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OT- Gustav

looks like it's headed right for us.

i have evacuated to about an hour outside of new orleans.

the cops use the place where i live as a staging ground for NOPD and the Fire Dept so I had to be out by friday. I'm not sure how long we'll be without power or internet. i'll try to update this once or twice a day.

anyways keep us in your thoughts and go cubbies.

 

 

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Stay safe…thinking of you

"I’ll try to do anything to win a game." - My Man....BIG Z

by akbeck98 on Aug 31, 2008 11:35 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Stay safe.....

Here’s hoping Gustav isnt another Katrina. My thoughts and prayers will be you and the everyone else in the path.

"A catchers biggest concern behind the plate is to make his pitcher pitch a little better than he can" Roy Campanella

by Madison Cub Fan on Aug 31, 2008 11:49 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I hope you and

your family and friends keep safe. You are all definately in my thoughts and prayers.

by sue369 on Aug 31, 2008 12:31 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

ack...definitely

spell check is my friend.

by sue369 on Aug 31, 2008 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Please take all precautions..

I have relatives who have evacuated also.

"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun

by Bump Bailey on Aug 31, 2008 1:15 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

twitter

if any of you guys are on twitter i’m on as jordanstr8

will be posting updates from my mobile.

let’s go cubs.

my stuff is filthy

by carlos marmol on Aug 31, 2008 1:22 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Best wishes, Carlos

On the Sunday just before Katrina hit, I was at Wrigley for the ceremony retiring Sandberg’s number. I had left before Katrina took its left turn toward Louisiana, so my family ended up evacuating without me. It’s surreal watching the game today and following the storm track. I’m glad to be living in Illinois now, but our thoughts are with everyone on the Gulf Coast.

Stay safe.

Fontenot (fon-te-no): Cajun for "scrappy"

by zambranofan on Aug 31, 2008 2:29 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Certainly a dangerous situation in the Gulf right now

Satellite photos of Gustav are very impressive, and as someone who studies how our atmosphere works I can tell you, Im afraid this is going to be a Katrina 2 or worse.

Please If you are in this region and are in the path of this dangerous system please please please leave now!

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

"Soriano deep to left!! THAT BALL'S GOOOONE!! A HOME RUN!! OHHH BABY!!" -Len Kasper 8/06/08

SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .294 23 HR 63 RBI

by Galvan316 on Aug 31, 2008 2:44 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Stay safe

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 31, 2008 6:05 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

My thoughts are with you...

… and all affected by this dangerous storm. Stay safe, indeed.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Aug 31, 2008 8:31 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Out of NOLA for now...

My wife and I evacuated yesterday to a friend’s house. We left at a good time as traffic was much worse earlier today. Good thing is that 95 percent of the Louisiana coast has evacuated. Nobody is playing games this time around.

by NOLA_Cub_Fan on Aug 31, 2008 10:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Good luck...

and god bless. I went from Destin, Fl to Jackson, MS today. The exodus was huge. Hopefully everyone fares well. By the way, did anyone see those Idiots with Cantore on the weather channel? They are going to ride out the storm on the boat.

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Aug 31, 2008 10:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Be safe

My thoughts are with you and your neighbors and your families. Be careful going back, too.

by helen on Aug 31, 2008 11:21 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

FYI

Link to big 4 local news broadcast from New Orleans TV stations.

Be safe down there!

by PhillyCub on Aug 31, 2008 11:22 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

It is calm here. (Jackson, MS)

But, my old roomate from college lives in Gulfport, and he says it’s getting pretty rough down there.

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Sep 1, 2008 12:21 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Best wishes

Hope all wil be well with you. We watch hurricane coverage closely when it affects New Orleans because my brother lives in Jefferson Parish. He’s not there right now, of course, because he always leaves when the evacuations are still voluntary. He’s in Oklahoma staying with friends right now. I just hope things won’t be as bad as Katrina.

"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"--The Brain

by brook on Sep 1, 2008 9:00 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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