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I was just wondering who we had right close down there in the path. Does not look good at all.
 
(quoted from post at 19:00:39 08/26/20) I was just wondering who we had right close down there in the path. Does not look good at all.
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I am 191 Centerville. At this time it looks like it will. Go east of us so we may just get. Some of the side wind.

There is not a hotel room anywhere around here. Even the old cheap one in town is full.
 
A couple of buoys are reporting near 50 foot waves offshore.
Both Rita and Katrina (15 years ago) were cat 5 storms but were downgraded to cat 3 storms before making landfall.
This thing is coming in at a strong cat 4 with 150 mph winds.
So that makes this the strongest storm to hit Louisiana in recent memory maybe ever.
This ain't going to be pretty once the sun starts coming up and the damage can be assessed.
There will be miles and miles of nothing left along the path of the storm.
Its hard to even imagine the destruction if you have never seen it first hand before.



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(quoted from post at 21:58:41 08/26/20) A couple of buoys are reporting near 50 foot waves offshore.
Both Rita and Katrina (15 years ago) were cat 5 storms but were downgraded to cat 3 storms before making landfall.
This thing is coming in at a strong cat 4 with 150 mph winds.
So that makes this the strongest storm to hit Louisiana in recent memory maybe ever.
This ain't going to be pretty once the sun starts coming up and the damage can be assessed.
There will be miles and miles of nothing left along the path of the storm.
Its hard to even imagine the destruction if you have never seen it first hand before.



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Your "let the hysteria begin" post let us know that you would not be participating in all the hysteria so I assume that you spent it on your front porch laughing at the hysterical people reacting to the hurricane
 
(quoted from post at 21:58:41 08/26/20) A couple of buoys are reporting near 50 foot waves offshore.
Both Rita and Katrina (15 years ago) were cat 5 storms but were downgraded to cat 3 storms before making landfall.
This thing is coming in at a strong cat 4 with 150 mph winds.
So that makes this the strongest storm to hit Louisiana in recent memory maybe ever.
This ain't going to be pretty once the sun starts coming up and the damage can be assessed.
There will be miles and miles of nothing left along the path of the storm.
Its hard to even imagine the destruction if you have never seen it first hand before.



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Your "let the hysteria begin" post let us know that you would not be participating in all the hysteria so I assume that you spent it on your front porch laughing at the hysterical people reacting to the hurricane.
 
You may have misunderstood what I meant when I said "let the hysteria begin"

First off let me say.
These major storms; Strong cat 3 and above are nothing to play with.
Nothing and I mean nothing matches the destruction over such a large area.
The recent Iowa storm was a afternoon rain shower compared to one of these storms.
Areas along the coast are basically labeled unsurvivable due to storm surge but yet some will say and try to ride it out.

With that said there is lots of hysteria to go around for each storm.
Local officials preach to us every June; prepare prepare prepare.
Get you a flight bag packed with anything you will need.
Stock up on can goods and pre build things like window protectors.
But it never fails.
A named storm gets into the gulf and you are in the cone of error and all he!! breaks loose.
People are running around like a chicken with its head cut off trying to do things they should have done months in advance.

So while I know and respect these storms.
I even pleaded with one YT member to leave his house because he was thinking about trying to ride it out.
I also sit back and shake my head watching people so unprepared for what is about to happen.
 
One more thing I'll add to that are the people who don't have any means to leave; poor, sick, elderly, homeless.

Sadly, many folks choose to ride out storms these days because they keep seeing all the videos of past storms online and figure that all those people made it while "in" the storm. Kind of a dumb way to ensure your safety if you ask me.

And don't even get me started on the looters!!

I got tired of living where such devastation occurred so regularly. So many others have moved down there, right into reach of the storms.
 
(quoted from post at 06:20:41 08/27/20) You may have misunderstood what I meant when I said "let the hysteria begin"

First off let me say.
These major storms; Strong cat 3 and above are nothing to play with.
Nothing and I mean nothing matches the destruction over such a large area.
The recent Iowa storm was a afternoon rain shower compared to one of these storms.
Areas along the coast are basically labeled unsurvivable due to storm surge but yet some will say and try to ride it out.

With that said there is lots of hysteria to go around for each storm.
Local officials preach to us every June; prepare prepare prepare.
Get you a flight bag packed with anything you will need.
Stock up on can goods and pre build things like window protectors.
But it never fails.
A named storm gets into the gulf and you are in the cone of error and all he!! breaks loose.
People are running around like a chicken with its head cut off trying to do things they should have done months in advance.

So while I know and respect these storms.
I even pleaded with one YT member to leave his house because he was thinking about trying to ride it out.
I also sit back and shake my head watching people so unprepared for what is about to happen.
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OK John, I did misunderstand what you meant. It appeared that you were equating preparation with hysteria.
 
John, as you well know, the best thing about this storm is the fact that the storm surge wasn't near what they were predicting. My question is, why wasn't it? Was it possibly because it upgraded so fast right at the last minute, that it didn't have time to get behind a big wall of water and push it inshore. Besides the flooding damage, the fact that it's salt water makes it a horrible thing to have to endure.

News hasn't checked it but apparently Cameron came out ok. Audrey struck Cameron in June 1957. I think it was hit with a 10' surge. I was a deck hand on a tug pushing barges down the Interooastal Waterway (Canal) from Galveston to NOLA that summer (summer job). Remnants, including human and large animal bodies were all the way up to and farther inland than the Canal. They had Swamp Buggies, huge things out throughout the summer still picking up huiman bodies, some North of the Canal. The stench was so bad you couldn't eat for the day it took the boat (barges loaded with Sulphur from Galveston) to pass the area. The marshes, looking south, were full of anything that would float, being washed there in the tide. A real mess.

I was hoping for some rain out of the deal but it didn't get this far West. How are things going for you?
 
John,

After going through 140 MPH winds here in Iowa a couple weeks ago, we were lucky as we did not get feet of rain also. I can not imagine that added onto the destruction.

Again, prayers to all, let us know what is needed.
 
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