Andiamo
"Let's go!"
Won't argue with you on that.
But it should be kept in mind that innocent children and the elderly do suffer greatly due to bad or stupid decisions made by other family members. I am thinking of them.
Major Hurricane to hit Gulf Coast
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But it should be kept in mind that innocent children and the elderly do suffer greatly due to bad or stupid decisions made by other family members. I am thinking of them.
Andiamo
"Let's go!"
Let's pray for this thing to weaken.
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Agree. With Katrina, my unit of 600 Marines rescued hundreds who chose to stay behind. Because so many defied the Mayors orders, many were lost because they could not be rescued in time. Some of those rescued were the first ones on TV complaining about how long it took….Won't argue with you on that.
To be fair on this post, many who were stranded were in the ninth ward, where the levees broke, and flooded those neighborhoods in a very short period of time. This is a very poor area, and many did not have the resources to go anywhere else, but should of went to the many shelters.
The aftermath in the ninth ward was total devastation which looked like the whole area was bombed. The power and destructive nature of fast moving water can not be underestimated.
Are you ok? You posted a “.”, which could be morse code for “help”….
Andiamo
"Let's go!"
I remember seeing a parking lot of school busses just sitting there which could have been used to transport people.
Never mind, I see you edited your post…Are you ok? You posted a “.”, which could be morse code for “help”….
Andiamo
"Let's go!"
That was code for "Quickly thinking of something more edifying to say than what I was going to say."Are you ok? You posted a “.”, which could be morse code for “help”….
Lots of vehicles were staged pre hurricane. But on the morning after the hurricane hit, and the levess burst, those buses were useless.
For the first few days after we arrived, most of the major roads, and neighborhoods were flooded, and driving in vehicles was mostly impossible.
We did a lot of rescues using our amtrack vehicles in the water, going from house to house getting people off of roofs, and also helicopters.
This was my only time ever in New Orleans. My driver was from the area, and on the 3rd night, we went downtown which had limited flooding, and we drove down Bourbon street at night, and it was eerie as we were the only ones there.
Been there, done that…
mattfivefour
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Praying for safety for ALL people and animals in the path of this storm, praying the storm weaken before landfall, and praying especially for Christians that their witness is effective during this trial and non-believers are brought to Christ.
Armor of Light
Praising my Savior all the day long!
The last time we were in Minnesota was around 2002 or so, we stayed at Indian Point and you better be inside the cabin by sunset. skeeters were huge and thick, you could actually hear them outside the doors and windowsThe storms up here are working on it. Overcast, breezy and 60s or 70s
Unfortunately, now, after a relatively benign season, the Minnesota State Bird* is out in force, and they're making up for lost time
*Mosquito
mattfivefour
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In Minnesota and its northern neighbor Manitoba the mosquitoes have their own Air Traffic Control system. I spent a week a few years ago filming in northern Manitoba. I can testify that those flying monsters are no exaggeration; I've lost less blood at a Red Cross clinic.The last time we were in Minnesota was around 2002 or so, we stayed at Indian Point and you better be inside the cabin by sunset. skeeters were huge and thick, you could actually hear them outside the doors and windows
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Sojourner
I arrived in Miami with a team from DOJ at 5AM before dawn the morning after Hurricane Andrew hit Miami. When the sun came up it looked like a atomic bomb had been dropped. Everything for miles in every direction had been blown over or away.
There was a mobile home park near our installation that was gone. Wild animals from the Miami zoo were free ranging the neighborhood. It looked like something described in Revelation.
The smell of decomposition was in the air. There was not one building or one vehicle in the areas we were that did not have damage. All of this damage was wind damage. Every powerline was down and almost every power pole too.
Hurricane Andrew came through South Miami, in the poorer area. The city of Miami was mostly North of the main damage. If the path would have been five miles farther North the deaths would have been in the thousands.
To this day I do not believe they have any idea of how many died. Some of the Western side of Southern Miami was blown into the Gulf of Mexico.
They rated Hurricane Andrew a category 4 storm. Which afterwards was upgraded to Category 5. There were wind speeds in excess of 200 mph clocked near our installation and the nearby National Guard Armory.
Accepted
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Praying for all in the path of this storm!!
Bondo7
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I love weather maps. This is a great site.
Judy4Jesus
God is GOOD!
yeshua'sbride
♥ Standing with Israel
Amen! 
ShilohRose
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LibertyBelle
Cracked.
Anyone know of where to see live beach / coast cams down there?
I'm having trouble finding one. Used to be that when you'd search for something like that on YT, you'd get /mostly/ regular people's uploads. Now, you can't get past 'real' news channels to find anything.
I'm having trouble finding one. Used to be that when you'd search for something like that on YT, you'd get /mostly/ regular people's uploads. Now, you can't get past 'real' news channels to find anything.
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