Gustav Drawing a Bead on New Orleans??

[ollie]

They're getting ready for another Katrina style Hurricane!!
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Coast Guard units prepare for Gustav

Last Edited: Thursday, 28 Aug 2008, 3:33 PM CDT
Created: Thursday, 28 Aug 2008, 3:33 PM CDT

Hurricane Forecast FOX10 News


NEW ORLEANS -- Coast Guard units throughout the Gulf Coast are preparing to respond quickly to ensure search and rescue, environmental response, and recovery of the ports and waterways missions are met as Tropical Storm Gustav approaches.

Coast Guard units will relocate starting as early as Friday, to ensure continuity of service and that personnel and equipment are prepared to be brought back into affected areas quickly.

Personnel, aircraft and vessels needed to conduct day-to-day operations as well as to respond to the hurricane will be moved out of the strike zone and extra assets throughout the Coast Guard nationwide have been identified to deploy into the affected areas.

"Hurricane preparedness is a year round effort for the Coast Guard," said Rear Adm. Joel Whitehead, commander the Eighth Coast Guard District which encompasses 26 states including Louisiana and Mississippi. "Our units prepare by participating in interagency drills and constant training."

The Coast Guard has worked with other federal, state and local government agencies and industry partners to improve the integration of response plans and communications. The Coast Guard, working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, NOAA, the barge industry and regional pilot organizations have outlined plans for post hurricane waterway surveys to expedite the safe reopening of critical waterways.

The Coast Guard reminds the public to keep a close watch on the storm as it approaches, pay attention to safety announcements from the government, and to listen to any evacuation notices that are given.

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Also my sister whom is a nurse in a New York State Disaster Response Team was called up last night. She is on her way to New Orleans as I write this. I know things are improved, because when Katrina hit, her unit wasn't activated until after the storm made landfall.

[redtanker]

that can not be good

[john mclaughlin]

They are in hurricane alley.

[Shooterman]

If conditions change, the odds are it will hit the East Texas-Houston Corridor. It's too far out to know right now. Then another bad boy is brewing farther out that sometimes track in behind another one.

[Woodmonkey]

I hope things go differently this time, but they reelected the same people in NO who screwed things up before. Hard to tell what will happen.

[Shooterman]

Originally Posted by Woodmonkey

I hope things go differently this time, but they reelected the same people in NO who screwed things up before. Hard to tell what will happen.

Different Governor, though, and I do not believe Jindal, after seeing the futch ups from Katrina, will allow Nagin to get away with his crap again.

[Woodmonkey]

I forgot about Jindal. NO has a chance then.