Re: OT: Traffic Signals in New Mexico

"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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