Comments by ponylover22
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Posted on September 2 at 5:52 a.m.
I hope everyone is ok and power gets restored soon. This storm was not as bad as Katrina overall but for the Miss-Lou area it was worse than that because the Miss-Lou area was not affected by Katrina (other than the influx of evacuees).
Hopefully they will have plenty of ice, food, water and gasoline around for the next week: people without power will need this stuff even those who think they were prepared.
It is amazing how most people have to actually go through a big storm before they take these things seriously. Katrina was a lesson to most people: mainly in Southern LA and in Mississippi since they were hit so bad. Those not hit by Katrina hear reports that this storm is not so bad automatically think that they will be just fine because they were just fine in Katrina. The tracks of the storm were different; Katrina didn't come close like this one did.
I wish everyone well and I hope Natchez and Vidalia both work hard to get everyone back to normal.
Posted on September 1 at 8:06 a.m.
Although this storm is not as bad as Katrina, what you are not realizing that it is coming straight over us!! Katrina went up the MS gulf coast so we did not feel anything from it. The counties to our east did...McComb and over had power outage and damage and the further east it was worse. Don't take this storm lightly. There will be widespread poweroutages and damage from the wind and a lot more rain. I think Concordia Parish's mayor is not taking it seriously enough. The school closings for Tuesday and Wednesday is a smart thing and possibly could be longer depending on how bad it does get.
So for us, yes, this will be worse for us than Katrina was (not worse for others such as in eastern Mississippi).
Posted on August 30 at 9:56 a.m.
Yes, everyone needs to be prepared. We have been lucky in this area and have not had the really bad effects like other areas have had but that doesn't mean that we won't.
When Katrina came, I was in Hattiesburg, Ms which is not on the coast but it was a huge mess! Everyone over there was totally un-prepared for it because they haven't had to deal with anything that bad before either (except for Camille but it wasn't as bad as Katrina). Power was out for 18 days in some areas in Hattiesburg. There wasn't any gas, water or food anywhere for days because of all of the downed power lines and trees. When stores were able to finally open up they had to limit the number of people going into the store at a time. You waited in lines all day to just to get necessities. There was no phone or cell phone service for weeks, hotels were booked for miles and miles you would have to have a full tank to drive far enough to get to a hotel and then you would probably have to stop and re-fuel before you got there. Since there was no power, you couldn't get your money out of the banks: ATM machines did not work. When stores did open up you couldn't pay with a credit or debit card because those machines did not work.
So yes, be prepared but don't go crazy. Have a generator to run necessities only. Have a full tank of gas and have water and food.
This storm is no Katrina but the mess I saw while I was in Hattiesburg was no joke and something I would never want to go through again. It was also no cat. 5 by the time it did reach Hattiesburg and did not cause near as much damage as on the coast and in N.O. but what it did was cause major chaos and no one was prepared for that part!
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Posted on September 4 at 5:24 a.m.
The one's that were saying all of us were crazy were preparing for the storm that it wasn't going to be bad here are the ones that are too busy waiting in those lines. They don't have the time to get online and vote here.
I know it has been rough but I am glad that for the most part everyone is ok. I have been hearing how the heat is getting to some people but the power companies are awesome. I will be so glad to get back to normal...slowly but surely.
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