04 FJR Pilot
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Let's pray for the folks in the path of this thing and let's also pray it doesn't go through the mountains like Ivan and ruin our EOM. That would really suck!
Hurricane Katrina
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That thing will be long gone before EOM. But hopefully it won't leave alot of damage in it's wake. :eh:
I'm going up to NE this September 10th to 25th. Hope I'm not sitting in rain the whole time. :erm:
I'm going up to NE this September 10th to 25th. Hope I'm not sitting in rain the whole time. :erm:
Groo
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Be interesting to see how the weather might affect the riders on the IBR....
04 FJR Pilot
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I knew it would be long gone, but the roads after Ivan were terrible. I didn't get to the EOM last year cause I had already planned to be in the mountains in October. The roads were still very torn up. Just hoping the same doesn't occur this time. 
Geezer
Parsimonious Curmudgeon
Ahhh. New Orleans. Just saying it brings back some very good memories. Sounds like they got hit pretty hard even though they were apparently spared the worst of the storm.
smthng
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Well, I'm riding the feejer much more than driving my truck now. Other than that, it's still all good. Fuel is available, just a bit pricier. If 30-40 cents a gallon were going to be a concern for me, I wouldn't have bought a $12000 bike.
I don't think that fuel costs/availability will affect any of the rides at the EOM. Whether it affects whether or not people will be coming is possible, but unlikely IMO. Again, it boils down to the choice of bike. People who can't afford increased cost of gasoline won't be on a feejer. I'm more concerned about there being a couple of people who had major house and/or property damage not being able to make either because they have to spend the time and money recovering or their feejer was written off due to storm damage and flooding (I shudder at the mere though). :bigeyes:
I don't think that fuel costs/availability will affect any of the rides at the EOM. Whether it affects whether or not people will be coming is possible, but unlikely IMO. Again, it boils down to the choice of bike. People who can't afford increased cost of gasoline won't be on a feejer. I'm more concerned about there being a couple of people who had major house and/or property damage not being able to make either because they have to spend the time and money recovering or their feejer was written off due to storm damage and flooding (I shudder at the mere though). :bigeyes:
Colin24
IBA# 446
As we get closer to the rally I would be interested in hearing about status reports on travelling across the area from the EOM rally to Texas.
My Dad and I are going to attend the rally. Following the rally we are planning a rather large 3 week trip by bike. Starting with the first leg to visit my Sister in Brownsville Texas Area. The original plan had us following the gulf coast down. Obviously that plan is gone now. We are now planning on just getting on the interstate and buzzing across till we are clear from the area. The last thing we want to do is do the "tourist" thing in an area that is desperately trying to deal with the aftermath of this storm. The people down there have been through so much the least we can do is not get in the way.
But as this situation develops I am concerned the bubble from all the refugees from the storm is pushing further and further out. Tonight they were talking about Houston straining from the extra 10-20,000 people. I've even heard about them sending people as far as San-Antonio. (Obviously living up here in Canada all my information is via CNN, so its probably alot of rumour and heresey).
Nonetheless, I am interested in hearing from people living along the I-10 and I-20 corridor. Are they passible? Can we reliably get gas. I am _guessing_ I-10 from Mobil to Lafayette will be emergency vehicles only for the next while, or am I reading too much into the situation? We thought a comprimise would be to take I-10 across (I-12 in NewOrleans area) to Beaumont then head south to the coast and take the ferry across to Galveston. Would this be feasible? At the moment I am leaning towards hooking up with I-20 and heading across to texas before starting to angle southward.
Anybody have any comments?
- Colin
My Dad and I are going to attend the rally. Following the rally we are planning a rather large 3 week trip by bike. Starting with the first leg to visit my Sister in Brownsville Texas Area. The original plan had us following the gulf coast down. Obviously that plan is gone now. We are now planning on just getting on the interstate and buzzing across till we are clear from the area. The last thing we want to do is do the "tourist" thing in an area that is desperately trying to deal with the aftermath of this storm. The people down there have been through so much the least we can do is not get in the way.
But as this situation develops I am concerned the bubble from all the refugees from the storm is pushing further and further out. Tonight they were talking about Houston straining from the extra 10-20,000 people. I've even heard about them sending people as far as San-Antonio. (Obviously living up here in Canada all my information is via CNN, so its probably alot of rumour and heresey).
Nonetheless, I am interested in hearing from people living along the I-10 and I-20 corridor. Are they passible? Can we reliably get gas. I am _guessing_ I-10 from Mobil to Lafayette will be emergency vehicles only for the next while, or am I reading too much into the situation? We thought a comprimise would be to take I-10 across (I-12 in NewOrleans area) to Beaumont then head south to the coast and take the ferry across to Galveston. Would this be feasible? At the moment I am leaning towards hooking up with I-20 and heading across to texas before starting to angle southward.
Anybody have any comments?
- Colin
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Colin24
IBA# 446
FJRocket Wrote:
https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?showtopic=2118
- Colin
Yeah, I think I agree. I just (re)posted my question in the main forum area. Expanded it a little bit too.
https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?showtopic=2118
- Colin
onecooltngeek
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Not sure about texas area.. but gas prices here in knoxville just dropped to 2.99 a gallon...
On a side note... they are expecting about 8000 people to be coming in from katrina... the first 1000 or so are coming this week...
shouldn't affect EOM area's though
On a side note... they are expecting about 8000 people to be coming in from katrina... the first 1000 or so are coming this week...
shouldn't affect EOM area's though
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