Acadiana thread....part 2

[AnnInLa]

Mon morn, 5:20 a.m.....just got up, nothing going on here, but must have had some gusts during the night, because I have a few smallish limbs on the ground from my tree. What are yall seeing? Thank goodness for the jog to the right...a jog to the left, and my head would have exploded. Good Mornin' Acadiana!

Finecraft...heard anything from N.O.?

[tsuki]

1. Just from the drama queens on the Weather Channel. The talking

head was claim winds in NO at 100 mph. The crawl across the bottom read 47 mph.

AnnInLa, where are you?

[AnnInLa]

2. in Abbeville....where are you?

wind picking up now

[tsuki]

11. I'm in NWFL. I have a friend in Metairie. I hope that she is evacuated.

Keep us informed.

Also, you will get a lot from FEMA, but if you need anything, like bleach, dog food, cat food, etc. Let us know. Have pickup will travel. I think I can get there up 55 to St. Francisville since the Pont. Bridge will probably be closed.

[ragin_acadian]

15. hey tsuki,

you think the P-Cola airport will be open?

[tsuki]

16. P-Cola closed today. Will phone tomorrow. Winds are slight. We

still have power. LOL. When they get to 10 mph, we'll probably lose it.

[ragin_acadian]

20. other than that,

is the weather miserable? i saw storm bands go across the panhandle on the weather channel last night - looked bad, or was it just hype?

nothing but rain up here. damn yankees can't forecast weather either.

[jus_the_facts]

3. latest satellite pic and radar loop.....

.....be safe down there...s'comin' up my way as well up here in Northeast Louisiana. :scare:

...latest radar loop at this link...
http://www.weatherunderground.com/US/Region/Southcentral/2xpxRadar.html

[AnnInLa]

4. And this to brighten your day

http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iwszone?Sites=:laz069


DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED

AT LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL
FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL.
PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. MANY WOOD
FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE
BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME
WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.

HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A
FEW POSSIBLY TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. MANY WINDOWS WILL BLOW
OUT.

AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH
AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY
VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE
ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE
WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.

POWER OUTAGES MAY LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MANY POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN
AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING
INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY
THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED.

[benito]

5. good morning Ann

everything good right here. The people that stopped here in Abbeville must be happy. We're right on the edge of everything now. I'll try to give you a cell call later unless work is absolutely crazy.

http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=1192047%20

[HysteryDiagnosis]

6. Good morning Ann.... everything here in Lafayette pretty calm

except for a few gusts now and then... work should be interesting enough today.... take care, 4.

[benito]

7. good morning 4MY

I live less than a mile from Ann.
I'll be at work in Broussard within the hour. Glad Lafayette is looking good.
Once the pictures from the NO area start coming in this morning, that will be interesting.

It's not over by a longshot

[AnnInLa]

