Evacuees Are Us

[infrogmation]

Hi from Houston.

Took 6 hours to go the first hundred miles.

Just heard someone who waited til Tues evening took 11 hours (driving all night) to get as far as Baton Rouge.

That's what happens when you evacuate a million people.

And on the positive side: Not only won't I get blown away here, I just had some good Tex-Mex for lunch. Mmmm.

Comments

[plinko.livejournal.com]

HI!

Hooray for escaping from Ivan!

You are now within an hour or two of where I live!

Texas

[infrogmation.livejournal.com]

where y'at? If New Orleans is going to be under water for a while, maybe we can do lunch.

Re: Texas

[plinko.livejournal.com]

Eh. I don't know about lunch...100 miles is a long way to drive for that.

Anyway, I'm keeping my eye on Ivan. I just love the stories of old pub owners in New Orleans who refuse to leave and break out the best gin, instead. Nuts they are!

[dragonflysister.livejournal.com]

I've been wondering about you.... Glad you're safe and dry!

yay!

[jennconspiracy.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad - what preparations did you take with the house
and hot tub for the time that you are going to be gone?

Did you nail down the jalousies? waterproof the victrola?

[leviathon.livejournal.com]

It is sooo boring here at home. A 2pm curfew. Unless something changes drastically, all we're going to get is a little bit of wind.

Sounds like Andrew

[jennconspiracy.livejournal.com]

Actually, I don't remember any sort of curfew (why 2PM???)
but when H. Andrew came by, it was pretty windy, the corner
of my house blew off and the squirrels loved it because they
could get inside the dropped ceiling in my kitchen to get
out of the wind but that was about all that happened.

I'm glad the squirrels left on their own!

Re: Sounds like Andrew

[leviathon.livejournal.com]

Negan (our mayor) deceided that we should have a curfew. I am so mad at the national news about New Orleans and Ivan. In New Orleans all we got (as our TV new said) was irratating minor rain. The best story I heard all night was from a friend that works in Lafittes in Exite. Negan, after declairing the 2pm curfew, went to the Clover leaf in the quarter to lunch around 2:45pm. When he finished and went out, there was a bunch of Queens outside of Lafette's. They asked him, "Is it ok for us to stay outside until 6pm." He responed, "Do what ever you want."

[kiarrh.livejournal.com]

Very glad to hear you're safely out of the way. All the best. :)

[glitter-ninja.livejournal.com]

Glad you're safe! A prominent Kibologist or two live in Austin, you should check it out.

Austin

[infrogmation.livejournal.com]

Austin is on my short list if/when New Orleans sinks below the sea.

Looks like our little black magic kingdom will be in existance a while longer.

My hopeful themesong is now "I'll be back in my Dixie home to-morrow" .

[schwa242.livejournal.com]

Glad you are safe, even if you have to be in Texas to be safe.

-- Schwa ---

[valiant-200.livejournal.com]

I don't recall any honest news sources ever saying that New Orleans was in danger. We on the Mississippi Gulf Coast were more likely to be in the line of fire and we never even got a mention. Let this be a lesson to all - cable news LIES!!!

NOLA threat

[infrogmation.livejournal.com]

Hm, National Weather Service had NOLA as within the possible hit range when I headed out. I remember Pascagoula specifically mentioned as a possible ground zero in one estimate.

With the problems evacuating this city (basically an island with linked by a few bridges and causeways), when a category 4 or 5 threatens I'd rather get out early without be sure it's necessary than being one of those who spend 24 hours in bumper-to-bumper and still don't get out of range of the storm.