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Posted by Jai Narayan on September 12, 2004, at 20:47:40
This hurricane has skirted a few Islands and just may spare Cuba.
Nature as nurture?
I honor this cyclops with blue eye in such a red face.
Posted by partlycloudy on September 13, 2004, at 5:40:58
In reply to Ivan the gentleman hurricane, posted by Jai Narayan on September 12, 2004, at 20:47:40
We pray for his indecision and proscrastination; it will probably save us all.
Posted by Larry Hoover on September 13, 2004, at 13:55:59
In reply to Ivan the gentleman hurricane, posted by Jai Narayan on September 12, 2004, at 20:47:40
> This hurricane has skirted a few Islands and just may spare Cuba.
> Nature as nurture?
> I honor this cyclops with blue eye in such a red face.According to the latest image, the eye is going to miss Cuba completely. Problem is, if you extrapolate its path over the last 24 hours, it makes landfall somewhere near the Texas/Louisiana border.
I hope I'm wrong.
Lar
Posted by Jai Narayan on September 13, 2004, at 19:10:26
In reply to Re: Ivan the gentleman hurricane » Jai Narayan, posted by Larry Hoover on September 13, 2004, at 13:55:59
Hey Lar from the beginning I have worried about New Orleans as the landfall site. It's hard to see it moving toward the west. He's a big guy with a lot of dignity. Maybe he will be leveled by wind-shear? Did you see the eye tonight? So big and round. I am in awe. He's a beauty.
I am a weather enthusiast. I just bought an emac and this honey of a computer is pure pleasure when it comes to weather underground and noaa.
Happy trails
Jai
Posted by Larry Hoover on September 15, 2004, at 11:05:05
In reply to Re: Ivan the gentleman hurricane, posted by Jai Narayan on September 13, 2004, at 19:10:26
> Hey Lar from the beginning I have worried about New Orleans as the landfall site. It's hard to see it moving toward the west. He's a big guy with a lot of dignity. Maybe he will be leveled by wind-shear? Did you see the eye tonight? So big and round. I am in awe. He's a beauty.
> I am a weather enthusiast. I just bought an emac and this honey of a computer is pure pleasure when it comes to weather underground and noaa.
> Happy trails
> JaiI love wild weather too. I love a smokin' lightning storm, right overhead. The Zap-Kaboom combos are killer. But, I don't think people need to experience a Category 3,4, or 5 in their own backyard.
Y'all probably never heard of the band, 'cause they're Canadian (Tragically Hip), but I can't get the lyric "New Orleans is sinking, and I don't wanna swim" outta my head.
Lar
Posted by Jai Narayan on September 15, 2004, at 22:03:06
In reply to Re: Ivan the gentleman hurricane » Jai Narayan, posted by Larry Hoover on September 15, 2004, at 11:05:05
it's all a moot point now.
I watch as the eye is so big and intact....
It approached a state that I know it really poor.
I watch and wait...
Posted by Dinah on September 18, 2004, at 21:02:32
In reply to Re: Ivan the gentleman hurricane, posted by Jai Narayan on September 15, 2004, at 22:03:06
It's hard to wish change in hurricanes because wherever they hit they cause so much damage. I always pray for them to turn around and go out to sea (although that would have meant a u-turn and some tricky steering in this case) or for a weakening in intensity and for the least populated area to be the site of landfall, with everyone in the path being sensible to the need for evacuation, and buildings being designed to withstand as much damage as possible. And even that's not good enough, because if it's your house destroyed, it doesn't matter if the hurricane made landfall in such a way as to cause minimum damage to the world in general.
There are no gentleman hurricanes. Only forces of nature so powerful and unpredictable as to serve as useful reminders as to how puny and insignificant we humans are, despite our pretensions to the contrary.
I am so very grateful to those who risk their lives to bring information that keeps hurricanes from being the huge surprise they were before hurricane planes and satellites. I am so impressed with those who realized what was really important and left their properties to an uncertain fate to make sure their families (and rescue workers) were safe. And I am so sorry for those who lost so much in all the hurricanes this year.
I think it's the Red Cross that does such great work in hurricane aftermaths? My husband and I will be sending what we can earmarked for hurricane relief. It's been a heck of a year, and I'm sure reserves are being tapped.
And now for a prayer of supplication I feel comfortable making. May Jean go out to sea and may no further storms brew out there this year.
Posted by Dinah on September 18, 2004, at 21:03:19
In reply to Re: Ivan the gentleman hurricane » Jai Narayan, posted by Dinah on September 18, 2004, at 21:02:32
It was a general post, not intended for anyone.
Posted by Shadowplayers721 on September 19, 2004, at 13:46:05
In reply to Re: Ivan the gentleman hurricane » Jai Narayan, posted by Dinah on September 18, 2004, at 21:02:32
Oh, I hate living in an area where I have to evacuate. My parents moved here and I am stuck here for the time being, but personally I feel it is a joke to live in an area that floods with just regular rain storms.
Since, I was a child there was this "RED ALERT" of storms. I would pack my toys up high in the closets for fear of the big one. I do not plan to live my life like this. It feels like running from the perpetrator all over again. All of this sends my PTSD way up. When the perpetrator strikes, no one is able to help. Trees snaps like a perpetrator in a rage. Hauntings sounds whip through trees like screams in the night. Trees lash at your home. Your home may even shake. Windows are put through the test. Your animals are at risk even if you think they are properly secure in the Hellish night storm. You pray all through it that it will stop, go away, or just disappear.
Of course, people have jobs that will not let them off until the last moment. This is the moment that the mayor says, "Manditory evacuation". That's too late. Over a million people can't get out on the interstate to get out of dodge to be saved in less than 24 hours till the hit. Therefore, evacuation is a joke. The business man (the employer) wants his money, so he will want you to stay until the rain starts before you leave. If you do decide to get out at that time, you may sit in traffic for at least 6-8 hours. Good luck finding a hotel.
I hope to have my plans of moving out of this high risk area. I don't want to be packing my life in a car for the rest of my life running from the perpetrator. No place is worth that especially this area where I live.
Posted by Dinah on September 20, 2004, at 13:00:49
In reply to evacuatation is a joke, posted by Shadowplayers721 on September 19, 2004, at 13:46:05
I'm sorry. :(
Does anyone know a part of the country that isn't plagued by something? Tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, blizzards? Seems like Mother Nature does her best to remind us who's in charge no matter where we go.
Posted by Shadowplayers721 on September 20, 2004, at 17:49:21
In reply to You had to evacuate? » Shadowplayers721, posted by Dinah on September 20, 2004, at 13:00:49
Yep, I sure did. I live below sea level. I would like a safe place to live. Maybe, I am dreaming again. ;)
Posted by Dinah on September 20, 2004, at 19:34:34
In reply to Re: You had to evacuate?, posted by Shadowplayers721 on September 20, 2004, at 17:49:21
Maybe we can ask around. There are folks from all over on these boards. Maybe some come from areas that aren't subject to life threatening natural disasters.
Posted by Shadowplayers721 on September 21, 2004, at 19:48:41
In reply to Re: You had to evacuate? » Shadowplayers721, posted by Dinah on September 20, 2004, at 19:34:34
Posted by Dinah on September 21, 2004, at 22:33:33
In reply to Good idea, Dinah. I am open to suggestions:) (nm), posted by Shadowplayers721 on September 21, 2004, at 19:48:41
Perhaps those who live in a disaster free paradise would be willing to share their secrets.
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