I'm so glad I live in Michigan!

[catbyte]

I'm sending out positive vibes to all who are in the path of Ida.

[SergeStorms]

1. Traffic headed nowhere.

They'll eventually get out of Dodge. Looks like it's time to open the southbound lanes up to northbound traffic. Get everyone the heck out of there.

Be safe everyone.

[pamdb]

2. I know

We haven’t had a really severe tornado since, what, the late ‘80s. No hurricanes, no big fires, ( once in a great while in the UP) no mud slides, and even the winters have not been bad lately. Last winter is was basically February and the year before, January. I can live with one month of snow. And plenty of water.

In 25/50 years people are going to start looking at the upper midwest like Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, as it will no longer be viable to sustain a comfortable live in the deserts of Arizona or
In lower Florida while it slowly sinks. Be nice if it took DeSantis with it.

Never really thought about living here much, we actually looked around but can’t afford Northern California, can’t stand the red state south, ( the farthest I would go is northern Virginia and that’s expensive) and so is New England where my family is from. So I guess we’ll just stay here.

[femmedem]

3. I hope people don't run out of gas before they get far enough away.

My heart is in my throat imagining what it is like to be in that line of traffic, hoping to find safe haven and wondering what will remain when you return.

[Sneederbunk]

4. However, remember you have Wisconsin next door.

[catbyte]

5. Lake Michigan protects us from the cheese heads.

[EYESORE 9001]

7. There is a land bridge up in Yooper country

but they’re not truly Michiganders, are they?

[Kaleva]

8. And some here do not not care for the trolls who live below the bridge!

[catbyte]

9. The Yoopers can handle it. They're tougher than us citified folks downstate.

[aeromanKC]

6. Bonus: And your Little League team is in the Final 4!!

So there is that too.

[jpak]

10. Been there done that

I'm heart broken for LA

[catbyte]

11. I'm really beginning to fear for NOLA. Ida is jogging farther east than anticipated so now

the National Hurricane Center has put NOLA in the cone. The only good news is that it's traveling faster than predicted so it won't have as much time to strengthen. It's still going to be a beast, but it strengthening to a cat 5 is becoming increasingly unlikely.