[Rhodes22-list] Hurricane Gustav - Hey Ben!

[Brad Haslett]

Ben & Thena,

Did the lights stay on for you guys during Katrina?  How far north did the
power outages go?  I'm debating whether to leave Sunday and ride out Gustav
with my brother (but putting the truck in harms way) and then go to work
shuttling fuel or wait until it passes and take a chance on US 49 not being
open. Katrina knocked out power as far as an hour north of our location so
the shuttle runs could get pretty long. The picture should be a lot clearer
in a couple of days, depending on what happens after Gustav gets in the
Gulf.  So far, it ain't lookin' pretty.

My student yesterday is the CO of an Air Force Reserve unit in Texas and
they're going on full alert starting this weekend for the same mission they
did during Katrina, staff Ft. Chaffee, Arkansas for refugees.  During a
break in the Sesame Street show last night I spoke with a deputy sheriff who
is in the MS National Guard and they're spooling-up for deployment to the MS
Gulf, same as Katrina. The info I'd really like to have is WalMart's weather
prediction and their supply-chain logistics contingency plan - they're
probably the most sophisticated at this.

This will be interesting! The latest NOAA forecast is predicting landfall on
the western coast of LA which would put the outer bands in roughly the same
spot as Katrina for NOLA. We'll see soon enough!

Brad

Brad

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 8:01 AM, Thena Carville <thenacarville at bellsouth.net
> wrote:

> You missed all the ones that came up last night?...how do you tell the
> difference between a tailgater and an evacuator?...the tailgaters came up
> early to beat the crowd...no sense in letting the beer get hot...
> Thena
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Hurricane Gustav - Hey Ben!
>
> You know it!
>
> I'm at Waffle House on College Dr. right now, and I've just spotted my
> first
> Rv Tailgater of the season.
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From:  "Thena Carville" <thenacarville at bellsouth.net>
> Subj:  Re: [Rhodes22-list] Hurricane Gustav - Hey Ben!
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> It never rains in Tiger Stadium...
> Thena
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Brad Haslett
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 5:31 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Hurricane Gustav - Hey Ben!
>
> Ben,
>
> Looks like there's a run on food and water in NOLA as well as the MS Coast
> already.  At least one station in Gulfport was out of fuel this morning and
> I just got off the phone with my brother - half the pumps near us were out
> (we're topping all the equipment  in advance).  I'm tankering fuel south
> out
> of here (Memphis) on Tues/Weds depending on when and where it hits.
>
> In other news, government officials said the Saturday game between LSU and
> Appalachian State will go on as scheduled!
>
> Brad
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