8. Hope yall can read this, it's the way I get it:

Hurricane Local Statement - HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR VERMILION PARISH VALID FROM MON AUG 29 2005 04:49 AM CDT UNTIL MON AUG 29 2005 06:30 AM CDT.
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 440 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE KATRINA MOVING NORTHWARD TOWARD SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND THE NORTHERN GULF COAST... ...TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS LASHING THE GULF COAST FROM SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA TO THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER... ...A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER... ...AREAS AFFECTED IN SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE RESIDENTS IN CAMERON...VERMILION... IBERIA...LAFAYETTE...SAINT MARTIN...SAINT MARY...AVOYELLES...AND SAINT LANDRY PARISHES... ...WATCHES/WARNING... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SAINT MARY PARISH. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF MORGAN CITY TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA INCLUDING VERMILION...ST MARY AND IBERIA PARISH. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LOUISIANA INCLUDING CAMERON PARISH. . AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM TODAY FOR AVOYELLES...SAINT LANDRY...SAINT MARTIN AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INLAND ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR IBERIA...SAINT MARY...AND SAINT MARTIN PARISHES. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING WHICH WILL CAUSE THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AREAS. ...STORM INFORMATION...UPDATED AT MIDNIGHT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST...OR ABOUT 115 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 15 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT A SLIGHTLY FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AND ON TUESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...KATRINA WILL MOVE ONSHORE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA COAST JUST EAST OF GRAND ISLE THIS MORNING...AND REACH THE LOUISIANA-MISSISSIPPI BORDER AREA THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY DETERIORATE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA THROUGHOUT THE DAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 150 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA IS A STRONG CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY PRIOR TO LANDFALL...BUT KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE. KATRINA REMAINS A VERY LARGE HURRICANE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES. RECENTLY...A SUSTAINED WIND OF 53 MPH WITH GUST TO 91 MPH WAS REPORTED AT GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA ...AND A WIND GUST TO 71 MPH WAS REPORTED IN NEW ORLEANS. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 915 MB...27.02 INCHES. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RESIDENTS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD ALREADY BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF A NEARBY LANDFALLING MAJOR HURRICANE. THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HIGH STORM SURGE...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER AT THIS TIME...MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS ARE NOT IN EFFECT FOR ANY PORTION OF SOUTHWEST OR SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA. ...TORNADO IMPACTS... THE MAIN TORNADO THREAT WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... TIDES ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING ABOUT ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE COAST. KATRINA IS STILL FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL JUST EAST OF GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK...A STORM SURGE OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER. TIDAL SURGE WILL DECREASE TO 1 TO 2 FEET NEAR SABINE AND CALCASIEU PASSES. ...WIND IMPACTS...UPDATED ACROSS THE LOWER ATCHAFALAYA BASIN...NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE ALREADY INCREASED TO 25 TO 35 MPH. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL FURTHER INCREASE TO 45 TO 65 MPH TOWARD SUNRISE. GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MORGAN CITY...STEPHENSVILLE AND AMELIA AREA THIS MORNING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN UP TO HENDERSON AND ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AS FAR WEST AS CAMERON. BASED ON THE EXPECTED WIND SPEEDS AND THE NUMEROUS TREES ACROSS THE LOWER ATCHAFALAYA BASIN...RESIDENTS IN THESE REGIONS ARE URGED TO BE CAREFUL OF FALLING TREES. REMEMBER...MOST OF THE DEATHS CAUSED BY KATRINA AS IT CROSSED SOUTH FLORIDA WERE CAUSED BY FALLING TREES. ON THE COASTAL WATERS NEAR VERMILION AND ATCHAFALAYA BAYS... NORTHEAST WINDS WERE RUNNING 25 TO 35 KNOTS AROUND 4 AM THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 TO 55 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE...WILL SPREAD OVER THE COASTAL WATERS NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE ATCHAFALAYA AROUND SUNRISE THIS MORNING WITH SEAS UP TO 15 FEET. ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH BY MID-MORNING. WIND SPEEDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION WILL BE DECREASING BY THIS EVENING. ...RAINFALL... HEAVY RAINS FROM KATRINA WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE COASTAL PARISHES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS MORNING. RAINFALL TOTALS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE LOWER PORTIONS OF SAINT MARY AND SAINT MARTIN PARISHES WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING...WHILE RAINFALL TOTALS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AROUND THE REST OF THE VERMILION BAY REGION AND THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. LESSER RAINFALL AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE BY 6:30 AM.
Back to weather observations for Abbeville, LA

[AnnInLa]

9. Your laugh for the day

from www.crooksandliars.com

Sunday Bloopers-F-Bomb and drinking dogs.

(Update)-emailer Mike says:

Shepard Smith identified himself as from Fox news and said they were live on air, then asked a New Orleans man what he was still doing in the city. The man replied "None of your f--king business"

Video-QT ( hat tip Ian )

Video-WMP (video sent by The Political Teen)

Shepard: "Well that was a good answer wasn't it?

Now the other funny part was when he said:

Shepard: " I'm watching two dogs drink out of a glass of ice water, and it's none of my business why they are still here."

That's real reporting!

