Gulf Coast States

phimu88 · #1 08-26-2008, 11:19 AM

If Gustav comes your way ... where will you evacuate to? It's predicted to be at least a catagory 4!!

We will probably go to Jackson, MS...

update: oops nevermind my husband said no to Jackson. We will be going north east or north west... never straight north.

FlaGirl07 · #2 08-26-2008, 11:40 AM

oh yaaaay, another storm!!!

phimu88 · #3 08-26-2008, 11:44 AM

I know but this one will be a biggie... the full hurricane strength

nittanyalum · #4 08-26-2008, 11:48 AM

Fairly sure FlaGirl was being sarcastic...

phimu88 · #5 08-26-2008, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by nittanyalum

Fairly sure FlaGirl was being sarcastic...

I know that and I said "I know" as in "I know

" but I guess you didnt read it that way.

BabyPiNK_FL · #6 08-26-2008, 12:44 PM

How is it that I'm barely hearing about this one and it's full strength, but that when the other one came (Fay), the news wouldn't shut up?

phimu88 · #7 08-26-2008, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

How is it that I'm barely hearing about this one and it's full strength, but that when the other one came (Fay), the news wouldn't shut up?

It just turned into a hurricane overnight... When I was watching Fay on the nhc I saw that it was a 50% threat of becoming a TS so I just continued to watch it. It will be all over the news by this weekend when it gets ready to enter the Gulf.

Kevlar281 · #8 08-26-2008, 01:49 PM

After the debacle that was the Hurricane Rita evacuation, I will never evacuate again.

KSUViolet06 · #9 08-26-2008, 03:56 PM

This thread makes me *gasp* glad to live in Ohio (where our only real worries are blinding snowstorms--and you can't evacuate for those).

PANTHERTEKE · #10 08-26-2008, 04:04 PM

I hope it just goes to Mexico.

phimu88 · #11 08-26-2008, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevlar281

After the debacle that was the Hurricane Rita evacuation, I will never evacuate again.

you have to if its coming your way!! Think of Katrina!! We boarded up for Fay just in case and it is a pain in the butt... but really better safe than sorry! My husband just called and he said they are getting ready for it at his work this week... just in case. I just called State Farm to be sure all of our policies are in order... not that it means they will actually pay ...

EE-BO · #12 08-26-2008, 04:20 PM

Are you right on the coast? I have vague memories of Alicia coming to Houston when I was very little, and our neighbor had a tree through her house- but the rest of us were pretty unscathed. So all the time I lived there, I never got real worried.

Living in Austin, I will probably inherit some evacuees if it comes to that. I was in Houston when Rita came and we left that afternoon and got to Austin without any of the trouble many people had. But when we got to Austin, people were running around buying up water and panicking worse than Houstonians lol.

I think once you have been through a few, it is hard to get worked up. Katrina was certainly a reminder though that sometimes there can be massive devastation on coastal towns (and Rita did its damage too, though less publicized.)

Kevlar281 · #13 08-26-2008, 04:43 PM

During Alicia I lived in Seabrook, TX…about a block from the water. I was pretty young so I barely remember anything. My most vivid memory is eating breakfast at the Red Cross trailer at City Hall.

I think the only reason I evacuated for Rita was because of all the coverage that Katrina got. Rita sent the city into a panic. Cell service went down and you couldn’t buy gas anywhere and I just got caught up in the panic of wanting to get out of town. I still live about five minutes from the water.

phimu88 · #14 08-26-2008, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by EE-BO

Are you right on the coast? I have vague memories of Alicia coming to Houston when I was very little, and our neighbor had a tree through her house- but the rest of us were pretty unscathed. So all the time I lived there, I never got real worried.

Living in Austin, I will probably inherit some evacuees if it comes to that. I was in Houston when Rita came and we left that afternoon and got to Austin without any of the trouble many people had. But when we got to Austin, people were running around buying up water and panicking worse than Houstonians lol.

I think once you have been through a few, it is hard to get worked up. Katrina was certainly a reminder though that sometimes there can be massive devastation on coastal towns (and Rita did its damage too, though less publicized.)

We are right on the beach about 60 miles from New Orleans (in MS) We are only half done rebuilding our house after a fire burned it to the ground last year... so we are just renting this house for now... but rebuilding for a 3rd time in 3 years is not appealing to me at all!! I never got worked up at all about hurricanes until Katrina ... now I get really nervous. It's hard to explain unless you have lived through it I guess. Gustav scares me because it is predicted to be a cat 3 before it even enters the Gulf. That is not good. Katrina was a 1 when it hit FL and killed 14 people... in the Gulf it doesnt take long to intensify and gain speed.

AGDee · #15 08-26-2008, 07:03 PM

I really wish my brother hadn't moved to Alabama...