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Please Pray for LaNell and the people in Louisiana

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:29:02 GMT

_{Hi All , everyone watching the hurricane Gustav about to crash the party, LaNell has a forum thread for you}http://community.adlandpro.com/forums/thread/1104068.aspx :)
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Re: Please Pray for LaNell and the people in Louisiana

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:51:38 GMT

Hi Thomas I will be praying for LaNell and the people and animals affected by the hurricane.

My guardian angel and guardian dove will also help and pray :)

Barb

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Re: Please Pray for LaNell and the people in Louisiana

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:53:32 GMT

Thank you Thomas for this meaningful forum,

LANELL, I just want you to know I have been sending your prayers even though I am late in posting.

I pray that Gustov missed you and your family, and I am so glad that the winds subsided much more than expected. I hope all is well, and I will still hold you in my prayers. :-)

God bless you, Jill

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Re: Please Pray for LaNell and the people in Louisiana

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:23:49 GMT

_{Thank you JILL and Nick for your comfort in times like these, God_bless you}
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Re: Please Pray for LaNell and the people in Louisiana

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:06:48 GMT

Thank you Thomas for letting me know.

My thoughts and prayers are with LaNell and all the poor folks involved. may their guardian angels keep the safe at this time.

God Bless

Fionnuala

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Re: Please Pray for LaNell and the people in Louisiana

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:11:45 GMT

Thank You Brother Thomas... :)

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Re: Please Pray for LaNell and the people in Louisiana

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:11:59 GMT

_{You guys are awesome!I seen LaNells thread too, amazing how we pull together, you know prayer is much more powerful in unity its biblical, where 2 or more are gathered in prayer, i think in the same way as thoughts, you read the same as posted and its a party for God who hears it much more louder than one. Thanks again. And please enjoy your weekend, stay close to one another and be grateful for what you have and not for what you want. God_bless you :)}
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Re: Please Pray for LaNell and the people in Louisiana

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:25:43 GMT

My family and I are praying for LaNell and all of the people on the gulf coast that they will be safe and that if it be the Lord's will, that Gustav looses it's strength and goes away.

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Re: Please Pray for LaNell and the people in Louisiana

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:42:42 GMT

Hi Thomas,

Our dear

JOYCE PARKER HYDE

lives in New Orleans . PLEASE, PRAY FOR JOYCE AND FOR HER FAMILY, AS FOR LANELL AND ALL PEOPLE IN THOSE REGIONS.

Joyce is my Auntie in diaspora, as you Thomas are Sam`s uncle.

AUNTIE - LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND I KNOW ALL WILL BE GOOD!

Bless you Thomas for this forum.

LUKA

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Re: Please Pray for LaNell and the people in Louisiana

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:15:11 GMT

_{Thank you Luka! yes Joyce, wonderul person, she live there, prayers for her already. God_bless you my sweet friend Luka! :)}
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Re: Please Pray for LaNell and the people in Louisiana

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:27:01 GMT

Hello Thomas,

Thank you for reminding us about that hurricane..... I have been watching the news daily and my prayers go out to all of the people affected.

Take care,

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Re: Please Pray for LaNell and the people in Louisiana

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:15:27 GMT

_{Sweet JO Thanks! You do the same my friend, God_bless you}
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Re: Please Pray for LaNell and the people in Louisiana

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:51:19 GMT

Hi Thomas,

I have been praying for LaNell, Joyce, Jerilyn and everyone in the states and areas that are being pelleted by Gustav. Early reports indicate that the storm diminished enough to make me believe and have the strong & certain faith and gratitude to God for answering our prayers.

We watched the reports that told us that Gustav was going to hit land as a category 5 storm only last night, and by the time it hit this

Blessings - I won't stop praying until they are all home and safe!!

Thanks, Thomas!

Judy

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Re: Please Pray for LaNell and the people in Louisiana

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:13:56 GMT

Thank you Judy, your a wonderful friend, God_bless you :) More news...
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane Gustav slammed ashore on the U.S. Gulf Coast just west of New Orleans on Monday but rebuilt levees appeared to be holding surging floodwaters out of the city devastated by Katrina in 2005.

The storm was weaker than had been feared. But waves splashed over and through cracks in floodwalls protecting the low-lying city, triggering a tense, hours-long watch over the barrier system that failed three years ago, flooding 80 percent of the city and stranding thousands of people.

