Hurricane Gustav

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:57 am

So Gustav is making landfall in Louisiana in a few days, and so am I. I'll be off for three weeks, starting Saturday. No guaranty that there will be any internet there, so I'll likely be out of touch.

-Username17

Post by **fbmf** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:58 am

You are off Red Crossing, I suppose?

Game On,
fbmf

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 2:00 am

Yeesh. I'm probably going to be catching the eastern edge of it. And we just had Fay come through t'other day.

Soooo, Frank, how much experience have you had with hurricanes/tropical storms?

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 2:43 am

fbmf wrote:You are off Red Crossing, I suppose?

Game On,
fbmf

That's the plan.

Soooo, Frank, how much experience have you had with hurricanes/tropical storms?

Two hurricanes, two floods, one major earthquake, one major fire.

-Username17

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 2:56 am

All right, I feel better now.

I was going to give the Post-Hurricane comfort guide, which is basically tricks like using a black garbage bag and a bunch of Ziplocs to get reasonably hot water, and some stuff to have, but if you're going to be Red Crossing, I think you'll have stuff on hand.

shirak · Post by **shirak** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:14 pm

I was under the impression that hurricanes only got female names. What's up with Gustav? Has there been an equal rights movement among natural phenomena of a masculine persuasion?

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 2:26 pm

shirak wrote:I was under the impression that hurricanes only got female names. What's up with Gustav? Has there been an equal rights movement among natural phenomena of a masculine persuasion?

Every other tropical storm gets a male name. They stopped having only female names on the list in 1979.

-Username17

The 13 Wise Buttlords · Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:08 pm

Not to make fun of the oncoming tragedy, but:

I would just like to point out that Focus on the Family actively prayed for it to rain on Obama's convention. It didn't, it was gorgeous.

When the Republican convention rolls around, it's time for Hurricane Gustav.

Looks like God hates protestant fundamentalists as much as I do.

Sir Neil · Post by **Sir Neil** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 12:57 am

I'll probably be heading down there, too. Sarge said pack enough gear for 30 days.

SunTzuWarmaster · Post by **SunTzuWarmaster** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 2:33 am

Have you taken a look at Florida lately? I mean we have a hurricane on BOTH the East and West coasts...

Also, God hates New Orleans, apparently.

Also, do you think that they will evacuate?

Absentminded_Wizard · Post by **Absentminded_Wizard** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 3:24 am

If you mean New Orleans, yes. Nobody wants to look too stupid to learn from past mistakes.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:05 pm

Just to make it clear, you are going down there as a volunteer, correct? I'm pretty sure that's the case from reading the topic and Neil's as well but, shit, it never hurts to be sure.

JonSetanta · Post by **JonSetanta** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:09 pm

FrankTrollman wrote:
shirak wrote:I was under the impression that hurricanes only got female names. What's up with Gustav? Has there been an equal rights movement among natural phenomena of a masculine persuasion?
Every other tropical storm gets a male name. They stopped having only female names on the list in 1979.

-Username17

May have been an ongoing joke eliciting the phrase "Thar she blows!" when the storm hits.
Can't do that now, no.

Absentminded_Wizard · Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:30 am

A_Cynic wrote:Just to make it clear, you are going down there as a volunteer, correct? I'm pretty sure that's the case from reading the topic and Neil's as well but, shit, it never hurts to be sure.

Actually, I believe Frank's going as a volunteer and Neil's being ordered down there as a member of the national guard.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:28 am

Absentminded_Wizard wrote:
A_Cynic wrote:Just to make it clear, you are going down there as a volunteer, correct? I'm pretty sure that's the case from reading the topic and Neil's as well but, shit, it never hurts to be sure.
Actually, I believe Frank's going as a volunteer and Neil's being ordered down there as a member of the national guard.

Ah.

See, it's during hurricane season and well pretty much during any large scale emergency where I could have been of help, that I am often reminded of how sick I am these days and my volunteering only becomes a liability to those around me rather than anything else but I'm just being a fucking pessimist now.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:13 pm

Well, Gustav wasn't much of anything around here. Some stiff winds and a good bit of rain...It didn't even take down the power, and that's something of a small miracle--usually some tree or another falls down and takes out a power line.

I even took a couple of videos off the back steps, and put them on YouTube. I'll post links here, if anyone cares enough to see them.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:45 am

Maxus wrote:Well, Gustav wasn't much of anything around here. Some stiff winds and a good bit of rain...

That's basically what we get here in SA. When another state gets hit by a hurricane (or, seeing as it's the Southern hemisphere so the names magically change, a cyclone or typhoon... I'll never know why), we get fierce winds that maybe knock the odd tree down (at my mum's place, the apricot tree split in half and the dog was delighted at his good fortune - so many edible things brought to his level!), and a lot of rain.

Yeah, given this is Australia, where water is largely a myth, we rejoice when other states are hit by cyclones, as it means we get some rain. And every Australian has this deep-down belief that the other states probably deserve it anyway.

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:50 am

Atlantic - Hurricane; Pacific - Typhoon; Indian - Cyclone.

They also path in different directions. Basically they're the same thing but since our continents separate them, they've kept their regional names as they're three unique paths.

-Crissa

SunTzuWarmaster · Post by **SunTzuWarmaster** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:17 pm

Hurricanes... wow...

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 1:33 am

Welcome back, Frank. How did it go in the Red Cross?

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 5:36 am

Actually, I'm not back. I'm still in Louisiana, I just happen to have some access to a computer for part of tonight. So I wrote up some journal entries:

http://waitinginline.insanejournal.com/

-Username17

JonSetanta · Post by **JonSetanta** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 5:56 am

Frank wrote: ... because as a biologist I can expound at great length about the common descent of animals and the effectiveness of adaptations which causes convergent evolution of relatively unrelated animals living in similar situations ...

O RLY?
Tell more! I'm a biologist-wannabe.
What's so different about the animals you saw?

SunTzuWarmaster · Post by **SunTzuWarmaster** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:22 am

Jesus Frank. It's nice to know that you are an ass for good reason. I'd be proud to have you as my doctor.

Sir Neil · Post by **Sir Neil** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:03 am

Absentminded_Wizard wrote:...Neil's being ordered down there as a member of the national guard.

Yeah, I'm a military police machine gunner.

The mission was scrubbed because Gustav turned out to be too wimpy. It's a shame really: I was hoping I'd get an opportunity to meet Frank. We were told to stay packed, in case one of these other storms decides to get real.

***
It seems like you could still be useful, Cynic. For one thing, you could take over rear-echelon communication duties to free a healthier person for field work

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:22 pm

Sir_Neil wrote:
Absentminded_Wizard wrote:...Neil's being ordered down there as a member of the national guard.
Yeah, I'm a military police machine gunner.

The mission was scrubbed because Gustav turned out to be too wimpy. It's a shame really: I was hoping I'd get an opportunity to meet Frank. We were told to stay packed, in case one of these other storms decides to get real.

***
It seems like you could still be useful, Cynic. For one thing, you could take over rear-echelon communication duties to free a healthier person for field work

True, I'll look into it.