Gulf Coast States

epchick · #1 08-28-2008, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by AGDee

So where is the ideal place to live based on this? I dunno. The mountains in North Carolina?

El Paso....lol. In my lifetime, we've only had 1 tornado scare, back in 1998 (from what I remember), but the tornado never touched down. We have experienced "flooding" but that's only because we barely have any storm drains, and the drainage in the city is CRAPPY. Can't get hurricanes because we are far from the water, and by the time the storm gets anywhere near here, it's pretty much a thunderstorm. Snow storms, in the desert? Not really gonna happen. And we aren't on a fault line.

SWTXBelle · #2 08-28-2008, 04:00 PM

But . . .it's El Paso.

epchick · #3 08-28-2008, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

But . . .it's El Paso.

Hey Hey Hey, watch it now!

But you're right! lol

SWTXBelle · #4 08-28-2008, 04:08 PM

Well, you do have your very own Marty Robbins song!

ComradesTrue · #5 08-28-2008, 04:18 PM

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But . . .it's El Paso.

Giggle. That was my thought.

FWIW- my 94 year old great-aunt has lived in EP her whole life. She has not a single living relative in EP anymore, but no one can convince her to move. She thinks it is the best place on earth and loves the brown mountains!

So.. we all take turns flying in from all corners of the country to check on her and keep her company periodically. Nothing like a nice "vacation" to El Paso! (but the food is good...)

epchick · #6 08-29-2008, 12:18 AM

A friend of mine is in law school in New Orleans, and she just sent a myspace bulletin that said that the school was going to be closed for tomorrow (and maybe longer) and that there is a mandatory evacuation.

I'm not sure if the whole city is evacuating, or if it was just the school.

AGDee · #7 08-29-2008, 06:44 AM

New Orleans is ready to evacuate and they are doing a lot more than they did with Katrina. They have said there will be NO shelters within the city and they have a whole program to get people out who need assistance, don't have transportation, etc. They have moved food and water into Louisiana already. Seems like they did, indeed, learn from their mistakes so hopefully, even if the levees don't hold, there won't be loss of life. I read an article trying to analyze whether the levees are ready for this and the gist of was that they are NOT ready.

ETA: Some evacuations are actually beginning. This website has details: http://www.nola.com/

AGDee · #8 08-28-2008, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by epchick

El Paso....lol. In my lifetime, we've only had 1 tornado scare, back in 1998 (from what I remember), but the tornado never touched down. We have experienced "flooding" but that's only because we barely have any storm drains, and the drainage in the city is CRAPPY. Can't get hurricanes because we are far from the water, and by the time the storm gets anywhere near here, it's pretty much a thunderstorm. Snow storms, in the desert? Not really gonna happen. And we aren't on a fault line.

Alright, we're moving 300,000,000 people in.. ready?

epchick · #9 08-28-2008, 05:14 PM

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Alright, we're moving 300,000,000 people in.. ready?

maybe we'll finally get a Six Flags!! lol

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FWIW- my 94 year old great-aunt has lived in EP her whole life. She has not a single living relative in EP anymore, but no one can convince her to move. She thinks it is the best place on earth and loves the brown mountains!

As much as I want to move away, El Paso has a certain charm about it. It's like our own little bubble in the desert.