Posted by shullie
on Sun 31 Aug 08, 12:05 PM to shullie's blog.
Even though I'm thousands of miles away, this makes me feel sick and scared - the BBC news on Gustav....
The mayor of New Orleans has ordered a compulsory evacuation of the city, describing the approaching Hurricane Gustav as "the mother of all storms".
At a news conference, Ray Nagin explained the arrangements to get people away from the city's West Bank and why people must not remain in the city as the hurricane approaches, three years after Hurricane Katrina.
He warned that people who refused to leave would be left "on their own".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/759033...
150/165 miles an hour sustained, cat 4.. going to cat 5.... storm surge of 25 feet... fucking ell...
American Red Cross spokesman Peter Teahan says the charity is expecting to house 500,000 people in shelters, as Hurricane Gustav heads for the US coast
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/759046...
Matthew Price reports from New Orleans.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/759039...
Mandatory evacuation .... west bank and city - please please get out....
Thinking of friends and their family, and holding you all in my thoughts and prayers....
Edited Sun 31 Aug 08, 12:14 PM by shullie
| 31 Aug 08, 12:44 PM willing2learn UK, 3 yrs |
We all moan and groan about the weather in the UK we don't really know how lucky we all are Anne Sometimes you need to jump off the bridge, and gain your wings on the way down |
| 31 Aug 08, 6:09 PM QDs_dreamgirl 4 yrs |
my cousin and her husband, who live about 5 miles inland from the Mississippi coast (their last town and home closer to the gulf are no longer there, thanks to Katrina) boarded up their home and left in the RV last night, heading east. i've been watching the news closely, too - and it's damned scary.......... "Tact is for people who aren't witty enough to be Sarcastic" |
