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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 27, 2012 17:50:48 GMT
Love coping-with-heat stories. Since I come from the gulf south, I sneer at people here who complain about heat. They don't know what sticky inescapable misery is. Great animal rescue stories, Casimira & Mich.  Anyway ........ the real reason I came on to this thread just now was to pass on this video. It was shared by the Bayou Maharajah site as "Soundtrack for your hurricane prep..." |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2012 21:52:07 GMT
This amused me in today's Biloxi Sun-Herald
This Old Land Mass called Mississippi
By ANITA LEE
At least they know we exist.
While covering Isaac on Sunday, The Weather Channel referred to Mississippi as "the land mass" between New Orleans and Mobile.
This did not go unnoticed by fans of social media. A Facebook page called The Land Mass Between NOLA and Mobile was created Sunday and had more than 34,000 likes by Monday afternoon. It quickly became a repository for Mississippians' dismay over being neglected or forgotten, a feeling that lingers from Hurricane Katrina and is perpetuated when coverage cranks up each year from The City that Care Forgot for the monster storm's anniversary.
Now, mind you, we hate what happened in and to New Orleans. But even those folks admit they had a flood, not a hurricane. Katrina, as you will recall, devastated the land mass between New Orleans and Mobile.
But back to Isaac. If we were unable to find humor in a dire situation, what would we do?
Facebook member Debbie McLemore wrote the following under a cartoon, by Marshall Ramsey of the Clarion-Ledger, about the Land Mass being colonized: "This page goes to prove that you best not slight or ignore us and that we do stand as a united land mass! It also proves that we can find humor in the face of anything; even the force of nature."
An inventive young lady with the Twitter handle HipMayre worked The Weather Channel reference into her Isaac updates: "Bryant is urging (people) in The Land Mass Between NOLA & Mobile to evacuate from low areas."
Others indignantly tweeted that this is not a land mass, but a state. A state called Mississippi.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 28, 2012 5:29:34 GMT
So true that Mississippi's incredible devastation from Katrina never got the coverage that N.O. got. It's getting coverage now, as an object lesson of what happens when "an area falls on the eastern side of a hurricane". video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/48807514#48807514 |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2012 17:07:49 GMT
So true that Mississippi's incredible devastation from Katrina never got the coverage that N.O. got. It's getting coverage now, as an object lesson of what happens when "an area falls on the eastern side of a hurricane". video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/48807514#48807514Well, to reiterate , Mississippi got the true brunt of Hurricane Katrina. The actual hurricane itself. New Orleans got the failure of the state and federal levee" protection" we pay for and have continued to pay for. If you live on a coast line you are invariably going to be vulnerable to storms of all nature. Mississippi Gulf Coast rebuilt their casinos and hotels in record time, largely because their then Governor, Barbour was a die hard Republican and had W's federal aid there in no time at all. I'm sure if you did a survey of how many people were able to return to their homes and rebuild in Mississippi and compare it with residents of NOLA, many of whom never got to come back, you would see a distinct huge difference in the population numbers. What I find even more abominable is how much focus has been on the RNC in Tampa when folks in Haiti are still living in tents from the big earthquake there. There should never be any display of partisanship when it comes to aiding one another no mater what!! In the meantime, we are batting down the hatches. The main concern is flooding. We have moved our vehicles to higher ground. Spending most of the remainder of the day helping out elderly neighbors and friends and bracing ourselves for whatever is to come. We have friends in lower lying areas of town who will be coming and staying with us so at least it will be lively! It's real breezy outside,actually quite pleasant atm, no rain yet, a few spatterings. |
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Post by htmb on Aug 28, 2012 17:45:17 GMT
Thinking of you and wishing you well, casimira.
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Post by lugg on Aug 28, 2012 19:22:32 GMT
Take care and good luck, Casi, and anyone else that has been or is likely to be affected.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 28, 2012 19:59:14 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2012 21:48:50 GMT
Thanks again good people. Bixa, I have intentionally spared myself watching any TV coverage of the governor. I can't bear it. We have so much food cooked up,I still have some black beans and a ton of rice left over from the MSMG Saturday night which I embellished on, and T. grilled up a batch of sausage and chicken and ribs... We took some food over to a few people in the neighborhood that we know live alone and somewhat reclusive and or infirm. Also made sure that they that had enough cat food because they all have cats. The wind is kicking up pretty good right now, I have pretty much done all I can at this point and hope these old windows hold out. I took a ride onto S.Carrollton Ave about an hour or so ago,everything is closed, many cars parked on the median strip "neutral ground", pretty much every business closed. I saw a few homeless people and gave them a few bucks to do with whatever,it's all I had on me and they didn't ask but, I gave it to them anyway and got my "God bless". What else can one do? We have 8 people here tonite or until whenever, they're all over at the local saloon atm,but, I suspect will be back before long, I'm hoping to sleep peacefully throughout the worst of it but that remains to be seen. I think the worst is going to be alot of relentless rain....and then the possible flooding. I'll keep y'all posted as long as we have power. Thanks for the well wishes, I'll be sure to try and get some pics!!  |
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Post by htmb on Aug 28, 2012 23:03:18 GMT
Unfortunately, Isaac has just been upgraded to a category one hurricane with 80 mile per hour winds. The center is currently 95 miles away from NOLA.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2012 23:24:48 GMT
I just hope that landfall does not coincide with high tide.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 29, 2012 3:53:18 GMT
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Post by lola on Aug 29, 2012 4:18:25 GMT
Thanks for that, Bixa.
