Re: OT: Traffic Signals in New Mexico

Clarification:
I guess as it's heading to New Orleans the attitude is

I should have added some detail.
I guess as it's heading to New Orleans [and that isn't where you or we are]
the attitude is

"jce" <defaultuser@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> So do people simply pack up and go to another area? I could imagine huge
>> traffic congestion. And the disruption if you have to do this frequently
>> must be awful.
> The two major interstates out of New Orleans (which seems to be the
> hurricane attractor and below sea level) are now North bound only....that
> helps to reduce some of the congestion.
>
> It's rather strange - the news here is rather subdued. I'd gotten kind of
> used to the "your house will be trashed", "your life will be ruined",
> "look at the death that could happen" of the last year or so. I guess as
> it's heading to New Orleans the attitude is "look it's a hurricane in the
> gulf. It's pretty strong and best of all it's not coming here." But even
> the national weather channel is exercising restraint. It's this "calm
> before the storm" that has me most worried...
>
> A cat 4-5 storm near New Orleans could really cause major problems for
> that city - I suppose that sentence is true for wherever it is that it
> finally ends up.
>
> Oh well, the temperature is 90 degrees in the gulf and Atlantic east of
> Florida...we only have another 2+ months of this season left.......and
> we're in better part of what has historically been a 20-30 year cycle of
> increased hurricane activity - [and for the non-US Only readers] only
> this time with global warming adding an unknown factor.
>
> JCE
>


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