| mbfly |
| (Weather Guru) |
| Fri Aug 26 2005 06:45 PM |
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Re: Katrina's Forecast Track Shifts West, Northern Gulf Needs to Watch
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Sitting in dowtown Mobile a couple hundred yards from the water, I know storm to our west is bad news. Even Georges flooded us pretty good. There is simply no where for the water to go as it moves up Mobile Bay.
I think Georges was the worst flooding from a hurricane that Mobile ever had !! If I remember correctly, wasn't it 30 inches ?? I still remember the TV shot of the "Water Street" sign downtown and it literally was !! I'm in west Mobile with a stubborn hubby who won't even consider leaving.
We'll just board up and stock up on water and vienna sausages like we always do. So far from what I've seen, people here haven't even started preps. No lines at the gas stations, no run on the grocery/hardware stores, and no windows boarded. 
I guess they will all wait until the last minute. It didn't help that the governor ordered all of Mobile county evacuated last time a hurricane was headed our way and it turned out to be more or less a false alarm. Better to be safe than sorry I suppose. Hope you're moving your boat Rick !!!