Re: Off to the northwest USA
From: Joel M. Eichen (joeleichen_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/15/04
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 11:06:12 -0400
On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:42:59 GMT, The Webby
<nospamattmjiatroepidemicnospam@san.rr.com> wrote:
>Thanks Steve! I think the rain has arrived now though. We have showers
>forecast all week long but we'll have fun either way!! (Better not
>forget my umbrella -- packing --)
>TW
>
COULD BE WORSE!
JOEL
Posted on Wed, Sep. 15, 2004
I M A G E S A N D R E L A T E D C O N T E N T
Interstate 10 is packed as people leave New Orleans. The Louisiana
Superdome and the skyliine of the city are in the background. BILL
HABER, AP
More photos...
R E L A T E D L I N K S
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• Passenger ships waiting out the storm
• Forum | Hurricane Connections
• Track Ivan on Storm.Herald.com
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• Biloxi (Miss.) SunHerald | Coast waits and watches
• Biloxi (Miss.) SunHerald | Eye on Ivan: A South Mississippi
hurricane journal
• Graphic: The low-lying Gulf coast
Hurricane Ivan Roars Toward Gulf Coast
MARY FOSTER
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS - Stragglers streamed toward higher ground Wednesday on
highways turned into one-way evacuation routes and surf started
eroding beaches as Hurricane Ivan roared toward the Gulf Coast with
140 mph wind.
Nearly 200 miles wide, Ivan could cause significant damage no matter
where it strikes, as hurricane-force wind extended up to 105 miles out
from the center. Hurricane warnings were posted along a 300-mile
stretch from Grand Isle, La., across coastal Mississippi and Alabama
to Apalachicola, Fla.
"We're leaving today. All this is going under," said surfer Chuck
Myers who was only taking pictures of the waves Wednesday morning at
Gulf Shores. "We surfed it all day yesterday. It was glorious."
"This is a bad one and people need to get out," Mobile, Ala., Mayor
Mike Dow said Wednesday on ABC's "Good Morning America."
Fleeing to safety was not an option for some people, especially in New
Orleans, the below-sea-level city where more than 1.2 million were
urged to get out of the metropolitan area, warned that the city could
be inundated with water up to 20 feet deep.
"They say evacuate, but they don't say how I'm supposed to do that,"
said Latonya Hill, who waited out the storm Tuesday sitting on her
stoop. Hill, 57, lives on a disability check and money she picks up
cleaning houses or baby sitting. "If I can't walk it or get there on
the bus, I don't go. I don't got a car. My daughter don't either."
No shelters had been set up in the city because of concerns about
flooding and capacity, Mayor Ray Nagin said.
Nagin insisted Wednesday that the evacuation from his city had been
going smoothly. "Of course we are trying to move a large number of
people out of our city," he said on NBC's "Today." "We experienced
gridlock on the highways. But for the most part it's subsided."
Farther east, Interstate 65 in Alabama was turned into a
northbound-only evacuation route Wednesday morning from the harbor
city of Mobile to Montgomery.
Streets in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., were deserted Wednesday morning
and businesses were boarded up. Streets along Mississippi's 75-mile
coast were all but deserted and homes and businesses, including a
number of gas stations, were boarded up.
At 8 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Ivan was centered about 180 miles
south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River and moving
north-northwest at 12 mph. Forecasters said Ivan could bring a coastal
storm surge of 10 to 16 feet, topped by large, battering waves.
Forecasters said Ivan, which killed at least 68 people in the
Caribbean, could reach 160 mph and strengthen to a dangerous Category
5 by the time it blows ashore as early as Thursday somewhere along the
Gulf Coast.
Everyone from New Orleans east to Apalachicola, Fla., should be
worried because even the tiniest change in the storm track now could
move the location of the storm's landfall by hundreds of miles, Hector
Guerrero, a meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center, said
Wednesday.
"Even a little jog could result in considerable change," he said.
"I beg people on the coast: Do not ride this storm out," Mississippi
Gov. Haley Barbour said, urging residents in other parts of the state
to open their homes to relatives, friends and co-workers.
In Alabama, Mobile County Sheriff's Sgt. Steve Kirchharr said shelters
were beginning to fill Wednesday morning with evacuees from coastal
and low-lying areas.
He didn't expect the shelters to be filled until Wednesday "when
tropical force winds start reaching the shore and people start
panicking more than they are right now."
No major problems were reported Wednesday on Mississippi's U.S. 49,
the four-lane route from the coast north to Jackson, although it had
been bumper-to-bumper late into the night, said Gulfport police Lt.
