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    Can't sleep, so cleaning

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    Ibby, I love your Pro Cupcake Shots sig! Can I borrow it?

     

    DH was all have fun and relax. I thought I would! I think he might go into shock when he sees how nice the place looks.....hey, wait a minute. He's not going to start EXPECTING me to uphold this is he?

     

    I could go watch TV. I've still never seen all of Firefly and I have a new to me Terry Pratchett I haven't started yet....

     

    Sure, use it. :D. Firefly is awesome. I was so sad it got cancelled. Serenity is the movie based on the show and that was good too. :)

    Can't sleep, so cleaning

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    I'm still up, too, so you might as well come over and clean my house when you're done with yours.

     

    And since you'll already be in the car, maybe you could stop at the store on your way here and pick up some cupcakes. :D

     

    :lol::lol::lol:

     

    :grouphug: Mrs. Basil. My family would actually have to go somewhere without me for me to know how I would react, but I could see myself taking advantage of their absence to get some work done. :)

    Good luck New Orleans, the police will be no help again

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    Ok, my mom sent me pictures of our hometown paper from back then. You can see why my memories...and my friends memories (the ones that lived through it) differ from the rest of the nations...even the 'official' sites.

     

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    This first one talks about the festival that happens on Labor day weekend..they did end up canceling it for obvious reasons, BUT it shows the wind gusts.

     

    Thank you to my mom who saves absolutely everything...rofl

     

    If that was the case there I would seriously send a copy of those news clippings to NOAA along with an account of your personal experiences and ask them to upgrade it's category for it's Louisiana landfall. It's important that information be accurate about these storms IMO because people make life or death decisions based upon that information.

     

    Andrew was initially thought to be a strong cat 4 when it hit here and there was a report filed after the fact calling for it to be raised to a cat 5 based upon pressure readings and wind readings in Dade county after landfall and they amended it and raised the category rating.

     

    It may seem like splitting hairs to some, but you and I, who have been through these things know how people make value judgments based upon the information. It's human nature to make comparisons and to make decisions based upon understanding of the facts. That has real life implications.

     

    Case in point: Hurricane Charley was a cat 4 when it made landfall. The officials were calling for evacuations and some people stayed behind thinking it wasn't going to be that bad. A man and his son died in their car because they didn't evacuate beforehand and when things got thick they tried to leave and outrun the storm and got caught up in it. :(

     

    I think that's why it's so important to have accurate information since people make decisions based upon that information. How many people in Louisiana pooh poohed the thought of Katrina being a threat and refused to evacuate when she was still out on the Gulf citing Hurricane Camille as an example and how the levees held. That is what I'm saying. People make decisions based upon information. It's important to know that yes a strong category 3 storm can cause this much damage.

     

    That was really what I was trying to point out in my previous post.

     

    I hope that Isaac isn't too bad for ya'll. Stay safe! :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:

    Good luck New Orleans, the police will be no help again

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    There is a lot of misinformation about what size Andrew was when it hit louisiana. It was a 4 when it hit but had gusts up to 175ish. Our airport wind meter broke at 175. They came back and said it was a 5 well after it hit. My home was ground zero for that one. It still grates my nerves when ppl say "only a cat 3"..nope...it was much much stronger. Ironically enough, I can only really find information about when it hit florida...because just like back then, that's all you heard about. I'll find some concrete info for you though. You don't loose a well built brick home in a cat 3. I'm sorry...you hit a nerve...I have severe PTSD problems from that storm.

     

    :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: I'm not trying to minimize what you went through at all and I am sorry if that is how what I said made you feel. I went through Andrew myself here in Florida and it was the scariest thing I've ever been through so believe me I understand. I am not downplaying anyone's experiences at all. :grouphug::grouphug:

     

    The reason I felt compelled to correct the information is because when one is talking about levees and evacuations, it's good to be dealing with accurate information. This one may not be a cat 3 or higher but we're still a long way from November 30th, kwim?

     

    If one knows that Katrina struck as a Cat 3 with 125 mph maximum sustained winds and at that strength it took the levees out that flooded the city that is information one can go on when making comparisons between storms. The news likes to make everything dramatic and in the process a lot of the time the real useful information that one would want to make and educated decision can be lost. If one knows the facts about the matter it can help them make an educated decision for themselves and their families. That's where I was coming from.

    Closing? !!!!!!

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    Farming is good. :001_smile: Life here is good. :D A dream come true with a few modifications that were unexpected. It would be hard to go back to the way life was the past 20 years now. We've all grown so much.

     

    :) I'm so happy for you. I really want a more rural existence too. I dream of it! :) Maybe some day I'll be able to get out of this city and move further north where things are more calm and quiet. :) Where are you living now? Do you actually have a farm?? Sorry for the nosy questions, but I'm curious. hehe :p

    Good luck New Orleans, the police will be no help again

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    Posted · Edited by Ibbygirl

    According to the 1am advisory, Isaac is still a tropical storm. :hurray: I'm so glad it's not intensifying as quickly as they initially predicted. The sustained winds (again at the 1am advisory) are 70mph. :) Hopefully it stays that way. I know it's not fun to go through, but a cat1 is better than a cat 2 or higher any day. :) Stay safe everyone. :grouphug:

     

    Oh, I also just wanted to correct some misinformation in this thread if you will allow me. Both Andrew and Katrina were category 3 hurricanes when they made landfall in Louisiana. Katrina was a category 5 (and the strongest storm on record to boot!) while over water, but she decreased before making landfall to 125 mph maximum sustained winds. Andrew was a 5 when it hit Florida, but it also was a 3 when it made landfall in Louisiana.

     

     

    The major problem with media sensationalizing is that they make a big deal out out of a storm and it ends up being a minor inconvenience. Then a dangerous storm comes through and people blow it off as hype like last time. That's when lives are lost. Have we learned nothing from the boy who cried wolf?

     

     

     

    :iagree: :iagree: So true! They love to capitalize on the potential viewership during a disaster by fear mongering. It's a dangerous game that costs lives.

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