Any DUers in the path of Hurricane Laura, please stay safe. Sustained winds now 140 mph.

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https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/MIATWDAT.shtml

[redstatebluegirl]

1. Just got our 90 year old Aunt out yesterday. She lives near Galveston.

She was not happy leaving. One of my cousins in Dallas went to get her and her dog. They took a truck and got a lot of her things just in case. She wanted to "ride it out" but we all said no. Very scary down there.

[Tess49]

2. Have a friend in Tyler, Tx. Trying to get her to drive up here (Norman, Okla) and stay with

me. She is worried about her dogs. I told her to bring them!

[LisaL]

4. She better get going if she is going to leave.

That thing is approaching fast.

[Tess49]

7. I know. Just sent her a text, and told her to get her ass out of there.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. It looks like an awful lot of people should be evacuating right now.

[Totally Tunsie]

5. Our thoughts are with all those in Laura's path.

[drthais]

6. Here in Louisiana

We're just north of Baton Rouge, and although I feel relieved it's not coming straight for us,
I feel SO worried about Lake Charles people...the National Weather Service put out a notice saying
the storm surge in that area will be UNSURVIVEABLE..I cannot believe they actually are calling for what it is
Camille on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 1969 had a 35 ft storm surge, I believe.
Katrina had over a 30 ft surge. I have a friend from Pass Christian in Mississippi whose home was just obliterated.
These surges are a WALL of water coming right at you - a 30 ft wall - going blocks and blocks inland.
very scary stuff.

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8. I was watching a live feed of a TV station out of Houston on You Tube. Sabine Pass,

Port Arthur, and Beaumont look like they're going to get creamed. And they're not even mentioning Louisiana which must be out of their market area. They're talking about a storm surge that may be traveling 30 MILES inland. Unbelievable power. I'm glad you're not in the path of this thing but I'm sure you'll feel it, too. We may even get the remnants of it here in south-central lower Michigan by this weekend. Add the pandemic on top of this and 2020 is refusing to leave anything left in the chamber. Criminy.

Stay safe!

[Javaman]

9. I have a buddy who's a first responder.

He’s been deployed to Houston. 😬

[Solly Mack]

10. We've been under a hurricane warning since mid-morning yesterday. We got everything done.

Enough inland not to get a direct hit but still in the path for damaging winds and flooding.