Well the hurricane is supposed to be heading strait for New Orleans. It wont be that bad of one, but you never know. I will probably loose power and stuff, so I "might not be able to post" for a few days. Best thing is they closed school for the rest of the week!!!!

 

Jeez...good luck
I'll stick with Cali...the Earthquakes every few years sound better than a hurricane every year.

 

good luck, theres a tropical storm heading our way too, should be here around monday or so so you know what that means...no classes for a few days

 

/id rather hurricanes than earthquakes. the last hurrican that came to Louisiana was 5 years ago.

 

I just walked over to the lake, and it is a pretty impressive sight. A road goes along the lake, and on the lake side, it is about a foot deep, and on the other side probably about 3-4 feet, because the ground sinks down, so that the levees can hold more water. good thing is that the levees at this poin tby the lake are like 25 - 30 feet tall. I was gonna take pics, but our water proof camera takes some special film that we dont have.
The lake is about 2 feet from overflowing onto the land. the only reason there is so much water, is because the waves are 4-8 feet and are just doucing the land.

BTW we have only had 8 hurricanes in the last 25 years that have come within 75 miles of New Orleans, and only 2 or 3 were more than a category 1. There are 5 categories.

 

Well, first off I want to wish you good luck, and tell you to be careful, and stock up on bottled water and toilet paper.

Now then, as far as hurricanes vs. earthquakes, for me it's a no-brainer. I'll take earthquakes any day of the week. I've been in both. Hurricanes are nasty *****'s that cause damage for days, across thousands of miles. It doesn't have to hit you to hurt you. The last one I was in was Floyd a few years ago. I was just south of Cocoa Beach, right where they predicted it would hit. Well, it came close, but then hugged the coast and didn't turn inland for another 1000 miles north. Still, it tore down damn near every pier on the east coast of Florida, from Cocoa Beach north. It toppled trees in my Mom's yard, and broke a few windows. It did millions of dollars in damage just in Brevard county, and it didn't even "hit" Brevard county. It tore up towns all the way past N.J. In fact, it destroyed the downtown in Bound Brook, N.J., where I spent my first 11 years of life. Completely flooded the downtown, and in the middle of the flood, the local Harley Davidson dealership caught fire, and burned up completely, because the flood made it impossible for the fire department to get close enough to fight the fire.

Hurricanes can and do hit everywhere from the tip of Texas to New England. So do earthquakes. A friend of mine that lives in Tennessee schit in his pants when an earthquake hit them about a year ago. Upstate N.Y. had a sizeable quake about 8 months ago, too. Thing is, Tennessee and upstate N.Y. aren't prepared for quakes. The buildings aren't built with them in mind.

Since I moved to So Cal in 1978, I have felt at least 15 earthquakes, but only 2 or 3 were strong enough to cause damage anywhere. The worst was the Northridge quake in '93 or '94. That was the gnarliest quake I've ever been in. Didn't cause any damage anywhere near me, other than killing the power for a while, and knocking a few things off of some shelves. That quake did cause some damage, though, but it was only in a few isolated areas. The news made it seem like all of L.A. was crumbling, but it wasn't anything like that at all. That was probably the only quake that actually scared me, but by the time I realized what it was, it was over. All of the other quakes were fun, actually. I guess you just have to be in one to see what I mean.

Honestly, neither hurricanes or earthquakes are my biggest fear. I hate tornados. Hurricanes cause more widespread damage, but tornados just scare the crap out of me (I've been through one of them, too).

Anyway, now that I say all this, we'll probably have a killer quake here tonight, but I have my earthquake survival kit under my desk, so I'm cool.



Take care,
~Chris

 

ohh man, im with you on that one. between hurricanes and earthquakes i really couldnt say whichc is worse since ive never been in an earthquake (and im not in a big hurry to find out what it feels like to be in one ), but tornadoes scare the crap outta me. we had one around here not long ago and it left a pretty big mess.

 

Well where theres a hurricane, there is usually a few tornados

 

That's one of the cool, but screwed things about So Cal. The weather. It's either sunny and warm, or sunny and cool. Sometimes it's partly cloudy. We only got around 8 inches of rain last year. In fact, it hasn't rained here since April, and it won't for at least another month. When it does, it's usually a steady, mellow rain. No thunder, no lightning, blah, blah, blah. Very boring, really. I'd say maybe once a year, twice at the most, we get a storm that has lightning and thunder, but it's never much more than a 30 minute show. In January, we get snow in the local mountains, but you have to drive for 45 minutes (or more) to play in it. We don't have tornados, and we don't have hurricanes. We do get the tail end of one or two hurricanes each year that build up off of the tip of Baja, but all they do is give us 12' to 18' surf, high clouds, and high humidity. No rain, no wind, nothing exciting. When I visit my Mom in Florida, there is more rain, thunder and lightning in one afternoon downpour than there is here all year. If we ever got rain like they do there, we'd fold up our tents, and die. 90% of the people here don't have a clue how to drive in the rain, and anything heavy becomes MAJOR news. I swear, you guys would laugh your asses off if you saw how they react here to actual rain.

What we do have are earthquakes, fires, and mudslides. Fires and mudslides only affect you if you live near the hills, but they make for very exciting news broadcasts. Actually, fire scares me more than tornados. Everything I own, and everything I am, is within the walls of my 3 story condo. If it were to burn down, I would be suicidal. Probably why I have fire extinguishers on every floor.

Sorry for the ramble.

Take care,
~Chris

 

from this storm rolling thru their yards right now. Almost done in Beasties area, yet its dragging *** to get out of there. The whole gulf coast is pritty soggy. Predicting 10-20 inches in the next day or so. Waves are 15-18 feet tall.