New Orleans

[Scarlettvixen]

I would like to ask that we send energy to the city and the people to survive the coming hurricane

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/27/tropical.weather/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/27/tropical.weather/index.html)

having been to new orleans it is a city with character and soul

stay safe people

[Earthy]

Keep Safe energies being sent :)

[Teresa]

Sending energies! Stay Safe All!

[StellaLuna]

Protective, strong energies to those in New Orleans and everyone possibly impacted by this Storm.
May God/Goddess keep them safe.

Bright Blessings,
Kari

[Ayumi]

Yes everyone should give as much energy as they can please!!! Living in Florida, I know the things a hurricane can do. I was there for hurricane Andrew and Katrina is supposed to be worse!!! I'm sending all of my energies to them. May the lord and lady keep them safe.

A protective circle of energy,
Ayumi

:ringaroun

[Jenne]

Oh yes--was there 2 months ago--such a lovely place, so rich and full of life and soul. Energies and safety vibes for all who live there and in the vicinity!

Soit sage, mes amis!

[RunePuppy]

Energies sent

[Yasmine Galenorn]

Yes, I'm lighting a candle for the Gulf Coast tonight. Even if she lessens to a C-4, Katrina's still going to cause major damage. And if you can, consider donating to the Red Cross, people are going to need help and clothes and shelter and so forth.

Yasmine :colorful:

[WitchOfEndor]

Blessings,prayers & energies sent. Pray it weakens.

[Teresa]

:bumpsmili Everyone that can please send energies of protection for the people and animals that will be stranded there.This city is below sea level and the winds alone are dangerous enough but there will be massive flooding as well and buildings will collaspe .There are elderly there as well as just people who do not have cars that have no way out.Please send any protective energies You are able to or light a candle and say a prayer etc.Whatever you usually do.A cat 5 hurricane is a killer :hugz: Thanks to all that will.I will be lighting my candle I have dressed and saying a ritual prayer for them at sunset today.

[Willow Rosette]

Energy sent

[Penthesilea]

Goddess bless and keep New Orleans and her people for She is their only hope. All the energy I have sent....

[yarrow_elfglow]

energy sent

[Shanti]

For all the people and their beloved pets.

[Rainstorme]

I am sending as much energy as possible. Also, after the hurricane passes, one of my superiors is gathering a bunch of us from our district in Atlanta,Ga and we are all going to Louisiana to help cleanup/rebuild. I feel terrible about what is about ot happen there, but it helps knowing that I will be a part of helping them move on and caryy on with their lives in the aftermath. Blessings to all

[QUEEN OF THE DAMNED]

Sending every bit of energy I have today. New Orleans is one of my favourite places thanks to Anne Rice, even though I have never been there. I plan to go there someday in the future.

I hope that everyone & everything in NO survives in tact.

:hugz: to the town and the people

[Mishka]

Thoughts for protection and well-being to all sent.

Keeping my friend, Melly, and her family in my prayers. Blessings.

[DianaStormDancer]

I have been up watching the coverage...it looks like it will be so devestating:heartbrea


My prayers, energies, and power to the People of The Gulf Coast States, and special energies to those trapped in New Orleans!

[Teresa]

Yes there will be major damages .I pray for the saftey of the people and animals stuck there! This is not going to be pretty at all.I am still watch coverage.I do not wanna watch but I can not help myself.I have friends there I am concerned for.Having gone thru a flood and losing everything I owned and my car and my job in one act of Nature, I wish that they will be spared my fate and not lose everything but its not looking so good atm.

[WtchyChick13]

To those on the Gulf Coast, (Hoot you too!), may you be safe, find shelter and may you and your animals be saved from this horrible storm. So mote it be! :hugz:

Thoughts and prayers are with all of you tonight. :(

[Storm Moon]

Calming energy and thoughts sent their way and as well as surrounding areas. I don't have any family down there as far as I know, but I sure hope everyone pulls through this one. Blessed Be.

[Faery-Wings]

Energy to all in this area. Be safe.

[DianaStormDancer]

Prayers and energies renewed as Katrina makes landfall!

