inthefrey Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 I think we're about to find out... https://spaghettimodels.com/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tadbart Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Learned to leave when a big storm comes, and I'll be damned if anyone is gonna disarm me. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted August 28, 2021 Administrators Share Posted August 28, 2021 Weird. Katrina hit New Orleans on my birthday in 2005 and this one could hit on the same day, in the same place this year. And of course, 29 August is Judgement Day, in the Terminator movie series. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthefrey Posted August 28, 2021 Author Share Posted August 28, 2021 56 minutes ago, Eric said: Weird. Katrina hit New Orleans on my birthday in 2005 and this one could hit on the same day, in the same place this year. And of course, 29 August is Judgement Day, in the Terminator movie series. Not sure I completely understand your meaning here. Are you equating your brother's birthday to judgment day? 😳 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted August 28, 2021 Administrators Share Posted August 28, 2021 22 minutes ago, inthefrey said: Not sure I completely understand your meaning here. Are you equating your brother's birthday to judgment day? 😳 My birthday and yes. My mother painted that picture of my birth often enough. I had a really big head even as a baby. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 I expect this hurricane to be a repeat of Katrina, since the same bunch is in charge. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostinTexas Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 We learned a whole lot. Will we act on what we learned? Since there are so many Democrats elected in La, I don't have a lot of faith. This time they can blame their savior though, so there is always that. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Utah sure as hell did. We hired the Louisiana director of emergency services after it was over. He totally revamped our response plan in case of a major earthquake. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthefrey Posted August 28, 2021 Author Share Posted August 28, 2021 10 minutes ago, Batesmotel said: Utah sure as hell did. We hired the Louisiana director of emergency services after it was over. He totally revamped our response plan in case of a major earthquake. https://earthquakes.utah.gov/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aomagrat Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 1 hour ago, LostinTexas said: We learned a whole lot. Will we act on what we learned? Since there are so many Democrats elected in La, I don't have a lot of faith. This time they can blame their savior though, so there is always that. They'll find a way to blame Trump. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 35 minutes ago, inthefrey said: https://earthquakes.utah.gov/ That was just a minor one. We are not sitting on a fault. We are on a fault complex. Someday we will have a 7.0-7.2. It will suck bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MO Fugga Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Anyone who builds a city below sea level, in a hurricane zone, and packs it with Democrats is a ******* genius, IMO. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fog Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 51 minutes ago, Batesmotel said: Utah sure as hell did. We hired the Louisiana director of emergency services after it was over. He totally revamped our response plan in case of a major earthquake. Emergency directors are usually egos hoping something goes wrong, very few of them are worth a damn in any real emergency. I used to secure the emergency operations center, if it all went sideways my job was to collect the elected officials and top level emergency managers and take them to the operations center. I begged to have a different assignment, baby sittting whiny entitled oversized brats is not what I was born to do. I told the sheriff this and he said that was my primary qualification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fog Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 1 minute ago, MO Fugga said: Anyone who builds a city below sea level, in a hurricane zone, and packs it with Democrats is a ******* genius, IMO. Last time God flushed twice. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 5 minutes ago, Fog said: Emergency directors are usually egos hoping something goes wrong, very few of them are worth a damn in any real emergency. I used to secure the emergency operations center, if it all went sideways my job was to collect the elected officials and top level emergency managers and take them to the operations center. I begged to have a different assignment, baby sittting whiny entitled oversized brats is not what I was born to do. I told the sheriff this and he said that was my primary qualification. This guy was good. No BS. Just facts and the reality of a bad event. Biggest thing he did was to create a realistic communication system. He spoke at a conference I attended. I loved his information and approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crockett Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 A weather band from that thing just hit me an hour ago. Saw some rotation going on. Prime condition for a tornado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Batesmotel said: Utah sure as hell did. We hired the Louisiana director of emergency services after it was over. He totally revamped our response plan in case of a major earthquake. Forgive me, but isn't that like hiring Custer because he has experience with Indian attacks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Not really. Louisiana officials had ignored warnings from their own emergency response team for years. Mostly citing budget problems. There was a lot they ignored. Blaming the response teams is like blaming a bad employee with a boss who refuses to give the employee any support. After Katrina hit it was a total fluster kluck. By the time we hired him he was through with taking **** from elected officials. We hired him to be blunt. He was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthefrey Posted August 28, 2021 Author Share Posted August 28, 2021 Latest rain prediction from NHC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 That’s more than we get in a year. Hunker down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT4494 Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Its not smart to live on the coast below sea level... Our house is at 30 foot ABSL here in Chas. That is like living on a mountain in the "Lowcountry".. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted August 28, 2021 Administrators Share Posted August 28, 2021 I wonder if the levies will hold this time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPTim Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 24 minutes ago, Eric said: I wonder if the levies will hold this time? Only if you can drive your Chevy there. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fog Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Batesmotel said: Not really. Louisiana officials had ignored warnings from their own emergency response team for years. Mostly citing budget problems. There was a lot they ignored. Blaming the response teams is like blaming a bad employee with a boss who refuses to give the employee any support. After Katrina hit it was a total fluster kluck. By the time we hired him he was through with taking **** from elected officials. We hired him to be blunt. He was. That's good to hear. Most of those positions are filled with those who kiss the rump of elected officials. Seen too many times where they just get in the way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 More important things to do than strengthening levies with windfall (ha!) money from taxpayers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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