T's and P's with everyone impacted by the hurricane. I never experienced anything as bad as Katrina living in Florida, but Mathew and Irma(iirc) sucked ass. Most stressful shit ever.
I remember when Ivan took out big chunk of the i10 bridge outside of Pensacola and how much of a cluster fuck that was.
What about those crazy bridges going out to Key West that basically float on the water...seems like those would get damaged regularly
https://www.khou.com/mobile/article...sued/285-328e29f2-cf34-4912-afbe-0ae3cdc77ae2 Large chemical fire reported off I-10 in Westlake, Louisiana | Shelter-in-place issued "If you are in the Westlake/Moss Bluff/Sulphur area, shelter in place, close your windows and doors and turn off your A/C units," the governor tweeted. Credit: KHOU tweeted that area residents should shelter-in-place and turn off their air conditioning as a precaution: "There is a chemical fire in the Westlake/Moss Bluff/Sulphur area. Residents are advised to shelter in place until further notice and close your doors and windows. Follow the directions of local officials"
Damn, they had the path exactly nailed as soon as the tropical storm left Haiti, and knew it would be major as soon as it left Cuba so intact.
I just had the realization that Lake Charles is the same distance inland from the gulf as I am from the Atlantic. Every time a storm comes this way I tell people, “nah, we’ll be fine, we’re far enough inland it won’t be as bad as if we were on the coast. Yeah well, if that storm had come at us, our shit would have definitely been mixed
It’s all about height above sea level. On the gulf, a lot of these towns are at or below sea level so the storm surge will reach much further than on the Atlantic side.
Some parts do - we have quite a few along the Texas coast, not sure about our neighbors to the east though