Hurricane Gustave

**bogwoppit** · 08-31-2008, 08:03 AM

I know we have some members who live in Texas and Louisianna. I hope you are all safe and sound and away from the path of Gustave. Please take care and let us know when all is well.

Bog

gymmomntc2e6 · 08-31-2008, 08:24 AM

Wishing the same. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Please be safe, and if asked to evacuate - please do so. Material things can be replaced, lives cannot.

gymgirl_60 · 08-31-2008, 08:33 AM

please evacuate if needed. i send you my best wishes and hope you are all safe as well as your family and friends.

I-Heart-Beam · 08-31-2008, 12:22 PM

We're all thinking of you.

Gym mum UK · 08-31-2008, 01:52 PM

I see on the news that New Orleans are having to evacuate already. I pray peace and safety for all of them.

GymTwinsMom · 08-31-2008, 02:50 PM

I also wish you to be very safe and evacuate as quick as possible

NYgymfan · 09-01-2008, 11:39 AM

Gustav is front page news here in Europe (where I'm on vacation). Hopefully it won't be as bad as Katrina. My prayers are with everyone too...

msl529 · 09-04-2008, 07:44 PM

Now, we have Hurricane Hanna heading for the Carolinas Fri/Sat (are you ok, gymmomntc2ec & others in the area?).

We have escaped any major mayhem thus far, here in S. FL, but I fear we may get ransacked by Ike! EEEK! Category 4 right now, out in the ocean!

We should know more about where Ike is headed by early next week. We are supposed to have an Intrasquad at our gym next week, then go to the W. Coast of FL for DD's first meet of the season, in Tampa, on 9/14 & 9/15.

If any hurricanes get in the way, it will all be off! Hopefully, this won't happen! But the main thing is that everyone stays safe and sound.

This is our first storm season ever, and coming recently from CA, it's been pretty wild! We are certianly not bored, tracking all the storms via internet & news!

gymmomntc2e6 · 09-04-2008, 07:54 PM

So far so good. I have bottled water and batteries ( hiding them in my company car so my DH does not make fun of me

) Chef-Boy-R-Dee and a hand crank can-opener. I need to find a battery operated coffee maker. If the power goes out for days and I have no coffee it will be VERY ugly around here

Looks like it will come into Wilmington. They are predicting as a Cat 1. We are a couple hours from there but we could get some strong wind bands and rain. I am now officially on-call for work for Saturday and Sunday

I am more worried about Ike. he is VERY dangerous, no matter where he hits, if he does not weaken. I only pray he does not strengthen further and that somehow he misses the United States

msl529 · 09-04-2008, 08:11 PM


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Originally Posted by gymmomntc2e6 So far so good. I have bottled water and batteries ( hiding them in my company car so my DH does not make fun of me ) Chef-Boy-R-Dee and a hand crank can-opener. I need to find a battery operated coffee maker. If the power goes out for days and I have no coffee it will be VERY ugly around here Looks like it will come into Wilmington. They are predicting as a Cat 1. We are a couple hours from there but we could get some strong wind bands and rain. I am now officially on-call for work for Saturday and Sunday I am more worried about Ike. he is VERY dangerous, no matter where he hits, if he does not weaken. I only pray he does not strengthen further and that somehow he misses the United States

Good for you! How can DH make fun of you for being prepared? Shame on him, & no water for him when he gets all dry & parched after the water goes off! Hmmph!!

Genius! I never thought of a battery-operated coffee maker! I like it, I like it! Tell me if /where you find one! I am TERRIBLE if I have no coffee in the am, so for the last storm (Fay), I just put a lot of boiled water into thermoses and stocked-up on instant coffee (yuck), hoping that would see me through the worst of it! Never needed it, luckily. Doubtful that water will stay hot for long, so it's bound to get scary.

Of course, we do have our fondue pot w/ Sterno, ready & waiting....that may work in a pinch!

We can walk to our local grocery store in 5 min., if needed, and apparently after Hurricane 'Wilma' a few yrs ago, many public places put in generators so they could keep business running after the power goes out. So, I figure, when the food runs out, I'll just walk over to the store & demand coffee & sandwiches!

It's the lack of A/C when the power goes out that worries me, as spoiled as that sounds!

Well, here's hoping we make it!