[Earthy]

Continuing to send Be safe energies into the area.

[DragonsChest]

May the Powers bless and keep the people from harm - may They watch over the animals, and send hope.

[medit8ive_spirit]

sending positive and healing energies that all will be unharmed and the the city can recover quickly....

[Aleannah]

energies sent to entire area of hurricane's path :hugz:

[LadyShayne]

I just read on MSNBC that more than 100 people have called the police, looking to be rescued. Gods, I pray that these poor, arrogant, foolhardy people do manage to be rescued. (But I also hope the city slaps them with a huge fine and community service for daring to endanger the lives of emergency personnel when they were ordered to evacuate their homes.)

[WynterWynd]

I would like to ask that we send energy to the city and the people to survive the coming hurricane

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/27/tropical.weather/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/27/tropical.weather/index.html)

having been to new orleans it is a city with character and soul

stay safe people


much energy being sent for a city and people I adore.....

[Teresa]

I just read on MSNBC that more than 100 people have called the police, looking to be rescued. Gods, I pray that these poor, arrogant, foolhardy people do manage to be rescued. (But I also hope the city slaps them with a huge fine and community service for daring to endanger the lives of emergency personnel when they were ordered to evacuate their homes.)
Some of those people were trapped with no transportation to get out please keep that in mind when judging them.There are others that are elderly and some that are bed ridden for whom no transportation was provided.Those types of people should not be fined for being poor or sick etc.There are others like the woman who opened the door and had it slam nad cut her finger in half that are questionable.I do not know the reason she opened the door but the emergency officers were not able to come and take her to get medical help last I heard.She may have had a valid reason who knows.I am not there therefore I can not judge.

[Felidae]

Some of those people were trapped with no transportation to get out please keep that in mind when judging them.There are others that are elderly and some that are bed ridden for whom no transportation was provided.Those types of people should not be fined for being poor or sick etc.There are others like the woman who opened the door and had it slam nad cut her finger in half that are questionable.I do not know the reason she opened the door but the emergency officers were not able to come and take her to get medical help last I heard.She may have had a valid reason who knows.I am not there therefore I can not judge.

True. Many residents do not own a car with the easily accessed public transportation, and if one was to stay within the Quarter (ie, work and live) a lot of distances are easier walked than to cope with parking a car and the related expenses this incurs.

I love New Orleans and it's people and am sending much energy that they (and it) can recover quickly and fully.

[~Anamorata~]

Energy and prayers sent...I love New Orleans(have visited many times)and hope the people and the city, make it through safely.

[PropheticMonkey]

I think our energy has worked because the storm is slowing down faster than anyone expected. My energy is going to the people out in southern Missisipi because right now they are the ones who need it most

[Teresa]

energies sent to entire area of hurricane's path :hugz:
Ditto! Thanks to" the Higher Powers that be"(insert Your choice) for sparing New Orleans from a direct hit and also for letting the strength decrease as rapidly as it has! :fpraiseyo :fpraiseyo :fpraiseyo :fpraiseyo :fpraiseyo :fpraiseyo :fpraiseyo

[WtchyChick13]

There is still a lot of time before this is all over with. A lot of states affected by it's aftermath and so far 55 people are dead that they know of. A lot of cleanup. A lot of flooding. It's going to take so much time....and we are not even NEAR the peak of the hurricane season!

Here's to sending strength to the affected folks. May the death count not raise much further and may the rest of the season have mercy on us.

[Shanti]

There is still a lot of time before this is all over with. A lot of states affected by it's aftermath and so far 55 people are dead that they know of. A lot of cleanup. A lot of flooding. It's going to take so much time....and we are not even NEAR the peak of the hurricane season!

Here's to sending strength to the affected folks. May the death count not raise much further and may the rest of the season have mercy on us.

Hon we are basically in the peak.
The highest peak is in early to mid September. We are just shy of September.

[WtchyChick13]

I know what you are saying but I'm a weather geek through and through. Tornadoes, hurricanes, I'm the type that actually has the discovery channel type of videos in her library. (yes, geek) :lol:

Peak does start now but true peak is mid to late September into October. There is still a LOT of time left in this season...they are already tracking two new developments in the Atlantic.

