Jesus — I hope New Orleans survives this. That’s battlefront-level destruction they’re forecasting. I can only hope they’re wrong.
(For those who have wondered about my family, they’re farther to the west and almost certainly out of harm’s way. But losing New Orleans — and that’s the sort of phrasing people are using, “losing” New Orleans — would be an almost unmatched disaster. Been watching the Weather Channel, and even their guys are so freaked out they’re already 40 miles inland.)
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29 August | 1:46 | Nicole
My dad, who relocated from Wichita to New Orleans this year, evacuated to Dallas and is staying with me. It took 15 hours; he left at 9 this morning.
What's crazy is that my dad's the I'll-stay-to-say-I-survived-it type. I talked to him Saturday night, and he wasn't leaving. When I called to persuade him this morning, he had already been on the road for 15 minutes.
29 August | 5:12 | karen
watching the coverage, I was thinking about your family and Rayne. Hoping everyone there stays dry!
29 August | 19:35 | Tam
Glad to hear your family's out of harm's way.
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