Eighteen years ago right here on DU we were watching Hurricane Katrina

[txwhitedove]

24. Katrina smashed and flooded Mississippi south coast. Wiped a gouge out of

main road along the beach in Bay St Louis, and flooded up past I-10. I was living there and went to ride out hurricane at my daughter's house just up a dirt road from the beach and the bridge to Pass Christian. We couldn't go anywhere cause there had already been several tropical storms that season to flee from but end up stuck in traffic, with two kids, two dogs, and no money. It was surreal, loud, horrible. Got scary before the eye hit us when the Gulfport news heads broke away, we were suddenly watching news from Baton Rouge. That went on for 20-30 minutes. When Gulfport station came back on, news people looked blank with eyes popping out. Much more to this story, but hey it was a genuine Amen moment when I walked back to my house with my little dog and sucked under my arm so she didn't get into downed power lines.

I hope the best for all in the path of a hurricane.

PS, Malaise, thanks for noting it was a Cat 5, because many tried to downgrade that monster afterward.