Pyrates Deck

Quoting psualum95:
Wrong side of the state Emmy :X :D

yeah and your point is? LOL

Gator I would vote for you anyway
with my PTO experience and your cookie
making - man can we teach the world
a thing or two...LOLOLOLOL

((NOLA))))))))) was she like a Cat 100???

Oh man I just heard 7 people died w/Gustav
so sad and people in shelters must wait
ONE MORE DAY before going home -but you
will get there - dont give up!!!!!

This falls under the catagory;
ya think?

Researchers predict 4 Sept. hurricanes, 2 of them major
Associated Press
Sept. 2, 2008, 10:04AM


COLLINS, Colo. — Colorado hurricane researchers are forecasting five tropical storms in the Atlantic this month, including four hurricanes, two of them major.

Former Colorado State University climatologist William Gray said today that would be nearly twice as busy as an average September. Gray has been issuing hurricane forecasts at Colorado State University for 25 years.

Four Atlantic hurricanes have been recorded so far this season: Bertha and Dolly in July, Gustav in August and Hanna in September.

The team's latest predictions cover only September and are not a revision of its season-long forecast. The team's most recent seasonal prediction, issued Aug. 5, called for a total of nine Atlantic hurricanes during the season, which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.

Party on, sister.

Yeah horn and we know how well IAH works dont we LOL

Gamma - man the battle stations
its looking like a tie-dye party out there
in the Atlantic ...


Kat - hiya!

Good article: Eric Berger
the science guy Houston Chronicle
for us all:

Link

Today I'm only watching the actors...
its a nice wonderful relief from going
from pure insanity this weekend
to the absurdity of theatre

welcome to my wonderful life!

theatre school tonight - I love
them kids to pieces!

good news though - my costumer who was
with me for three years and left to
"do her thing" in New York for a year
is coming home on Monday -
I couldn't be happier as we are
near showtime in October!

Okay I love your mom too
its the one thing I cant do is sew!
I admire those who can though

((((((queenie!))))

you're so hired.

Look right here on the deck
we got jobs, we got fun
we got SUNSHINE

have fun Sandi!
your coffee rocks btw

off and running Youth Theatre rehearsals
meetings and school tonight

argh - whats a threat of canes compared to this?

Queenie - so good to see you on deck
now we have three queens
sandi you and me
is the deck big enough LOL

kisses to all

Quoting sngalla:
Ahoy Emmy! My friend, Jane in New Orleans is good. Weathered the storm with no damage at home. Just waiting for her power to be restored.

How are things your way? Just waiting to see what Hanna is going to do.

great to hear been meaning to tell you
that CNN did a story on those who
stayed behind: drs and nurses
thought of your post

things are good dont even wanna say
swamped - bad choice girl

really gotta run

Floodwalls battered but remain standing; residents may be able to return within days
By DALE LEZON and DANE SCHILLER

Sept. 2, 2008, 2:10PM


ST. GEORGE, La. — A power transformer fell across Interstate 10 just east of St. George, La. this afternoon forcing authorities to shut down the freeway in both directions.

Louisiana State troopers were directing traffic through St. George during heavy rains.

In New Orleans, the Associated Press reported, some 800 patients in a dozen hospitals may have to be evacuated in the coming days because they lack air conditioning.

Trey Williams, a spokesman for the governor's office, said today that seven nursing homes may also have to evacuate for the same reason.

The hospitals and nursing homes decided to shelter in place instead of evacuate. While the facilities have back-up generators, the emergency power does not run air conditioning systems, Williams said.

Other residents in New Orleans, meanwhile, squinted up at the sun this morning for the first time in days as Hurricane Gustav continued northwest away from the city.

They strolled along nearly deserted streets in the French Quarter, where news crews rushed in groups to interview them.

"It's beautiful," said Sergio Daniel, 32, as he stared up at the dim sun peaking through thin gray clouds.

