Local New Orleans Met.."Make Plans To Leave Now"

[angelwing]

Oh great, my girlfriend in NO had her car stolen and is a caregiver, she does not need this! Thanks for the heads up!

[T-man]

since I will be one of the ones who will be asked to leave first, I depend on the info I get here greatly. I hate to go but will head north to Tennessee and visit my folks. Or at least their house since they are in Pennsylvainia visiting relatives!

[creole_lady]

I just spent the last hour trying to find a hotel in northern louisiana or ms, none available. The closest I could find was Houston

[bfez1]

I have rms booked but I won't be making a decision until Sat. morning.
I am not leaving unless it is absolutely necessary and right now it's just way to early to make a decision. JMO!

[cajungal]

I think the landfall will be to our east near Gulf Shores/Pensacola just like Ivan. But, yet, my dad is getting all excited and trying to say "Let's head out now". We never left before, so don't know why he is getting so excited now. I got to work, and I can't afford to miss. Unless we go under a warning and have to close or something. Everytime in the beginning when they have all the models pointing towards us, it always veers to our east. Same thing is happening again. All the models are pointing to our east again like I knew they would.

[HurryKane]

I think the landfall will be to our east near Gulf Shores/Pensacola just like Ivan. But, yet, my dad is getting all excited and trying to say "Let's head out now". We never left before, so don't know why he is getting so excited now. I got to work, and I can't afford to miss. Unless we go under a warning and have to close or something. Everytime in the beginning when they have all the models pointing towards us, it always veers to our east. Same thing is happening again. All the models are pointing to our east again like I knew they would.

Yeah, my dad just called from north central Mississippi wanting to know if he should come down to help board up. I told him to hold off, but he gets so nervous when his "little girl" is threatened. My house is very easy to board up but dhweather's takes an army

Lord, this is nervewracking.

[T-man]

As soon as they call for a mandatory evac in my area, that's when I'll board up. I have 25 windows to cover,some are large,but it only takes3-4 hrs.

[wafbwx]

Also i see where they have speeded it up a lot. They have it making landfall sunday evening instead of Monday. Surprised Also i want to ask you since you are a Pro-met. How accurate is the NHC within 72 hours, because it is bearing down at 72 hours?

Here's a page that you may find interesting:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/verification/pdfs/1970-2004_OFCL_ATL_annual_trk_errors_noTDs.pdf

And by the way mobilebay, I'm a graduate of South Alabama, so I spent quite a bit of time in your neck of the woods. I also covered Ivan last year on the Eastern Shore.

Did you do any work with Dr. Bill Williams?

Sure...Dr. Bill was my advisor. I also had a professor named Dr. Blackwell who knows tropical weather as well as anyone.

[skysummit]

Just heard this on 870am, NOLA. A caller called in and said he tried booking 4 rooms for 3 nights in Lafayette for his family. They quoted him $18,000!!!!! They said it was $1300 per night per room plus tax. That's a damn crime.

Also they said the majority of hotels within a normal 5 hour drive of New Orleans are booking up. I just spoke with a friend and she had to make reservations in Marshall, Texas. That was the closest she could find.

[Dishiki]

It is illegal.

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[bevgo]

That is wild. I have heard of price gouging but that is way out there.

[Innotech]

Just heard this on 870am, NOLA. A caller called in and said he tried booking 4 rooms for 3 nights in Lafayette for his family. They quoted him $18,000!!!!! They said it was $1300 per night per room plus tax. That's a damn crime.

Also they said the majority of hotels within a normal 5 hour drive of New Orleans are booking up. I just spoke with a friend and she had to make reservations in Marshall, Texas. That was the closest she could find.

speaking as a Lafayette resident, I hope you dont hold a grudge against our city for that. Im not at all surprised if thats true though.

[wx247]

That almost sounds too far fetched to be true.