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/G1.html (http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/G1.html) <--great info here

[Shanti]

I know what you are saying but I'm a weather geek through and through. Tornadoes, hurricanes, I'm the type that actually has the discovery channel type of videos in her library. (yes, geek) :lol:

Peak does start now but true peak is mid to late September into October. There is still a LOT of time left in this season...they are already tracking two new developments in the Atlantic.

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/G1.html (http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/G1.html) <--great info here

I'm a weather geek too. I got my info from the same page. LOL
NOAA is in my bookmarks!
And from your link:

The Atlantic basin shows a very peaked season from August through October, with 78% of the tropical storm days, 87% of the minor hurricane days, and 96% of the major hurricane days occurring then . Maximum activity is in 'early to mid' September.

[goblinhill]

:hugz: Energy for recovery

[RowanMegaera]

New Orleans, home of my heart, I'm sending more than my prayers and good wishes, I'm sending my helicopter pilot husband and his squadron to help wherever they can. May they arrive safely and quickly.

[Storm Moon]

My thoughts and prayers are definitely with the people that are affected by this devastating storm... New Orleans has been a pretty big part of my life growing up because my sister lived down there for a good while. Me, my mom, my grandmother, and my brother, would visit her down there and stay for a week or so, and I loved it. If I ever went back, I don't think I'd feel the same, and I'm sure the people down there will never be the same either.

And what sucks is the hurricanes and tropical systems won't be over until about mid-November, if I'm not mistaken. They're already monitoring another out in the Atlantic. It'll be named Lee if it strenghthens enough. Let's pray it misses us this time.

[Hoot]

To those on the Gulf Coast, (Hoot you too!), may you be safe, find shelter and may you and your animals be saved from this horrible storm. So mote it be! :hugz:

Thoughts and prayers are with all of you tonight. :(

Thank you so much, Wtchy :hugz:

The worst side of any hurricane is the eastern side; down here on the southern coast, people call it the "dirty side" of the storm. Because Katrina downgraded to a Category 4 and glanced to the east, putting New Orleans to her west at the last moment before her landfall, her brunt force fell primarily on the Mississippi coast. So although New Orleans was hit very hard, it was spared the worst of the killer winds. They were terrifying to hear from my closet bunker, and my husband and I rode this one out over a hundred miles away from Katrina's landfall. We did not have a manditory evacuation in my area, although there was one due south on the beaches.

There is no doubt whatsoever that New Orleans took a devastating blow. If it had been worse, I'm afraid the Superdome roof would've blown completely. It will take many years for them to recover. Mississippi, however, took a debilitating blow and Katrina is now a storm of the ages for them, one that appears so far to be worse than Camille in 1969 -- and Camille was one of the worst storms to hit the U.S. continent in the last century. The loss of life there is frightening.

We really don't know yet how bad it is for all of them.

Where I am on the Alabama Gulf coast, somewhat inland, we're fine. Our telephone land lines and power went down yesterday, but they're already restored. I picked up a lot of debris in the yard early this morning, but that was the worst of it for us. For my area, anyway, last year's Hurricane Ivan was much worse, and we're all still rebuilding from that. But to the south of me, below the Intercoastal Canal, I don't know what's going on yet except that it flooded yesterday; and to the east of me in Mobile, this storm was much worse for them than Ivan was due to unprecedented amounts of flooding with the storm surge.

But we will be okay. I'm mostly worried for the people in Mississippi and in New Orleans. Cleaning up after these is not easy. Generally, more people lose their lives after a storm because of accidents. If you can, please find a way to give them some help. The suffering in their areas will be terrible.

[Hope]

good thoughts

love
hope

[Teresa]

Prayers and comforting energies for all affected by this act of nature! Protective energies for the animals that were left behind as well.

[narleymarley03]

The gulf coast is going to need our prayers and help for a very long time to recover from this great disaster. We lived through hurricaine Isabel 3 yrs ago. Our neighborhood had flooding of 4 ft inside homes and lots of wind damage. Families here some are just now rebuilding and raising the foundations of their homes. It ruined people financially and mentally. Also, FEMA and home owners insurance don't do as much as you think they would. Some families are still fighting with them. I can only imagine the shock and despair these people are experiencing right now.