[finecraft]

10. Good morning everyone

so far so good over here. Have a couple small tree branches down, but nothing bad. The weather channel says winds are 21 mph with gusts to 50 mph. My husband talked to his uncle about 2:00 am, but when he tried calling back just a little while ago the phone just rang and rang, so I think the phone lines are down, or the power is out. Very little rain here so far. Glad to see others checking in and all seems well.

[benito]

12. thanks for the checkin finecraft

keep safe in Lafayette.

[finecraft]

13. I'm in New Iberia

Like the "country" instead of the big city :)

[AnnInLa]

14. Trees really dancin' now

low clouds just racing by. I keep going out in the back yard to check the big tree branches above my house (and above my neighbor's house)...sure hope that thing keeps all of its branches.

[benito]

17. videotaped the drive to work

very few cars on HWY 90 this morning. A few downed branches on the back roads and a bunch of F'd up looking clouds. Only the IT people showed up for work in my office. Maybe they'll let us go home?

[AnnInLa]

19. Come home, Tony!

Yep, those clouds are trippy, aren't they?

You guys...did any of you see the CNN report just now, @ 8:30 a.m.? The CNN guy was interviewing 2 students on the LSU campus, 2 seniors, a boy and a girl. The boy had on a blue tee-shirt with a HUGE peace sign on it. I couldn't quite read the small writing under the peace sign...but I think it said Joe's Crab Shack. (?) That was so funny. When they interviewed him, they did a close up of his head, so you couldn't see the peace sign, but when they were interviewing the girl, you could see his shirt clearly. They asked him if his parents in shreveport had wanted him to come home, and he said "Absolutely NOT!" Lol.

[benito]

22. I'm back home now !

Went to work and communications went down. BellSouth's phones were not forwarding properly, internet circuit down - blah.
Very few of the staff bothered showing up.
The cane fields have minimal damage too, from the 50 of them that I see on my way to work.

We're some lucky people in Vermilion and Lafayette parishes.
Thanks to everyone for the good vibes this way!

[CottonBear]

30. I saw that. LOL in the middle of tragedy.

We haven't heard from Mr. CottonBears's sis, nephew or cousins in Slidell and Lacombe. we talked to neice in KY. Her in-laws from Slidell are with her. They don't know anything either. :scared:

[Trigger Hippie]

18. As a native of Lafayette,

my thoughts are with you all. Keep safe. :hi:

[darkstar]

21. Hey from Lafayette

Things OK in my neck of the woods, too, as per 4MY's observations.

Glad we all sem to be doing OK, but especially glad that it appears the worst did not come to pass in N.O.

Was up late, so maybe back to bed for me.

Peace.

[Trigger Hippie]

23. Hey, Phantom K

Glad you and Sugar T are OK. I may give you a call later and check in, make sure everything's still OK.

E

[darkstar]

24. Skake dat bunny butt cher

We fine, but call anyway !!!!!

[AnnInLa]

25. Well, it was nice to hang out with you guys

when we were all afraid we would be blown away (or was it just me.) The sun is shining, but still breezy. Can't put the lawn chairs in the yard, or hang up the plants...maybe tomorrow. Thanks Tony and Kyle for phoning to check on me, I sure appreciated it. Finecraft, have you heard anything from N.O.?

The next time, we need to have an Acadiana DU Meet-Up before the storm, so we will know who we are talking to! What a great bunch of people...thank all of you for keeping me company, and thank goodness for the internet!

[benito]

26. great idea on the meetup

We'll have to do that!

[AnnInLa]

27. Channel 2 on cable, WBRZ now showing helicopter's trip

over N.O. Metarie and Kenner completely flooded...looks like a lake with rooftops. Roof off of the race track...the yacht club on fire, sailboats tossed together like toys....downtown around Super Dome not flooded but much damage...all windowns of backside of Hyatt Regency blown out. It is a long trip, filmed by someone in a helicopter...they'll probably show it again...the devastation is awesome, is mind-boggling. It's 7:17 p.m.

[benito]

28. here too

http://www.wdsu.com/video/4909353/detail.html

[AnnInLa]

29. did you see that fantastic rescue

of the man from the roof of the house? Amazing. And all the fires? I'm watching the video again on Channel 2, and I just can't believe it. We are so lucky.