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Tropical depression brewing. They're predicting storm surges of 19 feet, which is real interesting, given the levies are about 20 feet high.
I'm not real into doomsaying these days, and it does at least look like the locals screaming "WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE" on Reddit is mostly in jest... but I'm not gonna pretend I'm not a little scared. It's my first tropical storm, FFS. I've lived all my life in places that were polite enough to only try to kill me during the winter, like god intended.
We've got food for a week or two, and some bottled water stashed away. And luckily, our house is up on struts unlike many of our less fortunate neighbors. I'm a little worried about the fact we don't have storm windows, shutters, or even flood insurance—and getting them in time for the storm hitting circa Friday is quite impossible.
Right now, I expect the most we're gonna get is some frustration, power loss (which is gonna be super-fun in 90-degree weather), and property damage. The biggest threat to my life, presuming this doesn't stir up into a Cat 5 and flatten us all, is probably from Peg getting sick of my whining and finally, deservedly, up and eating me.
But juuuust in case, it's been a blast, and thank you all for being here. 🎵Regrets, I've had a few, but then again, too few to mention...🎵
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@001zlnv DON'T TELL ME HOW TO LIVE MY LIFE! :D
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@zebratron2084 hopefully you’ll come though all of this with no loss but a few good stories!
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@mmsword @zebratron2084 Yeah, having personally lived through a half-dozen hurricanes and tropical storms and whatnot, I wouldn't be overly-worried. You've got the basics covered.
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@hystericempress Unfortunately, this is an unusual situation: this is the first time they've ever had to deal with a tropical storm AND a Mississippi River that was already at 16 feet... It's not the rain they're worried about down here, so much as the possibility the levies will overflow because we're *already* so close to the limit. The levies are 20' at their lowest point... and the forecast says the storm surges will take the river as high as 19'. That's... a scary low amount of leeway. :|
FWIW, though, even the worst doomsayers on r/NewOrleans haven't made a peep about actually putting their money where their mouths are and leaving town. And Peg asked her local friends—and even the one who works for the local zoo, and personally knows the guy who handles storm prep for it, says he's not leaving unless the forecast gets distinctly worse...
It's scaring the shit outta Peg, though, who's ALWAYS lost everyone in one of these once before. :< Weirdly... I am not feeling any great stress from it. I'm worried, most definitely, but there's been very little mental or physical impact.
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@mmsword Yeah, but we have another issue. The river is at 16 feet going *into* this storm. The levies are 20 feet tall. The storm surges are expected to add another 3 feet. We're gonna be about 12 inches away from doom...
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@zebratron2084
*Marge Simpson voice* No dying!