[Lunacie]

I've been watching this storm with great concern and am continuing to send energies for the safety of those it is still affecting further north, for those who have lost so much and have so much to cope with now, for those who are worried about loved ones who are affected, for all the animals to be cared for, for strength and courage and compassion from/for those who are helping with rescue and cleanup.

[WtchyChick13]

I'm a weather geek too. I got my info from the same page. LOL
NOAA is in my bookmarks!


I knew I liked you. ;) :D


HOOT!!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy you are ok. I got your email and felt such relief to know that you are alright. I'll talk to you soon! :smooch: :hugz:


I've been watching the news all day and can't believe the damage. I saw one quote from the Mississippi Gov. (I believe it was him) who said, "this is our tsunami." He's right. I saw one video that showed the waves of the surge coming in one after the other and my first thought was that it looked so much like the tsunami videos--it was scary to see.

I know in JT there are links posted for the Red Cross and others, let me re-post a link to the Petco foundation for the animals affected by Katrina: http://www.petco.com/Content/Donations.aspx?PC=donations&Nav=158&cm_re=083005-_-hp3-_-hurricane (http://www.petco.com/Content/Donations.aspx?PC=donations&Nav=158&cm_re=083005-_-hp3-_-hurricane)

I'm already working on some graphics for a new animal fund raiser shop and willhopefully have that up by tonight.

May these folks find the strength and patience to get through this. This is going to be one long recovery. :rubhead:

[Lunacie]

I have the National Rader from WeatherStreet.com bookmarked to see what's heading our way, and what's going on in the rest of the country:
http://www.weatherstreet.com/local_forecast_files/SPC_activity_chart.htm

I'll have to check out NOAA and compare.

[WtchyChick13]

They just said on CNN that they are marking the houses with bodies in them with black marks because they don't have the resources to remove them right now. :(

[Lunacie]

:sadeyes:

[Shanti]

I knew I liked you. ;) :D


HOOT!!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy you are ok. I got your email and felt such relief to know that you are alright. I'll talk to you soon! :smooch: :hugz:


I've been watching the news all day and can't believe the damage. I saw one quote from the Mississippi Gov. (I believe it was him) who said, "this is our tsunami." He's right. I saw one video that showed the waves of the surge coming in one after the other and my first thought was that it looked so much like the tsunami videos--it was scary to see.

I know in JT there are links posted for the Red Cross and others, let me re-post a link to the Petco foundation for the animals affected by Katrina: http://www.petco.com/Content/Donations.aspx?PC=donations&Nav=158&cm_re=083005-_-hp3-_-hurricane (http://www.petco.com/Content/Donations.aspx?PC=donations&Nav=158&cm_re=083005-_-hp3-_-hurricane)

I'm already working on some graphics for a new animal fund raiser shop and willhopefully have that up by tonight.

May these folks find the strength and patience to get through this. This is going to be one long recovery. :rubhead:

Good for Petco!!! I shop there once in a while and now feel better about it, since its my second choice store.
Our local Petco doesnt take very good care of its animals...thats why I seldom shop there. I think I will take to the management about it. If the company can care about pets I think the local store manager could do more to give his animals clean cages!

[WtchyChick13]

I just received an email from the Humane Society who is also taking donations:

https://secure.hsus.org/01/katrina_relief/nypakiP619RtL? (https://secure.hsus.org/01/katrina_relief/nypakiP619RtL?)

[Shanti]

Thanks WC!

[WtchyChick13]

No problem! :D

I just want to get the word out as quickly as possible so that those who want to help, know where to go. :)

[Lunacie]

I just received an email from the Humane Society who is also taking donations:

https://secure.hsus.org/01/katrina_relief/nypakiP619RtL?

Excellent. :thumbsup:

[RowanMegaera]

Just a tiny request for the hardworking Navy guys helping out up there...

http://www.bataan.navy.mil/ (http://www.bataan.navy.mil/)

my husband is the right seat pilot in this picture.

