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Any worry in your area about Katrina?
Tropical Storm/Hurricane Katrina
I'd ask reason since he's "live from florida" but I'm pretty sure that Northern Cincinnati isn't in the state of Florida [img]confused.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/hmmm.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/sure.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/wonder.gif[/img]
Has anyone down there made a "Katrina and the Waves" comment yet?
Ahhh, but Florida IS in Cincinnati.
<font color="#FFFFAA" size="1">[ August 25, 2005 09:58 AM: Message edited by: Live From Florida ]</font>
Ok, here's a map of Cincinnati. Please point out where Florida is on the map.
MAP OF CINCINNATI
Far as I can tell, the closet thing to Florida might be the tropical attitude at the Kenny Chesney show tonight [img]graemlins/sun.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/island.gif[/img] [img]cool.gif[/img]
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Florida Avenue does in fact cross trav and gae's street.Quote:
Originally posted by Sluggo:
Greg - I know there is a Florida Avenue in Northside. I know that reason lives in Northside, as do gae & trav, but I do not know if reason lives on Florida Avenue or not. I am really [img]confused.gif[/img] .
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Yes it does, one block east of us. Actually I could be posting as live from Georgia.
<font color="#FFFFAA" size="1">[ August 25, 2005 06:18 PM: Message edited by: travelinman ]</font>
Greg - I know there is a Florida Avenue in Northside. I know that reason lives in Northside, as do gae & trav, but I do not know if reason lives on Florida Avenue or not. I am really [img]confused.gif[/img] .
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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Cant see florida greg but did spot some other similar names:Quote:
Originally posted by cincygreg:
Ok, here's a map of Cincinnati. Please point out where Florida is on the map.
Lebanon
Reading
Moscow
Verona
Warsaw
Guilford
Carlisle (why anyone would copy that dump)
Glencoe
and best of all
Napoleon
Man you have got some lazy town namers [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
Unlike some of the gems in the UK, eh, Sean?
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Not quite what I meant [img]eek.gif[/img] Taxi for Gail. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]Quote:
Originally posted by gae:
Unlike some of the gems in the UK, eh, Sean?
I suppose the duplications are due to mass immigration??
<font color="#FFFFAA" size="1">[ August 26, 2005 08:10 AM: Message edited by: Sean Pa ]</font>
And actuaslly, part of the area around me is called Tabasco (which seems rather fitting since I am a big fan of the hot sauce LOL! [img]eek.gif[/img]
Anywho, back to something serious (did I really just say that [img]graemlins/hmmm.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/sure.gif[/img] )
Looks like she's gonna get nastier over the gulf and then turn back inland. [img]frown.gif[/img]
Now a category 3 and looking like she might still strengthen more. Headed for the Gulf Coast.
170 MPH sustained winds, 200+ MPH gusts, category 5 heading straight for New Orleans and the surrounding area.
Bad bad bad.
My heart is aching for all those people down South. We are lucky to live well out of the areas of hurricanes.
I was just in Mississippi last week. Funny...it wasn't raining then. [img]graemlins/wonder.gif[/img]
I was gonna pick a specific story to post, but this has a ton of them
HURRICANE STORY
And so does this one
MORE HURRICANE STORIES
From this site:
Oh my.
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HURRICANE KATRINA A MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED STRENGTH...RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969. MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL. PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME WALL AND ROOF FAILURE. HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT. AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK. POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.
Ended up being the third most powerful when it hit land.
Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and parts of fFlorida all getting pounded.
The aftermath will be pretty horrific.
Now that we have a sign, maybe we can find reason.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/assetp...naflooding.jpg
Folks, I think the worst is yet to come, in New Orleans at least.
80% of the city is underwater, and from I understand, it's still rising. And once the water stops rising, it will sit, because there's no where for it to go.
The levees are good at keeping water out, but they are also good at keeping water in.
And on a different topic - and sorry if I sound harsh - but what in God's Name were those 30 people in the Biloxi ocean front apartment building thinking? Ironically, the name of the complex was something like The Quiet Waters Apartments. Can they sue for false advertising?
<font color="#FFFFAA" size="1">[ August 30, 2005 03:09 PM: Message edited by: Live From Florida ]</font>
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">In my Florida, it's always sunshiney, breezy and warm, unlike the miserable hothouse that is the "other" Florida.Quote:
Originally posted by gae:
Now that we have a sign, maybe we can find reason.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/assetp...naflooding.jpg
Did you hear the story told by the man from Biloxi? He, his wife and son were first driven to the 2nd floor of their house by rising waters. Then, they went to the attic, axe in hand. When the water continued to rise they had to chop an exit to the roof and wait for help.
Apparently the house was not in good repair. At some point the rushing water caused it to split in half. The poor man and child could do nothing as the wife was washed away. Chokes me up just typing this.
I'm sure there are many terrible stories like this down there. [img]frown.gif[/img]