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Post by Michele on Jul 5, 2008 23:26:20 GMT -5
it was cold this morning there was ice on the cars and Boat. it looks like it will be another cold morning tomorrow.
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Post by Aerie on Jul 6, 2008 11:21:41 GMT -5
Ice? The only ice here is in my drink. It's going up to 80° F today. (That's about 27° C.) I love this perfect weather.
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Post by Michele on Jul 6, 2008 20:53:46 GMT -5
it was another ice cold morning, the car doors were frozen shut.
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Post by AngelZ on Jul 7, 2008 21:21:59 GMT -5
We don't have any ice where I am but it's still bloody cold! 11C is too cold for me
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Post by Michele on Jul 25, 2008 22:26:48 GMT -5
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Post by shywriter on Aug 26, 2008 19:44:53 GMT -5
Three days away from the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and everyone in the office this afternoon had various weather sites up: Gustav is gathering steam and is expected to be a Level 3 hurricane before it even gets halfway through the Gulf. It's early but all the models have it heading right our way. Ironic, driving along the coast highway this afternoon, hearing about a new giant storm while watching construction teams still rebuilding from Katrina... At least nearly everyone is talking about bugging out if things materialize as they look like they might. Given the number of those in my office who lost everything -- it's not surprising. Keep your fingers crossed! (Going to pack my DA DVDs and my laptop and keep the WeatherChannel on!) We know it's serious -- reliable source in our office learned that one of the main weather hunter hotshots -- the main guy, maybe? -- checked in to a coast hotel this afternoon... )
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Post by dzero on Aug 27, 2008 0:22:04 GMT -5
^^^ that is one of the things I imagine sucks so bad about hurricanes.....the long build up of "it's coming" "no it changed directions" "yikes this time it's coming for real and is even stronger" The not knowing just makes it so much worse.
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Post by shywriter on Sept 1, 2008 10:35:41 GMT -5
LANDFALL:Gustav is coming ashore west of New Orleans, but being east of the storm's eye always promises a threat of flooding, tornadoes, heavier wind than being west of the eye does. So not only will Southern Louisiana get hit, but New Orleans is rightfully holding its breath that the levees will hold and Les Bon Temps will indeed Rollez Encore!Further east, along the Mississippi Coast: thanks to New York Times): ...the same beach from a cheesy phone-camera, looking down at the same beach & highway (traffic light pole in the far right of this second photo is the one centered in the stormy one from this morning): Yes, the beach is typically that far from the road, and the water along here is very, very shallow-- usually about as much surf as a lake, due to the shallowness & the barrier islands. And yes, the scraggly tree & grass growth was an after-effect of Katrina... Another couple good photos of the Mississippi Coast this morning from the New York TImes: Bay St. Louis, just across the state line from New Orleans -- same highway as the photos, above. All in all, much less dramatic here than Katrina, and less than feared. We're hoping that the worst (still to come) isn't all that much worse than is going on now -- and the power & water are still flowing! Keep all the folks in Louisiana in your thoughts...
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Post by mari on Sept 1, 2008 11:11:41 GMT -5
Thanks for the insider-posting. Looks scary (hard to imagine it’s the same place as your nice weather picture), especially in combination with the photos at CNN of the levees and deserted New Orleans...
How much is your area affected?
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Post by shywriter on Sept 1, 2008 11:39:43 GMT -5
Thanks for the insider-posting. Looks scary (hard to imagine it’s the same place as your nice weather picture), especially in combination with the photos at CNN of the levees and deserted New Orleans... How much is your area affected? Thanks for asking! Another tornado warning at the moment for another 15 minutes (usually there are a number of them through the storm) and the winds are up steadily now, but other than windy & rainy, not too bad (still keeping fingers crossed about Katrina-weakened trees and electricity!) I think we're about halfway through what they said would be the worst and if that's so, we really were spared, as compared to what was potentially out there. It wasn't as strong as originally feared, and it pulled further to the west than originally thought (and, I think, to less populated places than it might have been if over NO or further east, although certainly there are still plenty of people who live in its path.) For us, much different than Katrina, when the electricity knocked off almost simultaneously with its arrival (it was still Cat 2 hurricane when it came to town, as opposed to this being tropical storm level...) You might appreciate this (more from the New York Times): Bourbon Street (not quite the same as a few weeks ago, eh?)
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Post by spikeloud on Sept 1, 2008 12:38:56 GMT -5
good luck down there!
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Post by shywriter on Sept 1, 2008 13:06:28 GMT -5
Thanks!! (missing my Hoosier basements right about now!!)
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Post by mari on Sept 1, 2008 13:39:34 GMT -5
Good to hear it doesn’t affect you too much so far. Hope the rest will pass without intensifying! although certainly there are still plenty of people who live in its path.) And (probably similar to when driving to the oaks?) to think of those little wood houses without any fundament and the bridge-streets - I can’t imagine them withstanding any storm, much less such forces. You might appreciate this (more from the New York Times): Bourbon Street (not quite the same as a few weeks ago, eh?) Thanks... Don’t even recognize it without the party-people – good thing that they’ve managed to evacuate so completely but the ghost town still looks eerie. Good luck from me too!
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Post by shywriter on Sept 1, 2008 16:24:22 GMT -5
Thanks! Even though it missed the worst, Mississippi Gulf Coast was hit by the surge, too, as Gustav came ashore: from the Sun Herald in So. Mississippi, a couple more shots of Bay St. Louis-- (this is a novelty, to have internet & TV reports available as it happens -- because all power was out early in Katrina we had no news or photos of what was going on outside our windows...)
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Post by dzero on Sept 1, 2008 17:49:23 GMT -5
(this is a novelty, to have internet & TV reports available as it happens -- because all power was out early in Katrina we had no news or photos of what was going on outside our windows...) How long were you cut off like that?
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