Six inches of water pooled in some streets near the vulnerable New Orleans Industrial Canal and officials cautioned that while the levees had not been breached, they were still in danger. But some residents emerged from boarded up homes relieved to find only broken tree branches and toppled signs.

"We'll still get some nasty weather but we've dodged a big-time bullet with this one," said stockbroker Peter Labouisse, sitting on the porch of his home, which was shuttered and without power.

The storm roared through the heart of the U.S. Gulf oilpatch but oil and natural gas prices plunged as Gustav weakened to a Category 2 hurricane with 110 mph (177 kph) winds before landfall, easing fears of serious supply disruptions that had put energy markets on edge.

Oil companies had shut down nearly all production in the region, which normally pumps a quarter of U.S. oil output and 15 percent of its natural gas.

Exxon said it was shutting down its Baton Rouge refinery, the second largest in the United States, although the storm weakened to a Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph (129 kph) winds as it moved inland.

Mindful of the ravages of Katrina, which killed some 1,500 people, nearly 2 million people fled the Gulf Coast as Gustav approached and only 10,000 were believed to have remained in New Orleans.

More than 14,000 National Guard troops and pilots were deployed to the Gulf Coast and the Department of Defense had authorized up to 50,000 troops. Soldiers are routinely deployed in U.S. disasters for rescue and clean-up and to prevent looting.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal warned residents it was too early to sound the all-clear.

"Just because the storm is moving over your area, do not think that the tidal surge impacts are yet over," he said.

Underscoring continued concern about the fragile flood barriers, officials in rural Plaquemines Parish told the handful of residents remaining to flee as a levee protecting 200 homes had been weakened by water surging over the top.

But waters appeared to be receding in the swollen Industrial Canal that cuts through New Orleans.

"All in all we think we are in pretty good shape, though we are not through yet," Corps Col. Jeff Bedey said.

Some officials noted that catastrophic breaches in the city's levees occurred a day after Katrina departed.

BUSH RESPONSE

Hurricane Gustav also stole the limelight from the Republican Convention to nominate presidential candidate John McCain. It opened on Monday with a bare-bones program stripped of the usual pomp and circumstance.

President George W. Bush, who was heavily criticized for the slow Katrina relief efforts, canceled his appearance at the convention and went to Texas to oversee the relief effort.

McCain, who faces Democratic nominee Barack Obama in November's election, went to Mississippi on Sunday to survey preparations and ordered political speeches canceled on Monday at the convention, apparently concerned that television images of a choreographed Republican celebration while the storm was hitting Louisiana would be seen as out of touch.

A dangerous Category 4 hurricane a few days ago, Gustav hit shore near Cocodrie, Louisiana, about 70 miles southwest of New Orleans, as a Category 2 storm, one step below Katrina's strength at landfall.

Wind ripped through the city, knocking down trees, tearing down shop awnings and bowling trash cans through all but deserted streets.

"Gustav doesn't have no punch," pool builder Randall Dreher said, head bowed into the gale. "I went through Katrina and this is totally different. It's weak."

Energy markets reacted quickly to the weaker storm. Natural gas futures dropped over 6 percent and oil fell about 4 percent on Monday on hopes that it would largely spare production in the Gulf of Mexico. Katrina and Hurricane Rita, which followed it three weeks later, wrecked some 100 Gulf oil platforms.

EQECAT Inc., which helps insurers model catastrophe risk, said it estimated Gustav's insured losses at $6 billion to $10 billion. Katrina's insured losses were more than $40 billion and total damage was more than $80 billion, making it the costliest hurricane in U.S. history.

Katrina brought a 28-foot (8.5 meter) storm surge that burst New Orleans levees on August 29, 2005. The city degenerated into chaos as stranded storm victims waited days for government rescue and law and order collapsed.

Before landfall in Louisiana, Gustav killed at least 97 people in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and Florida. Cuba, swatted by Gustav on Saturday, said on Monday that more than 90,000 houses were damaged or destroyed in the storm.

As U.S. fears over Gustav eased, Tropical Storm Hanna grew to hurricane strength near the southeast Bahamas, threatening the U.S. east coast from Florida to the Carolinas, and Tropical Storm Ike formed in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Re: Please Pray for LaNell and the people in Louisiana

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:27:22 GMT

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