BF2S Forums Hurricane Rita makes landfall.

i have been watching it closely on CNN. for most of us in my country, experiencing a hurricane will never be possible in our lifetime. although i have stood and seen a potential tornado developing in the Midwest (and sleeping right through one which touched down 2miles near my hotel), i dont think it can compare to what i have seen on tv. the rain was almost horizontal..pretty incredible sight

edit: Lake Charles, Louisiana on CNN Live.

Last edited by mikeshw (2005-09-24 09:06:23)

Man, gotta feel for those people down there. They've been through a lot, and it's not even over yet.

Hurricanes in general are a very destructive natural force and as of late have devestated regions which have a history of Hurricanes.  The frequency of them is going up as the weather starts to shift. I would not be surprised at all if next year's season is just as bad as this years. I had a huge rant on my LJ (LiveJournal) about Katrina and the media coverage. Most of it was rather negative because of the nature of people.

This LJ entry is not politically correct and not nice. If you are easily offended please do not read this. kilroy0097's LJ entry

However Hurricane Rita was surprisingly less violent than originally predicted. My area hardly had any rain what so ever considering we were supposed to have rain squals and significant wind. So much of the area dodged the bullet. East Texas and Louisana got the brunt of Rita. New Orleans got flooded again. If it wasn't for the outcome of Katrina many more people would have stayed. Instead they evacuated which is a good thing and I wish they would be more inteligent and evacute each time. However Rita and the evacuation that did happen in a way is negative reinforcement for many people in Galveston and Houston. Because they thought this was going to be big and it wasn't many are going to look at the evacuation troubles and wonder if it is worth it. Next time I feel that many people are just not going to evacuate because they are going to look at the after effects of Rita and think it wasn't that bad. They aren't going to think that Rita was Cat 5 when the evacuation of ordered and was a Cat 3 when it landed. They aren't going to think that Rita when to the east of them and hence they didn't get the strongest of winds or rain. All they are going to think about is the many many hours, some as long as 48 hours, it took to drive anywhere to evacuate. The traffic issues were the biggest problem that many evacuees felt.

I myself have weathered two Hurricanes when I lived in Hawaii when I was younger. Each one knocked out all power and water to the island for about 24-48 hours. So I'm no stranger to Hurricanes.

Cheers.

77th|1st Lt. Werstein wrote:

yeah, i live on the east coast...we know huricanes too

yep. i'm from atlanta and last year in my senior year of high school, we had 4 days off for hurricanes. in the north, i hear they have 'snow days' BAH! flying frozen water v. flying volvos. hmmmm?

I haven't?  How did you know!  I'm getting my tinfoil hat out...  The people around here spaz when it starts snowing.  "Holy Crap!  Is that a snow flake on my windshield?  I had better slow down to 5 mph!  I don't care if I am on a highway honey!  This is the only way!"  Either that or they slam on the breaks at random hoping to avoid anything that seems like it might be ice...

this is a year old thread.

Well, I live in Florida myself and if there is anything good out of huricanes, its that it scares of the tourist! Its so freaking crowded, ya know?? But, when one does hit: Get a plan, have/get supplies if your gonna ride it out, and try to get things back to normal afterwrds.

FYI, anyone who lives in Florida, Georgia or Alabama: Publix has placed in a ton of permanet or easy prep installations for generators. SO, if you stay for the storm, we're gonna be open right afterwards to take care of our communites(and rake in the bucks caues Wal-mart and Win-dixie suck)!