interdictor ([info]interdictor) wrote,
@ 2005-08-28 09:23:00
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NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Katrina strengthened to a dangerous Category 5 storm on Sunday with 160 mph sustained wind as residents of south Louisiana jammed freeways in a rush to get out of the low-lying region and head inland to higher ground.

Dear Friends,

I appreciate all the advice and well wishes and prayers. I don't know how this is going to turn out. I'm not going to lie to you and pretend that I believe this will be a cake walk. I mean, I don't even know what a cake walk is. Is that some kind of event where you walk for charity and eat cake when you're done? Or maybe you eat the cake while you walk. I just don't know how it works. But I know this: I won't be eating any cake, and any walking I do will be more of a patrol than anything else.

Everyone says I should leave, Part of me wants to. But, my parents are staying, and I know I'm going to have to rescue them.

I love you guys, and I want you to say nice things about me if I die.

Buff

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[info]hunterkirk
2005-08-28 02:32 pm UTC (link)
Be Careful... be safe.. and God Bless.

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[info]altamira16
2005-08-28 02:58 pm UTC (link)
Lock yourself in a windowless laundry closet and have lots of sex until it is over. If it is more serious than that, make note of where your nearest fallout shelter is and how to get there.

Take care.

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[info]ernunnos
2005-08-28 03:12 pm UTC (link)
I'm pretty sure any fallout shelter is going to be below the flood line...

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[info]altamira16
2005-08-28 04:22 pm UTC (link)
Wouldn't shelters be designed with that it mind in that area? I wonder if the underground tunnels under Stennis Space Center flood when they have hurricanes.

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[info]ernunnos
2005-08-28 04:44 pm UTC (link)
They built a whole city under sea level. I wouldn't take anything for granted.

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[info]herbaliser
2005-08-28 05:04 pm UTC (link)
Well, they might still be below flood line, but they'd probably be sealed.

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[info]themilkrat
2005-08-28 03:56 pm UTC (link)
Heroes never die.

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[info]themilkrat
2005-08-28 03:56 pm UTC (link)
Oh, and if you see God, tell him I am coming for him.

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[info]whip_lash
2005-08-28 04:07 pm UTC (link)
You'll be fine. Walk it off.

More seriously, good luck and be careful.

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[info]a_motley_fool
2005-08-28 04:44 pm UTC (link)
Be sure to take pictures.

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[info]nelliebelle
2005-08-28 04:57 pm UTC (link)
a cake walk is where people bring in cakes that they baked and put them in a circle on the floor and then you walk around like musical chairs and if you stop in front of a cake when the music ends, you get to keep it. i've been thru a few hurricanes and i can definitely say they weren't at all like that.

i'll certainly be thinking about you (wtf we just met last week?) and my favorite city. how will we know if you die? did you shop for supplies? katrina knocked out my wifey's power in florida and the worst part for them was not having anything to eat but junk food. do you own a boat? an ark would be preferable but anything that floats will do.

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(Anonymous)
2005-09-02 08:34 pm UTC (link)
Cake Walk originated from malnourished slaves dancing and performing tricks to please their masters in front of their guests, thes best one would earn a slice of cake.

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[info]interdictor
2005-09-09 02:25 am UTC (link)
Is that true???

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[info]melange_fiesta
2005-09-04 11:11 pm UTC (link)
I was gonna say that... lol! There was a Baby-sitter's Little Sister book about cake walks... XD.

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halla
[info]acidjesus
2005-08-28 05:49 pm UTC (link)
Remember that i love and that i expect you to survive.

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[info]themeshuggener
2005-08-28 05:49 pm UTC (link)
Be safe.

Be vigilant.

May God help you all.

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[info]evilwhitemale
2005-08-28 07:14 pm UTC (link)
Just stay focused, Buffster. My instincts tell me that you'll get through this.

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[info]sisiphus
2005-08-28 07:31 pm UTC (link)
You're going to be fine. I have no bad premonitions. If I don't have a bad feeling about something, then it won't happen. I do predict, however, that you will get very, very wet.

I imagine postal workers don't deliver mail in this kind of weather.

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[info]jonfmorse
2005-08-28 08:46 pm UTC (link)
...dude, why don't you just go outside and kick that fucking storm's ass into submission? Sheesh.

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[info]themilkrat
2005-08-28 09:28 pm UTC (link)
I'm with this guy.

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[info]nova_starr
2005-08-29 06:38 am UTC (link)
that's what I'm saying. I've got ten bucks on buff.

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cakewalk
(Anonymous)
2005-09-01 04:51 am UTC (link)
Sweetie, the Cakewalk was a dance.

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