Okay I'm PTSDing a little here. Can we throw a vibe toward the Gulf Coast?

[nolabear]

The Mississippi Coast is already going under water. I know it's not Katrina (nothing is Katrina) but a Cat2 is a terrible storm, it's going to destroy some things, and even seven years later those of us who lost the whole area we grew up in are still in a state of disbelief and sorrow.

Seven years ago tomorrow I was here in Seattle, trying to talk my sister through what I was seeing on TV while she took 911 calls from people she couldn't help. I watched New Orleans drown and the Mississippi Coast blow away. And I have to tell you, tough and pragmatic as I am, I'm feeling things I felt then.

Right now I've got people endlessly posting (some of them very funny and interesting) from the Marigny in New Orleans and from Pascagoula on the coast, and it's comforting but...you know...

So if you got a vibe to spare for my people, I'd appreciate it.

And if you are curious re local coverage, try WDSU in NOLA and WLOX in Biloxi. They're on full coverage.

[nolabear]

1. Sadly having to kick my own thread.

[texanwitch]

2. I have been thinking about Hurricane Ike all day, what it was like waiting.

This hurricane could have been hitting further west if the weather was different.

My thoughts are with the people in the storm area.

[solara]

3. I will join you in sending vibes to the Mississippi Coast, and NOLA

Vibes and strength, stamina and fortitude, peace and calmness and safety, safe harbour, safe haven for all your people out there.. and for everyone in the path of this storm..

I am with you



annnnd Kickety

[marzipanni]

4. Sending calming vibes to Isaac

and the people who may be affected by the wind and waves.

[applegrove]

5. Vibes to all the people of the coast. I was online during Katrina and got so incensed

in the days that followed.

[Kali]

6. Sorry you are feeling frightened and stressed.

I hope everybody gets through safely.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

7. good vibes and many blessings, again.

Best Wishes to all there.

[Honeycombe8]

8. Absolutely. I have relatives in SW Louisiana. Looks like the storm is going to miss them...

except for the heavy storm part. Not the really bad stuff to hit them. So they are lucky.

All my good vibes are being sent to the Gulf Coast.

[NYC_SKP]

9. ~~~vibes~~~

[NightWatcher]

10. This former River Ridge-er is sending vibes back to the most fun place on earth

If I were there, I'd go pick up some New Orleans Hamburger and Seafood and sit on a porch in the Garden District with friends and watch the moss blow out of the trees...then maybe get stoned and go bowling

[Hama]

11. Don't worry nolabear

This is one of those old fashioned hurricanes. You know, the ones where you stock up, drink beer and wait it out. I'm sitting in the dark now with my hurricane lamp (battery powered led), and my ipad with cell connection, drinking the beer before it gets warm. Modern conveniences are great!
The conditions are tolerable, high winds but little rain so far, the street isn't even flooded yet.

[nolabear]

13. Thanks for the on-site! Wed morning and so far so good.

My updates got cut off last night due to power failures so I hope people will use a little battery power on FB now and then to say hello. Isaac appears to be parked and pissing buckets but the city is holding out. You take care, and Welcome to DU

[irisblue]

12. A dear friend, a native, took me to NOLA in 2009.

I've wanted to go back ever since then...maybe even retire to that region. Positive Vibes to our amazing city

[nolabear]

14. Thanks for the support. Looks like a standard issue emergency.

Believe it or not, the area is designed for this kind of thing. Nasty flooding but not devastating. The wind's not terrible by storm standards but is damned impressive. People know what to do. The biggest problem is that it's essentially parked, and will keep on dumping on the area for quite a while.

Between the wind on the coast and NO, and the wind coming out of those assholes in Tampa, I'm about beat.

[Glorfindel]

15. Hey, nolabear! Greetings from blustery south Mississippi

I'm about 30 miles north of the coast, looking out of the windows, watching the gusty winds and the intermittently-heavy rain. Thank you - THANK YOU - for thinking of us. We still have electricity right here, but everything is closed. Seven years ago I was back home in Georgia for a long Labor Day vacation. It stretched three weeks longer than I had anticipated.

[nolabear]

16. Hey! Glad to hear from you. Sounds like you're in for a while.

Of course I'm thinking of you. I got people all over that place. Hang on tight and keep checking in!

[turtlerescue1]

17. May ALL of you be safe and comfortable and dry.

That includes many prayers from N. Central Arkansas, where already the emails from NOAA for "flood advisory" have arrived.

I cannot even imagine that many hours of storming. Chicken that I am, hope by the time Isaac comes our way, the future doesn't include finding out about "duration".

Am a TWC junkie, since living in MN with my "first taste" of blizzard conditions. It may make you feel a little less impacted, check out the USGS quake site of the seven quakes through out California in less than three hours.

One of the things that gets lost in being a Lutheran is how long some of us get to spend on our knees, and at my age it gets a lot harder to get up and down, for what its worth, the old calluses on the knees have returned since Isaac began to impact this side of the Atlantic.

only thing I can offer is:

[nolabear]

18. Aw hell, levees are toppoing in Plaquemine Parish. Not breached, just topped, but rough.

Some people are losing their houses according to reports. Coast is getting blown around and water's getting pushed up the river as far as Baon Rouge. Yeesh.

Again, bad as this sounds, it's not a Katrina. But still, people will have big problems and it's hard, hard, hard.

[Odin2005]

19. (((VIBES)))

[geardaddy]

20. (((VIBES)))

[Tikki]

21. Good strong vibes to the GULF residents...

Stay safe....We Care.



The Tikkis

[cbayer]

22. ..

[Bertha Venation]

23. vibes to you, nolabear

Do you have any Mother's Little Helper?

[nolabear]

24. Honey I AM Mother's Little Helper.

I've got a therapy practice and spend a lot of time helping others off the roof. And in reality it helps me too, because I can at least do something here.

But it gives me a good respect for how much support does help. Thanks for yours.

[Bertha Venation]

25. Well, whattya know about that?

I had a therapist, a very special woman, who talked me off the roof several times. She saved my life. (And whenever I tell her that, she is quick to say "You did the work.&quot

I have a great deal of respect for you and your colleagues. Thank you for saving our lives.

[nolabear]

26. I stand with your therapist. You all do the work. I just get to make a place for it.

I have incredible respect for all my people too. The struggle is long sometimes, but the reward is beautiful to see.

And besides, we all have our roof, eh?

[merh]

27. Hugs to you from a wet MS Gulf Coast

Not rain as much as surf blowing, storm surge just hanging around.

Darn Issac, it will not go away - I'm tired of it and have things I have to do.