08-27-2012, 08:36 AM
monday morning. evacuations ordered.
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Tampa, Florida (CNN) -- Thousands in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama were being told early Monday to leave their Gulf Coast homes ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Isaac as forecasters warned it was gaining strength as it followed the same path Hurricane Katrina took seven years earlier.
The governors of the three states each declared a state of emergency, with Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley ordering mandatory evacuations to begin at 8 a.m. for residents who live along the coast and for those in some low-lying areas inland.
my niece starts at Tulane in NOLA this week. she got there a week ago, and it's her first year and first time away from home (Ohio). so good old NOLA, crime, murders, and now a 'cane. that girl had choices! William & Mary, Boston, etc. damn it.
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Tampa, Florida (CNN) -- Thousands in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama were being told early Monday to leave their Gulf Coast homes ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Isaac as forecasters warned it was gaining strength as it followed the same path Hurricane Katrina took seven years earlier.
The governors of the three states each declared a state of emergency, with Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley ordering mandatory evacuations to begin at 8 a.m. for residents who live along the coast and for those in some low-lying areas inland.
my niece starts at Tulane in NOLA this week. she got there a week ago, and it's her first year and first time away from home (Ohio). so good old NOLA, crime, murders, and now a 'cane. that girl had choices! William & Mary, Boston, etc. damn it.