Mississippi Coastal Residents

Bluefrog · #1 Postby **Bluefrog** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:00 pm

When are you all going to start preparing (other than the usual supplies) and what is everyone going to do?

jax · #2 Postby **jax** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:02 pm

I'm ready... got all my supplies for Cindy still...
Just gotta get more ice.

#3 Postby **dhweather** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:03 pm

I'm pretty prepared - all I have to do is shutter up and fuel up.

HurryKane · #4 Postby **HurryKane** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:06 pm

I have all my supplies except AA and AAA batteries (the wireless mouse and keyboard keep eating them). Tomorrow I'll gather insurance documents and other important things that I'd throw in the car to evacuate with.

Guess a few more bottles of water in the freezer couldn't hurt, either.

Bluefrog · #5 Postby **Bluefrog** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:06 pm

Me too ...gas for 4runner, generator, cash and food. When will you board up? Saturday morning? Assuming the forecast remains the same as it is now???

manofsteele79 · #6 Postby **manofsteele79** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:06 pm

I'm not on the coast, but about 50-60 miles inland (Hattiesburg). I'm going to wait until Friday evening to make any serious preparations. My parents live 20 miles inland of the Alabama Coast and after seeing what Ivan did as a cat 3 everyone should be ready to go no later than Friday evening on the coast. If you don't have a generator and you can afford one..... buy it NOW. Those things will be long gone as soon as warnings come out. I almost never found one for my parents.

#7 Postby **dhweather** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:06 pm

Friday night or early saturday is board up time.

Agua · #8 Postby **Agua** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:07 pm

dhweather wrote:I'm pretty prepared - all I have to do is shutter up and fuel up.

Same. It's still a LOOONNGGG way off and, as often stated, "[t]he safest place to be is at the end of an NHC 5 day forecast track".

If it's looking the same around Sunday evening, I'll start boarding up, so that's a long waaaay off.

Bluefrog · #9 Postby **Bluefrog** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:08 pm

I have one ....but the Lowes in Pascagoula is already sold out this evening

Bluefrog · #10 Postby **Bluefrog** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:10 pm

I think Sunday evening is too late to be boarding up (if the track remains the same) ...I'm just trying to plan for Fri/Sat.

manofsteele79 · #11 Postby **manofsteele79** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:11 pm

What happens is the Lowes and Home Depot stores take them off the shelves on the inland stores and move them to the coast. If you have friends and family close, keep an eye out and the stores will get more. Today Home Depot had several portables all the way to 15 kW but they'll get moved to some coastal area by Friday.

#12 Postby **dhweather** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:19 pm

Well my fellow Mississippians (and Louisianaians, Alabamians, and Floridians), I'm going to bed. I suggest you do too!

Sleep will be few and far between for some of us for the next few days.

mobilebay · #13 Postby **mobilebay** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:22 pm

To me Friday is the important day for everyone in the GOM. I think by Friday the models will have a pretty good handle on this hurricane. You may have an outlier but I think they will be in pretty good agreement by then. Once the hurricane moves into a data rich environment.

Agua · #14 Postby **Agua** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:24 pm

Bluefrog wrote:I think Sunday evening is too late to be boarding up (if the track remains the same) ...I'm just trying to plan for Fri/Sat.

You're right. I didn't get a good look at the time/location forecast. Predawn Sunday morning ought to be plenty early enough. I just have a LOT of big windows to board and I'd absolutely want to avoid it if possible.

#15 Postby **MGC** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:26 pm

I'm headed to Wally Word tomorrow to stock up. I'll start to panic when Dennis enters the gulf and still on track for a central GOM coast.....MGC

Ixolib · #16 Postby **Ixolib** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:26 pm

dhweather wrote:I'm pretty prepared - all I have to do is shutter up and fuel up.

AND make sure your web cam is up, running, and in "hurricane mode"!!

rtd2 · #17 Postby **rtd2** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:01 am

**IF** It comes this way then I'll finalize prep on sunday afternoon Just before Diving South to my work to ride it out :eek:

...Atleast I'll have power!

Ixolib · #18 Postby **Ixolib** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:04 am

rtd2 wrote:**IF** It comes this way then I'll finalize prep on sunday afternoon Just before Diving South to my work to ride it out ...Atleast I'll have power!

Yep - I believe that :uarrow:

definitely deserves more explanation!!

rtd2 · #19 Postby **rtd2** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:10 am

Ixolib wrote:
rtd2 wrote:**IF** It comes this way then I'll finalize prep on sunday afternoon Just before Diving South to my work to ride it out ...Atleast I'll have power!

Yep - I believe that definitely deserves more explanation!!

Keesler AirForce Base....My Office is also a Nuclear/Storm Shelter

I stayed there During Ivan had all the comforts of home Especially Internet and Storm2k!

Ixolib · #20 Postby **Ixolib** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:17 am

rtd2 wrote:
Ixolib wrote:
rtd2 wrote:**IF** It comes this way then I'll finalize prep on sunday afternoon Just before Diving South to my work to ride it out ...Atleast I'll have power!

Yep - I believe that definitely deserves more explanation!!

Keesler AirForce Base....My Office is also a Nuclear/Storm Shelter I stayed there During Ivan had all the comforts of home Especially Internet and Storm2k!

Cool. I live just outside the fence near the tennis courts & auto hobby shop on Lafayette Street. Throw me a line so I'll have internet too!!

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