Welcome to the Historical Fiction Online forums: a friendly place to discuss, review and discover historical fiction.
If this is your first visit, please be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above.
You will have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.
To start viewing posts, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Was Lady Sorbus, Now Rowan

Don't forget to read the rules before posting!
User avatar
Leyland
Bibliophile
Posts: 1042
Joined: August 2008
Location: Travelers Rest SC

Post by Leyland » Wed August 27th, 2008, 6:57 pm

I know - I meant today's path is right for NOLA, but Gustav could landfall anywhere along the coast. Remember Elena? Nothing in the Gulf is set in stone. Although I got caught in Pensacola during Opal and that particular storm did make a beeline toward poor Pensy the whole way up from the bottom of the Gulf. It was a single minded storm!

No tryin' to reason with hurricane season!

User avatar
Melisende
Reader
Posts: 118
Joined: August 2008
Location: Australia

Post by Melisende » Thu August 28th, 2008, 11:57 pm

Welcome back Lady Rowan!
"For my part, I adhere to the maxim of antiquity: The throne is a glorious sepulchre."

Women of History

User avatar
Rowan
Bibliophile
Posts: 1462
Joined: August 2008
Interest in HF: I love history, but it's boring in school. Historical fiction brings it alive for me.
Preferred HF: Iron-Age Britain, Roman Britain, Medieval Britain
Location: New Orleans
Contact:

Post by Rowan » Fri August 29th, 2008, 1:45 pm

Thanks Melisende.

And you're right Leyland. So far it looks a little bad for us but not a direct hit. Still, we shall see.

User avatar
diamondlil
Bibliomaniac
Posts: 2642
Joined: August 2008

Post by diamondlil » Fri August 29th, 2008, 9:40 pm

[quote=""Rowan""]Nah. It's too early to say for certain where it's going. If NOAA is saying that path is written in stone, then they should be banned from forecasting. Still, we have a plan to head to Atlanta if necessary.[/quote]


I hope that the hurricane doesn't affect you. Sometimes I feel very blessed that I don't have to worry about hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes etc etc!

User avatar
MLE (Emily Cotton)
Bibliomaniac
Posts: 3566
Joined: August 2008
Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
Location: California Bay Area

Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Fri August 29th, 2008, 11:26 pm

Hope New Orleans doesn't get hit by Gustav, Rowan. Stay safe.
(Give me earthquakes any day over hurricanes, blizzards, ice storms and tornadoes!)

User avatar
donroc
Compulsive Reader
Posts: 858
Joined: August 2008
Location: Winter Haven, Florida
Contact:

Post by donroc » Fri August 29th, 2008, 11:43 pm

Stay safe from Gustav.
Image

Bodo the Apostate, a novel set during the reign of Louis the Pious and end of the Carolingian Empire.

http://www.donaldmichaelplatt.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXZthhY6 ... annel_page

User avatar
Rowan
Bibliophile
Posts: 1462
Joined: August 2008
Interest in HF: I love history, but it's boring in school. Historical fiction brings it alive for me.
Preferred HF: Iron-Age Britain, Roman Britain, Medieval Britain
Location: New Orleans
Contact:

Post by Rowan » Sat August 30th, 2008, 2:56 am

Am going to do my best. Am hoping - as we all are - that it shifts more to the west. I hate wishing such devistation on another city, but we are not ready for this. *sigh*

tsjmom
Reader
Posts: 227
Joined: August 2008

Post by tsjmom » Sat August 30th, 2008, 7:33 pm

Glad you're here Rowan. I, too, would have difficulty coming up with new books to read.

Post Reply

Return to “Introduce Yourself”