Club Obi Wan

Steve,
It's great to hear from you! I am sorry to hear about your friend's tribulations, but I am happy to hear that you and your family are OK.
Best,
HJ

Steve, great to hear from you. I just can't believe what I'm seeing on TV. I can't believe the lack of preparedness for the chaos in the aftermath. I understand that in any disaster, people will get hurt and die. It's the lack of response to the mass of humanity escaping the flood and damage that is driving me crazy. The days of, "We just weren't prepared for this," should have ended four years ago this month. Imagine a multi-city 9/11. Gas would be $10 a gallon. I little scary!

Someone said that it's the Nature rebelling against the States that didn't join the Kyoto Protocol sorry but this sounds funny

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Fedora i'm glad you're far from the flood and from the violence i heard on tv!

Good to see that your ok Steve.

Great to hear from you, Steve!

Good to know you and yours are safe Steve.

Cheers!

Dan

I'm glad you are O.K. Steve. -Smart move getting out of town.

Glad to hear that you are OK Fedora.

erri_wan wrote: hurricane very dangerous... dont go at all!

I will go first!

I am in Monroe, LA and we barely got touched. Looks like the Katrina took a hard right turn after hitting land. We are, and have been, a quickly expanding evacuee center with refugees moving in by the hundreds daily. Glad to see Fedora is safe.

A friend of mine works inthe N.O. mayor's office. He says that the news reports have barely scratched the surface. I have long lost family (third cousins, as it were) in Buras, which was below N.O. in Plaquemines Parish and was essentially ground zero. No word .

Glad to hear it , Fedora!




have a nice day.

Very glad to hear that you are OK, Steve. I just got through telling my fiancee today that if I did not see any posts from you on the forum that I was going to head that way and look for you...........

Good to hear you made it through all right. 90 mph winds as far inland as your location? YIKES!!

I've been glued to the tube this week watching the devastation unfold and shaking my head in amazement. One lesson I've been reminded of during all this is to never depend solely on government to rescue you after a disaster. Have your own emergency plan and supplies (72 hours worth MINIMUM) in place and evacuate the area as soon as you deem it necessary. Don't always wait just for your local officials to tell you, they may be dragging their feet for some reason. Use your head. This past week has shown everyone just how confused and uncertain things can be with even almost a week's prior warning. Having said all that, my wife and I wil be going through our house this weekend looking for clothing and housewares to donate to the evacuees that we are expecting to receive soon in our northern Texas county.

And don't forget to donate money to the Red Cross. I heard last night that they are spending it faster than it's coming in.

Okay, I'm off the soapbox. We now return to our regularly scheduled programming!

Cheers!

Glad to hear you and your family are safe Steve.

Glad you came thru it OK.
Regards,
Dakota

God be with you Steve, and those in the thick of it.

Hiya guys, I'm relieved that folks are safe.