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Hurricane Isaac coming right for us.....
SouthernStitch   Advanced LA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 8205	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 8/28/12 3:28 PM So here it comes! Winds are starting up already, though we don't have any rain yet. We'll be on the eastern side of this baby, so that's never good. At least this time we have a generator, and hopefully the gas for it will last. I won't have to come to work tomorrow. It's so slow moving is the biggest problem of all. We could have a few days of really bad rain and flooding. MIL has a friend staying with her. I'm grateful for that. One good thing is that NOLA is actually really prepared for this one. They've done a lot of work to make sure water can pump out now, (one pump alone can pump out over 150,000 gallons a second) and that the levees are strong, etc. Still, it'll be lots and lots of water, so this will be a test. ------ Bernina 730E, 530, and 350PE Singer 221 FW, 403a When life gives you green velvet curtains, make a green velvet dress.
Changma   Advanced Beginner NY USA Member since 2/20/12 Posts: 413	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 8/28/12 3:34 PM Prayers for all of you in the path.
loti   Advanced FL USA Member since 5/27/04 Posts: 3535	Login to reply to this post In reply to SouthernStitch << Like this post Date: 8/28/12 3:37 PM We had the outer bands for the last 4 days (Friday - Monday), the sun is finally out today. It's going to dump a lot of rain for sure, wish you the best. ------ "A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.” Coco Chanel Stash Sewn in 2011 148.5 Yds Stash Sewn in 2012.... counting... http://adonising.blogspot.com
marec   Intermediate OR USA Member since 5/11/08 Posts: 3552	Login to reply to this post In reply to SouthernStitch << Like this post Date: 8/28/12 3:39 PM You are prepared, and know what to do=that's good! I'll keep you, and everyone else in the path, in my thoughts. ------ my blog: http://kf-biblioblog.blogspot.com/ Sewing through my pattern stash-125 completed.
a7yrstitch   Intermediate TX USA Member since 4/1/08 Posts: 4402	Login to reply to this post In reply to SouthernStitch << Like this post Date: 8/28/12 3:45 PM So glad your daughter is already on the recovery side of her surgery! Too late for this one, but when water became scarce here in the past I filled Food Saver bags with water and put those in the freezer for double duty. Look forward to your posts now and after the storm passes. ------ I have no idea what Apple thought I was saying so be a Peach and credit anything bizarre to auto correct.
Sonoma33   Intermediate CA USA Member since 5/10/09 Posts: 1655	Login to reply to this post In reply to SouthernStitch << Like this post Date: 8/28/12 3:47 PM UGH, I hate this! I am hoping you are safe and that everything works as it should to keep from flooding. ------ Berninas 830LE ♥ Artista 630PQE ♥ 930 Record ♥ Juki TL2010Q ♥ Pfaffs Creative Performance ♥ Passport 2.0 ♥ Singers 221 ♥ 301 ♥ 500a ♥ Kenmore 1040 ♥ Elna 'Grasshopper' ♥ Tacsew T500 ♥ Babylock Evolution
SouthernStitch   Advanced LA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 8205	Login to reply to this post In reply to Sonoma33 << Like this post Date: 8/28/12 4:12 PM Thanks all, Yeah, actually NOLA will probably fare better than us with the flooding this time. But the mayor there did ask for voluntary evacuation for areas not protected by the levee. Funny, I'd have thought they would have done it mandatory. When Gustav came, they evacuated big time, and then we got the brunt of that storm. Thank goodness safety is a much bigger concern now days. I can remember when the bridge over the Mississippi froze one year right after I started working here, and a different supervisor than my own came and told me to go on home before they closed it. The next day my own supervisor got really angry about it. So the next ime it happened he told me I couldn't leave or I'd be fired! I stayed, and sat outside in 18 degree weather in the dark for 3 hours waiting on a ferry boat. I couldn't run the car in fear of running out of gas. My then husband called him the next morning and told him that if he ever endangered my safety again in such a manner, he'd need a lawyer. The next time (years later) he came and told me to go home! This only happened once every few years and he acted like it was such an awful thing for me to leave 3 hours early!!! Jerk. ------ Bernina 730E, 530, and 350PE Singer 221 FW, 403a When life gives you green velvet curtains, make a green velvet dress.
quiltingwolf Advanced MD USA Member since 12/15/02 Posts: 5026	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 8/28/12 4:36 PM Keeping everyone in it's path in my prayers. Hopefully won't be bad. I hate these storms. ------ quiltingwolf.blogspot.com
poorpigling Advanced TX USA Member since 12/28/07 Posts: 10065	Login to reply to this post In reply to SouthernStitch << Like this post Date: 8/28/12 4:40 PM I have been keeping an eye out on it too.. thought of you right off the bat. I tell you Mary.. between Isaac and that show Cajun Justice.. ..I am about ready to have you pack your bags and leave town.... When can I expect you... Yes, I know.. but really .. that west nile virus thing is only seasonal..
TessKwiltz   Intermediate TX USA Member since 9/21/07 Posts: 1319	Login to reply to this post In reply to SouthernStitch << Like this post Date: 8/28/12 4:46 PM Prayers for you, Mary, after Allison I think the slow-moving weak storms that bring flooding are scarier than the wind. Stay safe! ------ Tess On threadpainting flowers: "How many colors are in a flower? ... How many do you have?" - Ellen Anne Eddy

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