In the meantime, here are some pics:
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Gustav
Whew, that was a doozie. Gustav brought some serious destruction to Baton Rouge and many of the surrounding parishes. According to the radio, we got winds gusting to 92 mph (148 km/h), which is the highest it's ever been recorded in BR. Thankfully, there was no major loss of life (at least, as of yet) because of the many precautions that were taken (2 million people evacuated), and the fact that there were only minor levee breaches. There is a lot of flooding, a lot of downed trees and power lines. Most of my friends still don't have power. I think I am lucky, because I live near a substation, so mine was restored after only ~27 hours. It will take a long time to recover from this, but we will, thanks to many hard-working folks. There are three more tropical disturbancess in the Atlantic right now, "queued up" as they said on the radio, one of which is already doing damage in Haiti. Here's hoping they don't make their way here!
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yea...lemme have one tree "to go". Jest thow it in the back of the truck...
ReplyDeleteLOL Mom. You must be from Louisiana to order something like that. ;)
ReplyDeleteso glad to hear y'all are OK.........went thru so many of these when living in florida. Seems like the conga line of storms is keeping the beat.......stay safe.
ReplyDeleteack! I was thinking about you and your knitting while I was watching the news (and I had to tell my fam about all your nalgenes. . .they totally understand) glad to hear you're safe!
ReplyDeleteYikes! Very glad you all came through that okay. Looks fierce!! And, hooray for power!! :-)
ReplyDeleteYou Geaux Girl .... \^,^/ !!
ReplyDeleteGlad you made it thru the storm...Loved the pics !!!!! Gustav was suppose to be heading right at my part of east TX, but did not quite make it ...we just got rain.. Stay safe and enjoy "THE POOOWWWEEERRRRRR" LOL
Whoa! 27 hours without power? You must have got a lot of knitting done. Yay for nothing being too seriously damaged though.
ReplyDeletewhat an adventure! glad all is well! love you!
ReplyDeleteThanks y'all! As time goes on, I'm still one of the only people I know who has power and it's looking like it will take weeks to get all of the city back online. I am continually grateful!
ReplyDeleteNin, I got a ton of knitting done, it was great! If it weren't for the lack of AC, stove, and refrigeration, I'd be down with no power for a while longer. I got a lot more done without the TV and internet to distract me! =)