[Coco] Gustuv

[tonym]

man, those of you in the danger zone, God-speed, and be prepared.
I live in S. Florida, so I know ALL about it.

Do NOT wait until the last minute to evacuate of prepare.

Tony


-----Original Message-----
From: Gene Heskett gene.heskett at verizon.net
Sent 8/30/2008 10:23:30 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts coco at maltedmedia.com
Subject: Re: [Coco] Gustuv

On Saturday 30 August 2008, Roger Taylor wrote:
The worst nightmare seems to be in progress again, folks. Let's all
hope that Boisy and his family will stay safe and well during this
unfortunate weather event.

To those who aren't following the headlines, this hurricane is
forcing another massive evacuation of millions of people. I can't
speak for those who are from south La but the East Texas area did in
fact get major side effects from the last two big hurricanes that hit
the gulf... Katrina and Rita. Rita's oute r borders reached right
into my area and caused quite a bit of damage although nothing
compared to the damage done from the eye as it reached land and
before it faded away, from either of those hurricanes.

One huge side effect of these terrible hurricanes is that all the
freeways and some major highways end up with bumper-to-bumper traffic
for many hundreds of miles. In 2005 I drove into La to get my kids
and bring them back to Texas but couldn't get back in time before
I-20 was jam packed all the way through Dallas and beyond. I
remember it taking about 6 hours to make a 2.5 hour trip. The Guard
had shelters set up at the rest areas and they were all jammed...
clothes, water, food, and other needs were brought in on pallets and
dropped all over the place as buses and buses full of La folks
arrived around the clock. I've never seen anything like it, but even
that doesn't compare to what happened with those two 2005 hurricanes
or what could happen during Gustuv.

My city is in the late projected path but we're hoping the worst we
get is flash flooding. Who knows. If it's a 4 or 5 when it hits the
gulf and keeps its strength for long enough we'll be in a similar
panic, although nothing like being near the coast.

Good luck Roger, although we are wishing that you will not need it, and that 
Gustav will wind down quickly when it runs out of hot water to feed it.

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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