[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