Hope things are cozy there, casimira. Those fortunate storm guests are being well fed.
Really good of your governor to keep his hand on the old tiller, when he could be off in FL living it up with those hard partying delegates.
Where they're talking about how the only true function of federal government is national defense, in between criticizing the current federal government for not doing enough.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 29, 2012 4:40:27 GMT
Is tiller another word for ................................ oh, never mind.
I just looked at the power company website for Casimira's area. There are outages all around her area, but there seems to be a tiny pocket with power right where her house is.
FBed with someone in Metairie who said it was raining, but not too bad but that the wind gusts are pretty bad.
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Post by htmb on Aug 29, 2012 19:47:13 GMT
Just catching storm report. Lots of flooding. Strong surge. NOLO and coastal Mississippi areas are still being battered. (Casinos in MS have water right up to the doors) The threat for tornados is still strong and more flooding is very possible during and after this very slow-moving storm which has been downgraded to a tropical storm.
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Post by lugg on Aug 29, 2012 20:32:56 GMT
Fingers crossed all is ok Casi
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2012 6:03:56 GMT
Waiting for the electricity to come back on! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2012 19:11:10 GMT
Starting to tap my feet, Casi!  (Just kidding -- I know that Anyport is not a priority when there are so many other things to attend to!) |
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 30, 2012 20:27:42 GMT
Casimira doesn't have electricity, not since yesterday. I talked to her briefly today, but the connection kept cutting out. They are high and dry in their part of town & both she & her husband told me it wasn't too bad. What was bad was that the already saturated ground plus high wind caused a huge oak to topple a few blocks from their house, covering parts of two streets & dragging power lines down with it. (the area where they live is 6' above sea level) According to Yahoo headlines, the hurricane must have been really bad. Look -- it actually took a whole Lousiana parish & put it in Mississippi!  Mass evacs ordered over possible Mississippi dam failure
Heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Isaac is threatening a dam in Tangipahoa Parish in Southern Mississippi, leading local officials to order a mass evacuation. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2012 20:54:20 GMT
Must be part of the "land mass."
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Post by htmb on Aug 30, 2012 20:58:22 GMT
Thanks for the update, bixa. I'm glad Casimira and her family did okay during the storm.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2012 21:01:08 GMT
Just so long as they don't suddenly become Mississippians as well!  |
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Post by mich64 on Aug 30, 2012 22:59:06 GMT
Yes Bixa, thank you for letting us all know that you have spoken with Casi and she and her family are fine. Hopefully the power will be repaired soon. We went without power for 5 days in 2006, for us that also meant no water or septic pump. Hope that we hear from Casi very soon! |
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Post by lugg on Aug 31, 2012 5:57:52 GMT
Thanks for the up-date Bixa.
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Post by lola on Aug 31, 2012 16:45:46 GMT
Casimira, we're thinking of you. Thanks for update, bixa. We hope the annoyances are brief. Always so sad to lose a big oak tree in the neighborhood.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2012 17:36:35 GMT
Raining yet, lola?
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Post by lola on Aug 31, 2012 18:57:32 GMT
Yes, nicely drenched here. The center of the swirly part is inching towards us. hint.fm/wind/The Gulf air is blowing moistly our way. We're on high ground here, though. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2012 21:03:49 GMT
Jeez, what an ordeal, The thing just lingered and lingered over us, Not nearly as much rain as we thought but high winds for a long time, And, thank goodness it never got to be be as hot to be unbearable. T here's also much to be said about stormy weather and great sex....hee hee..  Highly recommended!!0 Thanks for all the well wishes!!  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2012 21:07:24 GMT
There you are! Did you and your group work on the excess items in the freezer during the power outage? |
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Post by htmb on Aug 31, 2012 23:08:35 GMT
Glad you are back and weathered the storm well |
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 31, 2012 23:51:53 GMT
Hey! Just saw Jennie's announcement on FB that y'all's power came back on a couple of hours ago. I just got home & that was certainly good news to come home to.
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(Just kidding -- I know that Anyport is not a priority when there are so many other things to attend to!)
Highly recommended!!0