuees here this past weekend were here tonight loading them up to take them back to New Orleans. I would not be going back yet as they are showing Ike entering the Gulf Monday as a Cat 4 hurricane with 135mph winds. And I have not seen anything yet showing exactly where it is expected to go, as towards New Orleans, the Florida Panhandle, Texas coast, etc.

They all may have to evacuate again. But people have to live somewhere. There is always something negative about everywhere people live though as to floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, etc., and other things.
 
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organicmama

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I caught our local news here tonight and the Amtrak trains that brought around 3500 evacuees here this past weekend were here tonight loading them up to take them back to New Orleans. I would not be going back yet as they are showing Ike entering the Gulf Monday as a Cat 4 hurricane with 135mph winds. And I have not seen anything yet showing exactly where it is expected to go, as towards New Orleans, the Florida Panhandle, Texas coast, etc.

They all may have to evacuate again. But people have to live somewhere. There is always something negative about everywhere people live though as to floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, etc., and other things.

I totally agree. Humans can't avoid Mother Nature totally. There isn't ever an ideal place. We can be as advanced as we want to be but some things are left up to chance & some risks are just out of our hands, no matter where we live. I choose here!:love:
 

Lady D

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I totally agree. Humans can't avoid Mother Nature totally. There isn't ever an ideal place. We can be as advanced as we want to be but some things are left up to chance & some risks are just out of our hands, no matter where we live. I choose here!:love:

We are practically in tornado alley here and also sit practically on top of the New Madrid fault line. So I figure eventually we will have a earthquake here, there are tremors all around this area all the time but I never feel them. Just one time a few years ago we felt one and heard it also. We just deal with it. There is no ideal place to live, just like you said. You cannot control Mother Nature.
 
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Smiling JOe

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are y'all trying to give me an anxiety attack? I should have never looked at the model maps on this thread.
 
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