"The blue sky is a good sign,'' said Clayton Gould, 70. ``Everybody in the French Quarter will be whooping and screaming this weekend.''

City officials have reportedly said residents who evacuated may not be able to return until Thursday or Friday.

Gould said he decided to stay in the city because he didn't want to leave his 81-year-old landlord or subject him to the possible hardship of evacuating. He said it took him six weeks to get home after he evacuated before Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

He's glad he stayed this time. He and his landlord lost power briefly Monday, but he had no wind damage or flooding.

"We came through very lucky,'' he said.

Areas north of the city and coastal parishes in southeast Louisiana were hit harder. Some flooding was reported in Slidell area. Snapped trees and downed powerlines litter roads in Houma in Terrebonne Parish. Terrebonne Parish officials said they are uncertain when power can be restored and roads cleared of trees, crumbled buildings and other debris. Nearly 80 percent of the parish's residents evacuated.

After spending the past three years rebuilding the levees that stand between it and inundation, New Orleans apparently passed its first significant test Monday when Gustav, which downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical depression in less than 24 hours, passed through with no major breach or significant damage.

Although Gustav did what hurricanes do — uproot trees, knock down power lines and flatten some of the homes directly in its path — it spared the Crescent City a repeat of Hurricane Katrina. Most of those who fled the storm were concerned not with the damage that would confront them when they got home, but with how quickly they could return.

Gov. Bobby Jindal was not ready to declare victory over nature, as 500,000 residents were without power and much of the state was still bracing for rough weather, but he was sympathetic to the desire of residents to return home as quickly as possible. He said he was eager to get on a military aircraft and assess the damage this morning.

"As soon as things are safe, I'll be on that first flight myself," Jindal said. "It is way too early to determine the extent of damage to our state."

Authorities reported eight deaths during the evacuation efforts, but details on the circumstances weren't available. Before arriving in the U.S., Gustav was blamed for at least 94 deaths in the Caribbean.

Local officials here urged residents not to return until the city is up and running. The sewage system is not working properly in all places, and many power lines remained down. Hospitals are still staffed with skeleton crews and operating on backup power. Schools will remain closed for the rest of the week.

"It looks like we are not totally out of the woods, but getting close," said New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin.

Re-entry is just days away, but residents shouldn't return today, he said. A dusk-to-dawn curfew remains in effect as officials evaluate all city services.

"We want the streets clear," Nagin said. "Trees are down all over the city, power lines are down all over the city, and there is a significant number of homes and businesses without energy."

Gustav did not pack the punch expected that forced most residents of coastal Louisiana and many in Texas' southeast corner to head for higher ground days earlier. It blew ashore around 9:30 a.m. near Cocodrie, a low-lying community 72 miles southwest of New Orleans, but had weakened on its final approach. A Category 2 storm with maximum winds of 110 mph at landfall, it eventually weakened to a tropical storm Monday night as it pushed toward Texas.

Gustav was downgraded to a tropical depression early today, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. At 4 a.m. today, the storm's maximum sustained winds had decreased to near 35 mph. The storm's center was located about 135 miles northwest of Lafayette and was moving northwest at about 10 mph.

The mandatory evacuation order for Jefferson, Orange and Hardin counties in Texas was lifted at 6 a.m. today, according to Jefferson County Emergency Management Office spokeswoman Ocie Crosser in Beaumont

REMEMBER SEN. JOE LIEBERMAN ONCE SAID
ABOUT POLITICS

POLITICS IS LIKE DRIVING A CAR
TO GO BACKWARDS YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN R
TO GO FORWARDS YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN D

I THINK JOE JUST RAN OVER HIMSELF

TSK....MOOSESTEW ANYONE?

Thats okay Pro you got a new car
going forward and its in D

Thats okay Cl - I'm watching the Daily
Show with Jon Stewart and laughing AT
republicans after all they laughed at
US for 8 years....

we'll be in touch tomorrow
hang tough

Kisses and stuff.