Ricky Chapman said. "Right now things are running pretty smooth but it
might pick up again" as evacuation holdouts reconsider," he said.
A dozen casinos along the Mississippi coast were ordered closed
Tuesday.
New Orleans, which sits largely below sea level, is particularly
vulnerable to flooding, and Nagin was among the first to urge
residents to get out while they can. The city's Louis Armstrong
Airport was ordered closed Tuesday night.
Up to 10 feet below sea level in spots, New Orleans sits between the
nearly half-mile-wide Mississippi River and Rhode Island-size Lake
Pontchartrain, relying on a system of levees, canals and huge pumps to
keep dry.
The city has not taken a major direct hit since Betsy in 1965, when an
8- to 10-foot storm surge submerged parts of the city in 7 feet of
water. Betsy was blamed for 74 deaths in Louisiana, Mississippi and
Florida.
Experts said Ivan could be worse, sending water pouring over the
levees, flooding to the rooftops and turning streets into a toxic brew
of raw sewage, gas and chemicals from nearby refineries.
Some 10,000 people were in New Orleans for conventions and there was
nowhere for many of them to go except high floors in their hotels.
"They said get out, but I can't change my flight, so I figure I might
as well enjoy myself," said George Senton, of Newark, N.J. "At least
I'll have had some good coffee and some good music before it gets me."
Forecasters said the storm surge could completely swamp Alabama's
Dauphin Island, the narrow barrier island south of Mobile with many
expensive homes built on stilts.
Some people said they wanted to stay to witness nature's wrath
firsthand, and be in position to help others.
"There's nothing like a severe storm to put a human being in their
proper place," said Prentice Howard, 59, stationed at Naval Station
Pascagoula. "I want to experience the power of nature. It sounds dumb
to some people but that's the way it is. Sort of like skydiving."
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Jeanne was threatening to turn into a
hurricane Wednesday in the Caribbean as it approached Puerto Rico. At
8 a.m., it had wind of about 70 mph, just a few mph below hurricane
strength, and was about 70 miles southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Long-range forecasts showed it could be near Florida's east coast as
early as the weekend.
--- Associated Press Writers Bill Kaczor in Perdido Key, Fla.; Allen G. Breed and David Royse in Panama City Beach, Fla.; Shelia Hardwell Byrd in Biloxi, Miss.; Bob Johnson in Montgomery, Ala.; and Mary Foster in New Orleans contributed to this report. ON THE NET National Hurricane Center: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov *****************************8 >In article <2qr0klF128jb4U2@uni-berlin.de>, > Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS <bornfeldmung@dentaltwins.com> wrote: > >> The Webby wrote: >> >> > Taking Mother to her high school class reunion! Should be >> > interesting.... ;-) >> > Thanks for the bon voyage, >> > TW >> > >> >> I don't think the rainy season has started there yet. I've been out to >> Seattly 3 times--spring and summer, and don't remember ever seeing rain. >> Have a great trip. >> >> Steve >> > >> > In article <xPV1d.2709$b46.2444@newssvr15.news.prodigy.com>, >> > "Dr Steve" <nospam@home.net> wrote: >> > >> > >> >>My wishes for a pleasant and fun trip! >> >> >> >>-- >> >>~+--~+--~+--~+--~+-- >> >>Stephen Mancuso, D.D.S. >> >>Troy, Michigan, USA >> >>.................................................... >> >> >> >>This posting is intended for informational or conversational purposes only. >> >>Always seek the opinion of a licensed dental professional before acting on >> >>the advice or opinion expressed here. Only a dentist who has examined you >> >>in person can diagnose your problems and make decisions which will affect >> >>your health. >> >>...................... >> >>"The Webby" <nospamattmjiatroepidemicnospam@san.rr.com> wrote in message >> >>news:nospamattmjiatroepidemicnospam-8FD0FD.19495114092004@orngca-news02.soca >> >>l. >> >>rr.com... >> >> >> >>>Got my bags packed and ready to go .... San Diego to Portland, Oregon >> >>>and the coast .... >> >>> >> >>>And upon our arrival ... it is: "Hello, precipitation!!!" (any amount >> >>>is more than I've seen since the Mancuso family visited us last >> >>>Christmas Eve -- I think!!!!!!!!) >> >>> >> >>>Going for a week and I do hope you guys (!!!!) get your geetar act-stuff >> >>>figured out by the time I get back!!! ;-) >> >>> >> >>>TW
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