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I spent a very large part of my formative years in extreme SF - my brother and parents both weathered Andrew & both say they will never again taunt a storm of that magnitude.
My brothers house had an 8 ft 2x4 driven end on through his roof gable - came out the other side & impaled itself in a huge royal palm in his yard.
I flew in 2 days later to assist w/ cleanup carrying my saw, 10 grand cash & a 1911.
I used all three.
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Well I mean when you know it's ok to go out and play, like I'd I lived on the beach and a category 5 was coming then yeah, wouldn't be outside but it's a 1-3, I'd be out there with one of those parasailing kites on a water bored lol.
The news likes to scare people too much, Issac was a little bitch lol.
The news likes to scare people too much, Issac was a little bitch lol.
My wife's mother is in Houma & says it wasn't much of an event really, but I heard some areas were forcasted/getting up to 20" of rain.
Sounds like it is time to build a very large boat & assemble the various animals.
Sounds like it is time to build a very large boat & assemble the various animals.
tet1953
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yeah, lots of rain with this one. But NOLA should be ok. They have literally turned it into a bathtub and installed pumps capable of pumping it out.
The largest amount of rainfall in the shortest period of time that I have ever heard of happened in a very unlikely place. Right over my head in southern Maine. It was in 1996, October I think. There was an area about 10 mi wide and 10 mi long that had this rain just sit there for hours and hours. Official records say 19 inches in 12 hours, but I have seen reports of 21-1/2 inches.
The largest amount of rainfall in the shortest period of time that I have ever heard of happened in a very unlikely place. Right over my head in southern Maine. It was in 1996, October I think. There was an area about 10 mi wide and 10 mi long that had this rain just sit there for hours and hours. Official records say 19 inches in 12 hours, but I have seen reports of 21-1/2 inches.
silasraven
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http://news.yahoo.com/louisiana-father-son-team-rescues-120-flooding-223023752--abc-news-topstories.html
esidents of Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana were shocked by Hurricane Isaac Wednesday morning when ocean water burst over the Mississippi River levee, covering their town and leaving thousands trapped in attics and on roofs. Jesse Shaffer, 25, and his father, also named Jesse Shaffer, 53, both of Braithwaite, La., stayed behind in their town to rescue their friends.
While police and the fire department were unable to reach some stranded people using their vehicles, the Shaffers were able to save lives using boats.
"We rescued a lot of people, saw a lot of things you never thought you'd see," the older Shaffer told ABC News, beginning to cry.
Each Shaffer controlled a boat, in which the pair saved a combined 120 people in 12 hours, as well as animals.
Their rescue mission began at five a.m. Wednesday at a local auditorium, where they rescued 10 people including a baby and an elderly man, they said. The Shaffers had to break through the attic ventilation system to reach the victims.
"They'd call me and didn't know the water was coming up until it was late, and they'd call me to come get them," the older Shaffer said. "We had to scramble and try to find a boat 'cause none of the sheriff's department or anybody could come to this end of the parish."
esidents of Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana were shocked by Hurricane Isaac Wednesday morning when ocean water burst over the Mississippi River levee, covering their town and leaving thousands trapped in attics and on roofs. Jesse Shaffer, 25, and his father, also named Jesse Shaffer, 53, both of Braithwaite, La., stayed behind in their town to rescue their friends.
While police and the fire department were unable to reach some stranded people using their vehicles, the Shaffers were able to save lives using boats.
"We rescued a lot of people, saw a lot of things you never thought you'd see," the older Shaffer told ABC News, beginning to cry.
Each Shaffer controlled a boat, in which the pair saved a combined 120 people in 12 hours, as well as animals.
Their rescue mission began at five a.m. Wednesday at a local auditorium, where they rescued 10 people including a baby and an elderly man, they said. The Shaffers had to break through the attic ventilation system to reach the victims.
"They'd call me and didn't know the water was coming up until it was late, and they'd call me to come get them," the older Shaffer said. "We had to scramble and try to find a boat 'cause none of the sheriff's department or anybody could come to this end of the parish."
dannyboy602
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i think more tv ppl would have more respect for the sea if they knew what was out there...
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