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[Travel2Much]

JB, I could be mistaken, but I think that three days out, we thought Katrina was coming to Panama City Beach and SoWal.

At around 2 pm on Friday (3 days out) I made the call to board up my house, since all projections had it going near SoWal.

At around 4:30 on Fri, it began to change slightly, and NOLA seemed to me at risk since I had been tracking it like a dog. Cat 1 or 2, IIRC. 10 pm news sounded alarms, if you saw it or if someone told you.

Sat. morning, SoWal was probably in the clear and NOLA was seriously at risk, but not entirely. (not all projections agreed). Alarms were being sounded all over NOLA. Hotels in Houston booked up by 11 am. Still a Cat 2. Cancelled the SoWal board order.

Sat pm, there was heavy evacuation from NOLA, with outlying areas under mandatory evacuation. Contraflow was established around 4 pm.

Sat evening still a cat 2, projected to be a cat 3, with all projections agreeing on NOLA

Woke up on Sunday. Was a Cat 5. Headed directly to NOLA with few disagreements. Prayer time.

 

[Beach Runner]

JB, I could be mistaken, but I think that three days out, we thought Katrina was coming to Panama City Beach and SoWal.

We had a crew lined up to board up on Saturday.

 

[Kurt]

Three tons of food ready for delivery by air to refugees in St. Bernard Parish and on Algiers Point sat on the Crescent City Connection bridge Friday afternoon as air traffic was halted because of President Bush?s visit to New Orleans, officials said.

The provisions, secured by U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-Napoleonville, and state Agriculture Commissioner Bob Odom, baked in the afternoon sun as Bush surveyed damage across southeast Louisiana five days after Katrina made landfall as a Category 4 storm, said Melancon?s chief of staff, Casey O?Shea.

?We had arrangements to airlift food by helicopter to these folks, and now the food is sitting in trucks because they won?t let helicopters fly,? O?Shea said Friday afternoon.

The food was expected to be in the hands of storm survivors after the president left the devastated region Friday night, he said.

 

[Miss Kitty]

Three tons of food ready for delivery by air to refugees in St. Bernard Parish and on Algiers Point sat on the Crescent City Connection bridge Friday afternoon as air traffic was halted because of President Bush?s visit to New Orleans, officials said.

The provisions, secured by U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-Napoleonville, and state Agriculture Commissioner Bob Odom, baked in the afternoon sun as Bush surveyed damage across southeast Louisiana five days after Katrina made landfall as a Category 4 storm, said Melancon?s chief of staff, Casey O?Shea.

?We had arrangements to airlift food by helicopter to these folks, and now the food is sitting in trucks because they won?t let helicopters fly,? O?Shea said Friday afternoon.

The food was expected to be in the hands of storm survivors after the president left the devastated region Friday night, he said.

Ironic..NO? This always happens to the airspace as you know...one reason some people wished the politicians would stay away...but if they do, they would get SLAMMED in the media!!!