Adrestia Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 It's up to a category 4. [img]http://icons-pe.wunderground.com/data/images/at200807_model.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missionarybelle Posted August 31, 2008 Author Share Posted August 31, 2008 it'a really tough for those who are ignorant and uneducated and don't know that the storm is coming. it's hard to be;lieve but there's probably a good number of people who live in the middle of nowhere and have no clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjtina Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 people and the community need to get out there and let them know. I know here, the police department makes sure by making house calls. They've done so in the past. prayers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Therese Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 The Dominican Nuns of the monastery of the Heart of Jesus are right in the path of the storm. THey are about sixty miles southwest of New Orleans. The professed sisters aren't going to evacuate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missionarybelle Posted September 2, 2008 Author Share Posted September 2, 2008 so most of my friends don't have electricity anymore but I haven't heard yet of anything seriously bad. please keep praying. the storm just passed over my hometown. also we jsut started classes at my university and this is kinda throwing everything off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrestia Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin86 Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 (edited) The hurricane actually weakened before it hit land I heard, thankfully. The media is saying the damage appears to be minimal and the evacuations went very well. Edited September 2, 2008 by Justin86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missionarybelle Posted September 3, 2008 Author Share Posted September 3, 2008 praise God for bunches of answered prayers. it unexpectedly weakened before making landfall all the way down to a cat 2. in my city there's some damage and tons of branches and a few trees down everywhere but nothing we haven't had before. this was the biggest evacuation ever staged before in Louisiana and it went so much more smoothly than it has in the past. so for those of you who've never had the chance to be in a hurricane, this is a piece of what you come home to. your yard is a darker green because you can hardly see the grass for all the leaves everywhere on it you now have a 8pm -6am curfew as does everyone and their mother streetlights are out everywhere. it becomes a city of 4 way stops. the few food stores and restaurants that are open are jam packed. you leave to evacuate and clean out your fridge so that when you lose power your house doesn't reek, but then you don't have any food when you get home you rue the day you ever stocked up on shrimp stock in the freezer becuase when it melted it now smells SO BAD (we force my mom every year to throw out her shrimp stock so we don't come home to a house smelling like a shrimp boat) everyone goes around in filthy work clothes because you don't bother changing out of it you're jsut going to get dirty again. plus, you may not have running water. gas station roofs are particularly vulnerable to winds.... you text everyone you ever knew to make sure they're all alright. it's hard to do much more than text because cell phone service is poor and overloaded. streets are lined with debris and you see so many beautiful random acts of kindness like tonight my dad went to the store to get milk for us because we didn't have any and really wanted some but he got there as they were closing (at 6 in the afternoon mind you) and a woman was leaving the store and asked what he needed and when he said milk, she said well how perfect i have 2 gallons! and gave him one. people are beautiful. when bad stuff happens, for the most part, you pull together. it's like you have one big statewide, hurricane weary family. oh and, we have another hurricane coming this way. growl. prayers please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StColette Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Missionarybelle, I'm glad you and your family are safe and sound. Thank God that New Orleans was spared the brunt of the storm. Alexandria, LA wasn't as lucky. Many of the residents there ended up with 4 ft of water in their houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icelandic_iceskater Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 [quote name='missionarybelle' post='1646006' date='Sep 3 2008, 02:22 AM']and you see so many beautiful random acts of kindness like tonight my dad went to the store to get milk for us because we didn't have any and really wanted some but he got there as they were closing (at 6 in the afternoon mind you) and a woman was leaving the store and asked what he needed and when he said milk, she said well how perfect i have 2 gallons! and gave him one.[/quote]aww thats so nice! God bless her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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