[WtchyChick13]

Just a tiny request for the hardworking Navy guys helping out up there...

http://www.bataan.navy.mil/ (http://www.bataan.navy.mil/)

my husband is the right seat pilot in this picture.

:hugz: Hugs all around! :hugz:

[Shanti]

Please dont forget all the rescue workers. They are going 24 hrs a day to save these people.

[Teresa]

Please dont forget all the rescue workers. They are going 24 hrs a day to save these people.
Good point Thanks for stating it for all! _pounce_

[Lunacie]

I just read on MSNBC that more than 100 people have called the police, looking to be rescued. Gods, I pray that these poor, arrogant, foolhardy people do manage to be rescued. (But I also hope the city slaps them with a huge fine and community service for daring to endanger the lives of emergency personnel when they were ordered to evacuate their homes.)

I know if I lived in New Orleans and a city-wide evacuation was ordered I'd try to get the "heck out of Dodge!". Now the folks who live along the coast in Mississippi weren't expecting to catch the brunt when Katrina shifted and a lot of them were caught by suprise. Some were able to cut holes in their roofs and climb out where they could wait to be rescued. Others were lifted from windows, very tricky maneuvering. Some couldn't get out. :sadeyes:

I don't think I have anything in the house that would cut a hole in the roof - not that I ever expect flooding like that where I live, and anyway, if the water got that high it would float my mobile home away.

[PropheticMonkey]

I dont agree with LadyShayne. For some of them just stubborness kept them from leaving and I have to admit those people are unbeliebably stupid. But they also showed a woman on CNN who couldnt leave because her 2 children needed constant medical attention for I think a heart condition and couldnt be moved in anything but an ambulance. IT wasnt a choice for her whether to stay or not, she stayed because if she didnt her kids would have died.

Between a rock and a hard place never had truer meaning in my opinion

[Ishtara]

I think I did not fully realise the extent of this tragedy until this morning when a friend posted a number of pictures of NO on another forum. How terrible :sadeyes:

The people and animals affected, as well as the rescue workers involved, will be in my prayers. Candles lit.

[StellaLuna]

My energies and love are pouring out to all affected by Katrina.

No words can express my deepest sorrow. I just finished my last day of work at the Red Cross in NYS, as we are moving. I am still coming to terms with the magnitude of this disaster and the relief effort.
I've talked with family members desperately calling our office, hoping we can find loved ones not heard from.

My heart is broken and I am numb with the reality of the situation.

May Goddess bring healing and recovery swiftly.

[Cassie]

It has turned out far more terrible than I first realised.
Thoughts, prayers and energies go out to all those suffering in the whole region affected.
They are going to need help for a long time.

[Lunacie]

Holy Crap ! Video footage shot from a news helicopter of the devastation in Mississippi.

This is beyond heartbreaking.

http://www.wlbt.com/Global/category.asp?C=7857&nav=2CSf (http://www.wlbt.com/Global/category.asp?C=7857&nav=2CSf)

[xstarE_nitex]

Holy Crap ! Video footage shot from a news helicopter of the devastation in Mississippi.

This is beyond heartbreaking.

http://www.wlbt.com/Global/category.asp?C=7857&nav=2CSf (http://www.wlbt.com/Global/category.asp?C=7857&nav=2CSf)


I can't beleve it!!!... I don't see how these places are going to bounce back from this...
I sent energy to the region as well.. and I hope that the people will have a place to go and are able to get there lives back on track.... :(

[Lunacie]

Living in "tornado alley" I have seen towns with up to 50% of the buildings destroyed and much of what was left damaged, and they were able to rebuild. It takes a long, long time. I would imagine it will take even longer when the roads and highways and bridges all have to be rebuilt as well.

