[Coco] Hurricane Ivan

[Boisy G. Pitre]

On Sep 17, 2004, at 9:56 AM, Boisy G. Pitre wrote:


> Since I don't particularly care for off topic posts to the list, I am 

> reticent about doing it myself.  However, enough people have expressed 

> concern about Ivan's course as it relates to my location, so I thought 

> I would oblige a quick post.  There's really no need to reply to this 

> post and continue a long thread.

>

> The bottom line is that where I am located (Opelousas, Louisiana), we 

> did not encounter any rain, nor did we encounter any significant wind. 

>  Frankly, if you didn't know a hurricane was off to the east, you 

> would have thought it was just a nice, breezy day with a few clouds.

>

> If you look at where Opelousas is on the map, you will see that it is 

> are approximately 200 miles west of New Orleans and 60 miles west of 

> Baton Rouge.  Ivan made landfall around Mobile Bay, very far to the 

> west of us.  Ivan was a big storm, and New Orleans was brushed with 

> some of the outer bands of wind and rain, but being even further west 

> of New Orleans, we really didn't get anything.


Clarification: Mobile Bay is very far to the EAST of us. (And "is are" 
_ain't_ proper grammar :)

Boisy