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BlueLucy

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18. The hospitals. COVID.

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Sat Aug 28, 2021, 10:09 AM

Aug 2021

The hospitals already dealing with COVID and now this? A lot of people will die.

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I'm watching live satellite coverage of Hurricane Ida and I do not have a good feeling about it. [View all] catbyte Aug 2021 OP

K&R! SheltieLover Aug 2021 #1

Looks a lot like I remember when Katrina was bearing down Walleye Aug 2021 #2

People forget Katrina missed New Orleans. cinematicdiversions Aug 2021 #3

I traveled through the area after Camille in 1969 Walleye Aug 2021 #5

Charlie is the worst I have ever seen cinematicdiversions Aug 2021 #6

My earliest recollections are of hurricane Hazel here in Delaware Walleye Aug 2021 #7

Oh yes, Hurricane Hazel in 1954. luvtheGWN Aug 2021 #25

Wow didn't know Hazel hit Toronto that hard Walleye Aug 2021 #27

I read a book about Camille, incredible cat 5 on the coast, but then Hortensis Aug 2021 #28

Huh? misanthrope Aug 2021 #32

:: Whoops, no, just already forgetting Irma's name. Hortensis Aug 2021 #38

I drove through Gulfport a bit after Katrina, and babylonsister Aug 2021 #10

Expected to land as a CAT 4. ananda Aug 2021 #4

OMG. It's a monster. Take all precautions if you live there, please! Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #8

We're watching it close here in Gulfport, Miss. Haggard Celine Aug 2021 #9

Wish you the best of luck. This is really scary stuff Walleye Aug 2021 #11

Thanks, I need it. Haggard Celine Aug 2021 #13

NOLA or west of it, you're going have a good time. Good Luck Lochloosa Aug 2021 #12

Thank you! Haggard Celine Aug 2021 #14

I'm watching the WC ....... Lovie777 Aug 2021 #15

The eye is starting to appear... catbyte Aug 2021 #16

Cuba just pissed Ida off, You can see those cloud tops pop as it crossed over Cuba. Yikes. Shanti Shanti Shanti Aug 2021 #17

That top vid is amazing, from night to daylight. CrispyQ Aug 2021 #20

Yes! yardwork Aug 2021 #24

The hospitals. COVID. BlueLucy Aug 2021 #18

I'm afraid you're right spinbaby Aug 2021 #21

My thoughts as well. Traildogbob Aug 2021 #26

They're following me JackintheGreen Aug 2021 #19

Yikes! I'd be starting to get a complex. catbyte Aug 2021 #22

yes, very scary mountain grammy Aug 2021 #23

Please evacuate while you can. Don't wait to evacuate like the Americans did in Afghanistan. Fla Dem Aug 2021 #29

Years ago i had a hurricane tracking program for my DOS computer & later for Windows yaesu Aug 2021 #30

Cat 2 now, 100mph, pressure falling, well defined eye, its a living, breathing monster Shanti Shanti Shanti Aug 2021 #31

It's really getting its act together. This is a live sat pic at 2:10 p.m. EDT catbyte Aug 2021 #33

Not only winds, but 10+ft of storm surge and 15-20 in of rain, SE LA all gonna be underwater Shanti Shanti Shanti Aug 2021 #35

Just texted my niece in Orleans parish onetexan Aug 2021 #34

They have more guts than I would have! One little wobble to the east and there could be trouble. catbyte Aug 2021 #36

Some track guidance maps have Ida moving more eastward, closer to New Orleans by 20 miles or so Shanti Shanti Shanti Aug 2021 #37

Copied from AP, not local news, but an hour ago: Hortensis Aug 2021 #39

Check out the wave height history bluecollar2 Aug 2021 #40

don't ever have a "good feeling" about any hurricane Skittles Aug 2021 #41