Okay, so why the fuck did he stay in his house? Oy.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Aug 29, 2005 5:30:36 am PDT #2004 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
dw - Aug 29, 2005 5:31:33 am PDT #2005 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
It appears New Orleans will live to fight another day. The eyewall passed to the east of the city, so they didn't get the big winds. And apparently levees are overtopped, but not by much, so the cataclysmic flooding won't happen. The Superdome "membrane" has been torn off, but apparently things are still OK; they're moving people inside the dome.
So, NOLA is fine. Slidell, Blioxi, Gulfport... not so fine.
§ ita § - Aug 29, 2005 5:33:15 am PDT #2006 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
IIFG?
Wrod.
Everybody to ita's to cuddle!
Orderly line, please!
why the fuck did he stay in his house?
I wonder about that, but it's precisely what my parents would do. It makes sense, but is not sensible.
tommyrot - Aug 29, 2005 5:33:24 am PDT #2007 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The eyewall passed to the east of the city, so they didn't get the big winds.
Yeah, but with a storm this size, the winds to the west of the eye are still pretty damn big.
The counterclockwise spin of a hurricane makes the worst damage on its eastern edge, but CNN meteorologist Chad Myers cautioned that "there's not really an easy side of a Category 4 storm" on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
Steph L. - Aug 29, 2005 5:35:08 am PDT #2008 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The eyewall passed to the east of the city, so they didn't get the big winds.
Yeah, but with a storm this size, the winds to the west of the eye are still pretty damn big.
I was gonna say -- granted, it sounds like NOLA won't experience the worst-case scenario of direct hit, category 5 storm, but it sure doesn't sound like the city will be "spared," per se.
msbelle - Aug 29, 2005 5:35:16 am PDT #2009 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
ita, what kind of storage is your stuff in?
smonster - Aug 29, 2005 5:35:19 am PDT #2010 of 10002
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I'm relieved that -t checked in and she and her DH are safely away.
Oh, good. I came over just for that.
But since I'm here - Casper is adorable, and happy birthday to her. Happy birthday to the relevant buffistas as well, and happy lounging to ita.
sorry to post and run, but i've got phone coverage today.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 29, 2005 5:40:15 am PDT #2011 of 10002
What is even happening?
I wonder about that, but it's precisely what my parents would do. It makes sense, but is not sensible.
I don't even think it makes sense when there's a mandatory evac order, because staying not only endangers one's own life, but the lives of any rescue workers unlucky enough to get the assignment to try to rescue the people who refused to evacuate. I say this, feeling pretty certain that my own father would have stayed unless my mother forced his hand, and that he would have spent much of the time on the porch, watching it all.
§ ita § - Aug 29, 2005 5:40:40 am PDT #2012 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
what kind of storage is your stuff in?
Ground floor, basically.
We'll see. I'll call them in a couple weeks and see. I wouldn't be going to pick stuff up before October anyway.
tommyrot - Aug 29, 2005 5:42:00 am PDT #2013 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.