[Coco] Gustuv

[John Donaldson]

I live up here in East Dallas and even we are getting prepared. Track is 
to come right near us. Enough energy will be left in the storm to create 
a lot of rain and flooding up here. The CAP squadrons have plans in 
effect to move all our airplanes north to Oklahoma. All the RACES and 
Ham Radio club are getting ready to support the storm.


John Donaldson

tonym wrote:

>man, those of you in the danger zone, God-speed, and be prepared.
>I live in S. Florida, so I know ALL about it.
>
>Do NOT wait until the last minute to evacuate of prepare.
>
>Tony
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gene Heskett gene.heskett at verizon.net
>Sent 8/30/2008 10:23:30 PM
>To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts coco at maltedmedia.com
>Subject: Re: [Coco] Gustuv
>
>On Saturday 30 August 2008, Roger Taylor wrote:
>The worst nightmare seems to be in progress again, folks. Let's all
>hope that Boisy and his family will stay safe and well during this
>unfortunate weather event.
>
>To those who aren't following the headlines, this hurricane is
>forcing another massive evacuation of millions of people. I can't
>speak for those who are from south La but the East Texas area did in
>fact get major side effects from the last two big hurricanes that hit
>the gulf... Katrina and Rita. Rita's oute r borders reached right
>into my area and caused quite a bit of damage although nothing
>compared to the damage done from the eye as it reached land and
>before it faded away, from either of those hurricanes.
>
>One huge side effect of these terrible hurricanes is that all the
>freeways and some major highways end up with bumper-to-bumper traffic
>for many hundreds of miles. In 2005 I drove into La to get my kids
>and bring them back to Texas but couldn't get back in time before
>I-20 was jam packed all the way through Dallas and beyond. I
>remember it taking about 6 hours to make a 2.5 hour trip. The Guard
>had shelters set up at the rest areas and they were all jammed...
>clothes, water, food, and other needs were brought in on pallets and
>dropped all over the place as buses and buses full of La folks
>arrived around the clock. I've never seen anything like it, but even
>that doesn't compare to what happened with those two 2005 hurricanes
>or what could happen during Gustuv.
>
>My city is in the late projected path but we're hoping the worst we
>get is flash flooding. Who knows. If it's a 4 or 5 when it hits the
>gulf and keeps its strength for long enough we'll be in a similar
>panic, although nothing like being near the coast.
>
>Good luck Roger, although we are wishing that you will not need it, and that 
>Gustav will wind down quickly when it runs out of hot water to feed it.
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