Louisianna/Alabama/Mississippi coastal DUers - hope you all make it thru the next couple of days!

[LynneSin]

Looks like all that hot air in Tampa pushed Hurricane Isaac westward and it's going to take a direct hit along the LA/MS/AL coasts.

Hugs to all of you!!! Stay safe and stay dry!

[rocktivity]

1. Though it's not a Category 3 storm

it looks like New Orleans will take a more direct hit from Issac than it did from Katrina...


rocktivity

[hedgehog]

2. Yes!

[LynneSin]

4. Really?

I've been at DU here for ages and I know of at least a dozen DUers from that part of the country some of them who went thru hell & back after Katrina.

[Generic Other]

5. You are so right, Lynne

Camp Crawford...port-a-potties...pizza...fire ants...Cindy...Vets for Peace...the emergency response...

I was personally thanked by Cindy Sheehan's lawyer for the response of DUers in trying to help him locate his missing child in the hours after the hurricane.

We had many DUers whose lives were devastated by Katrina. And DU helped where we could. Remember our Katrina relief where we auctioned Mardi Gras masks to raise money for DUers? Remember Skinner's collecting for Red Cross? We have a history of helping. Not everyone has forgotten, I am glad to see!

[NYC Liberal]

6. Aaand the troll has been PPR'd:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=289457

[LynneSin]

8. Was the person really a troll?

Or was that person pointing out the obvious that in general DUers have said some bad things about the south as a whole.

Don't get me wrong, we care about the people of the south but the south has been disparaged plenty of times here at DU.

[NYC Liberal]

9. Maybe I read it wrong, but I didn't take it like that.

I took it as saying, "Who cares about the South? Fuck em."

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. thank you for the thought, Lynne.

It is hot and sunny, but winds have picked up since 7 this am.
I am 90 miles due north of Pensacola, so we will get the backside of Issacs winds. With any luck, just wind and rain, hopefully not too much of either. But we are prepared as can be, in a solid house, no flood zone, and most tall trees are away from the house or at least not tilting towards the house.
Originally there was a chance Issac would hit us dead center, and I noticed, while at the store today, the check out clerk said store was packed this weekend.
Poor Louisiana...