[Cinnamon Girl]

Got this off another online community board and figured I'd spread the word:

At exactly 8:30PM YOUR TIME this Friday, September 3rd, there will be a moment to raise positive energy to direct to these places. 8:30 being significant in the date these people were hit the hardest. If many people in every time zone do this all over the world, a good amount of energy will be raised to hopefully help in bringing these people back to their feet and back on dry land. To join in these efforts, please join the following yahoo group. This will also give us all an idea on how many will be lending their energy to the cause.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Katrina830/join (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Katrina830/join)

[atropa]

Those poor babies and children, not to mention everybody else. They're literally dying.

[xstarE_nitex]

Got this off another online community board and figured I'd spread the word:

At exactly 8:30PM YOUR TIME this Friday, September 3rd, there will be a moment to raise positive energy to direct to these places. 8:30 being significant in the date these people were hit the hardest. If many people in every time zone do this all over the world, a good amount of energy will be raised to hopefully help in bringing these people back to their feet and back on dry land. To join in these efforts, please join the following yahoo group. This will also give us all an idea on how many will be lending their energy to the cause.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Katrina830/join (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Katrina830/join)
thank you for telling us about this... Im going to be joining

[Lunacie]

I joined yesterday and will be adding my love and energies to the group effort on Friday evening.

[Teresa]

Got this off another online community board and figured I'd spread the word:

At exactly 8:30PM YOUR TIME this Friday, September 3rd, there will be a moment to raise positive energy to direct to these places. 8:30 being significant in the date these people were hit the hardest. If many people in every time zone do this all over the world, a good amount of energy will be raised to hopefully help in bringing these people back to their feet and back on dry land. To join in these efforts, please join the following yahoo group. This will also give us all an idea on how many will be lending their energy to the cause.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Katrina830/join (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Katrina830/join)
Thanks for sharing I will join in !

[Briana]

At exactly 8:30PM YOUR TIME this Friday, September 3rd, there will be a moment to raise positive energy to direct to these places. [/URL]
I will also be joining.

In addition to sending the healing, protection energy to the people (including the rescuers and volunteers) and animals in this area, I will also be sending energy to those that have family and friends missing in this disaster. A friend of mine's mom and sister where last heard from Sunday night in Gulfport, Miss. My friend and his father have heard no word since. I can't imagine the agony of waiting and not knowing. I don't imagine we will receive a list of survivors for a bit as we are still trying to get people to safety.

My thoughts and energies go out to those of you who are waiting to hear word...along with the survivors and rescuers.

Blessings,
Briana

[Teresa]

Got this off another online community board and figured I'd spread the word:

At exactly 8:30PM YOUR TIME this Friday, September 3rd, there will be a moment to raise positive energy to direct to these places. 8:30 being significant in the date these people were hit the hardest. If many people in every time zone do this all over the world, a good amount of energy will be raised to hopefully help in bringing these people back to their feet and back on dry land. To join in these efforts, please join the following yahoo group. This will also give us all an idea on how many will be lending their energy to the cause.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Katrina830/join (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Katrina830/join)
Trying to bump this up so people can see there is a joined energy raising tonite at 8:30pm Your time!

[Lunacie]

I have my candles ready to go.

[TaysatWesir]

I am sending my energies and lighting a candle tonight to remove chaos.

[Tabby]

Adding my energy to everyone else's. The devastation is heart-wrenching. I can't even imagine how horrible it must be for them. Keeping them close in my thoughts.

My mom and I have put our names on a list to go down and help if needed. The company I work for is collecting supplies to send there as well as they started a fund to raise money. I hope those people can get some relief soon.

A close friend of mine hasn't heard from her brother yet, he lived right down the street from the Superdome. She is keeping her hopes up and hopes to hear from him soon. The Red Cross said they do not have him on their list. Please keep her in your thoughts too.

[starry8847]

I always seem to connect alittle late...I have been involved in finding one of my children that lived in NewOrleans....her husband has a brother in Houston so they left for Texas with coaching from us up North...I finally heard yesterday that they made it safely and now we're preparing to have them come to Minnesota ............. Everyones energy helped out here!! Thanks so much! I will continue also to send my love and my light to all in need! Please mention KelLee and her family!!

[WynterWynd]

Many :hugz: and energy to you daughter starry8847.

[Scarlettvixen]

:hugz:

[Teresa]

more :hugz: and energies going out to all that need!