All right, I'm starting this thread by saying "THANK GOD ANDERSON IS SAFE AND ON TV." Because I am shallow, and slightly delirious, and I'm willing to tug at any silver lining I can find. :)
Where is he covering at? I've had it on the weather channel. It's weird to be watching a hurricane of this magnitude approaching some place that isn't Florida.
I'm seriously freaked out for the people who are riding this out.
Anderson is currently located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana -- they're on the lesser side of the storm, though they'll get some gusts up to 100mph. Apparently, New Orleans was too risky for them to shoot from there. YIKES.
Very, very scary stuff -- especially if the water piles on Lake Pontchartrain.
While I'm happy that Anderson is safe in Baton Rouge, is it wrong of me to wish he were somewhere else? Somewhere more ... exciting? Yeah, is wrong of me.
Glad the reporters weren't stupid enough to try to hang out in New Orleans, considering the imminent flooding that will occur. Really can't believe anyone is going to try to ride this thing out.
They're predicting that 80% of the buildings in N.O. will be destroyed or damaged beyond repair - read that on CNN's ticker, so not sure what the source is. Absolutely unreal!
I'm awake for other reasons right now, and that's pretty much all that's on the news right now. I almost moved there six years ago. Luckily, I have no family there to worry about, just family of friends.
I can't believe the devastation that's about to happen. It's almost biblical, a city being devoured by nature.
It truly is something of biblical nature -- and New Orleans is right on a collision course with disaster, if Pontchartrain retains the water they think it will get. All this water is being pushed west up the Mississippi, and into Lake Pontchartrain, which is where, of course, the levees are most vulnerable.
I've never been scared of a hurricane until this one. I'm not in NO, but I have always wanted to go there. I have a lot of friends there and I guess saying that I'm freaking out wouldn't be overstating it.
I'm watching the coverage. It's top story here too. I've also been rereading my annoted guide book to the Deep South and remembering where I went. I'm glad its weakened a bit, but it's still terrifying.
I hoping friends are safe. My poor child is distraught. She is 6 and there is a big nasty natural disaster named after her. She doesn' like that her name is linked to something bad. I can't wait until it is all over and every one is safe.
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I'm seriously freaked out for the people who are riding this out.
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Very, very scary stuff -- especially if the water piles on Lake Pontchartrain.
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Glad the reporters weren't stupid enough to try to hang out in New Orleans, considering the imminent flooding that will occur. Really can't believe anyone is going to try to ride this thing out.
They're predicting that 80% of the buildings in N.O. will be destroyed or damaged beyond repair - read that on CNN's ticker, so not sure what the source is. Absolutely unreal!
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I can't believe the devastation that's about to happen. It's almost biblical, a city being devoured by nature.
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Very, very bad stuff.
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And the sickness. All the humidity afterward is going to bring out the mosquitos and flies and critters.
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Wow, I never thought of it like that...
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Candles and Prayers.
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I've also been rereading my annoted guide book to the Deep South and remembering where I went.
I'm glad its weakened a bit, but it's still terrifying.
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