Got my ass outa new Orleans
 

Took my wife and kids(dogs) and got the hell outa the french quarter. Boarded everything up as best we could and headed for dallas,The only place left with a room. Took 10 hours and we left Monday at 4am. Thank god we beat that traffic!
They let me have my dogs and it has wireless thank god!
Wishing the rest of you luck and stay safe!

Buck

Glad to hear you guys got out - sounds like its not going to pleasant near the french market - especially with the surge - those pumps wont be able to keep up

I know thats where my wifes shop is and my ofiice right behind the market! Man this sucks I like earthquakes better!

I'm glad you guys got out Buck :)

From what I'm seeing and hearing there could be 20' of water in town by morning |sad|

Good to hear you got out, I just spoke to a friend who is in the general area and he said the same thing, no rooms anywhere, he's on his way to Houston now and then San Antonio, he asked me to go with him and I turned him down, and he called telling me I made the right decision.

Good luck.

New Orleans is about the last place that I would want to be in a hurricane. Where I live might not be any fun but at least we have no flooding worries.

Glade your out of harms way Buck

glad to hear you got out Buck.... didn't I hear/read somewhere that NO is only something like 4 inches above sea level? that's going to be a mess....

Trev - on average New Orleans sits approx 8 ft below sea level - they have a pumping system, flood gates and levees that try to keep the flooding down :)

Buck - I wish I coulda caught you before you guys left - we're gonna get some of the winds and rain - they say around minimum hurricane strength around here - but I do have a few extra bedrooms and loads of space - and Im only a little ways up I55

This looks bad
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/loc...home-headlines

It's not going to be that bad... I'll be getting stoned and riding it out... |rasta|


What kind of shop does your wife own if you don't mind me asking Buck?

Looks like the eye is much better defined on this one. :(
http://weather.sun-sentinel.com/glob...Satellite.html

Hope you're well inland :) Just saw current video of Lake Pontchartrain - up over the sea wall already - dont know which park it was - but the park benches were already getting deep in the water LOL - Hopefully theyve opened the gates over at the I-10 bridge

Oh wow we got so lucky! I am on my way back home tonight, Thanks for all the well wishes. Linkster thanks for thinking of me!

My wife has two shops in the quarter..Rings of Desire and Chiwawagaga. Body Piercing and a small doggy clothing store. My office is also upstairs. So we were really freaked out that we were gonna loose everything!

Buck

Some nasty stuff it did. :(
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/wea...llery?index=68