BEF,
Thanks! I just got in a minute ago from the Baton Rouge area. This storm is gonna be a big one for sure. It should make Katrina look like a baby if things go as they appear to be. My wife was dispatched with a medical and communication team 2 days ago to New Orleans. She got to call early this morning to tell me they have been released to get out of south Louisiana. They have a comm trailer and all kinds of equipment they have to get out now. They're tired and beat and haven't got to sleep any so they are ready to get back up here to the north end of the state. Most of south Louisiana has been moved north and those idiots who said they weren't going have been told that after 3pm today, they are own their own. No food,water,services or anything. If they need help, they are completely out of luck because they have been warned. No more repeat of Katrina happenings like before. Looters will immediatly be arrested and sent strraight to Angola State Prison with the general population. Its about time!!!
I hope RR has left because she's in the wrong place for this storm..
They've already predicted major flooding and water going over the TOPS of some levees because of the storm surge. At that point the levee will breech itself and then its all over but the crying!
Anyway, thats all the bad news....I medal detected this weekend down there and found an 1852 penny which made the whole triip worth while. I'll post it later...
Keep the people in south Louisiana in your prayers because they're going too need it.
Steve