autowasherfreak
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I so glad it wasn't as bad as first predicted. I've been watching the news tonight, and my thoughts and prayers go out to everyone on the coast.
Gustav!
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I live in Northwest Louisiana and I have seen alot of new faces around here. We went shopping the other day and had to go t o3 different stores to get all that we needed. The evacs have homesteaded all over my town and are eating all our groceries. LOL. Yesterday when the exodus began, you should have seen the gas lines at Wal-Mart. The police were there directing traffic and keeping the peace. I tell ya, Gustav wasn't anything like Katrina and the waves, or Rita. I plum got scared at my house and I'm just 30 miles from the Arkansas border. I'm far from the coast. But we made a lot of money cleaning yards here in my town after those storms. I put my rake and shredder to work.
I got an update regarding Todd & Gary--their house is fine, no fallen trees on it and such--a friend of there's who workds for the city went by. They are still at Gary's siter's with all the generators going. T&G may head home on Fri.
mixguy
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I survived!
Got through the storm ok. Power was just retored here at 5:08 PM. This town usually gets the power up an running much sooner. Many poles leading into town were fallen in all directions mostly along the rural routes out of town.
Spent the night of the storm and after here alone. Every time I attempted to get out after the winds died down to clean the yard, the rain would start. Spent Tuesday night with my sister 30 mi west because she had power and most of all A/C! Wednesday I got sunburned in the face while raking debris out the yard. New Iberia had 80% power restored Wed. morning and stayed with friends there last night. The city of St. Martinville has started picking up fallen limbs placed at curb side today and resumed regular trash pick up as well. Lots more fallen trees from this storm from Houma, Thibodaux to Baton Rouge going north. Alexandria and Marksville in the central part of the state had more wind damage than from past storms as well. A few tornadoes spun off the storm and did damage in central Louisiana. One tornado near the town of Mamou killed two people. There was a report of an elderly couple from Abbeville were killed in Baton Rouge when a tree fell on the home they had taken shelter. I found out that they were former employers of my mother. We were fortunate once the eye arrived between Lafayette and New Iberia, Gustave lost most of it's wind "punch" and did not receive strong winds and more powerful gusts from the opposite direction.
Very thankful for the many people that come in from out of state to help us get back on our feet again. Over 9,000 with elecrical utilities are in the state working they couldn't do much until the rain stopped. The problems from Katrina and Rita did not happen.
There are a few reports of people cutting lines in getting water, ice, MREs and tarps. And some are greedy enough to go "double dip" if there are two supplies points in a community Fortunately the presence of the National Guard here is keeping that to a minimum. That is one thing that disappoints me about some people. We're lucky enough to receive free aid and yet there are a few that ruin it for the rest. Also, most of the people the media finds to speak on camera are most often not a true representation of this area of this state!
Starting back to work Monday!
Got through the storm ok. Power was just retored here at 5:08 PM. This town usually gets the power up an running much sooner. Many poles leading into town were fallen in all directions mostly along the rural routes out of town.
Spent the night of the storm and after here alone. Every time I attempted to get out after the winds died down to clean the yard, the rain would start. Spent Tuesday night with my sister 30 mi west because she had power and most of all A/C! Wednesday I got sunburned in the face while raking debris out the yard. New Iberia had 80% power restored Wed. morning and stayed with friends there last night. The city of St. Martinville has started picking up fallen limbs placed at curb side today and resumed regular trash pick up as well. Lots more fallen trees from this storm from Houma, Thibodaux to Baton Rouge going north. Alexandria and Marksville in the central part of the state had more wind damage than from past storms as well. A few tornadoes spun off the storm and did damage in central Louisiana. One tornado near the town of Mamou killed two people. There was a report of an elderly couple from Abbeville were killed in Baton Rouge when a tree fell on the home they had taken shelter. I found out that they were former employers of my mother. We were fortunate once the eye arrived between Lafayette and New Iberia, Gustave lost most of it's wind "punch" and did not receive strong winds and more powerful gusts from the opposite direction.
Very thankful for the many people that come in from out of state to help us get back on our feet again. Over 9,000 with elecrical utilities are in the state working they couldn't do much until the rain stopped. The problems from Katrina and Rita did not happen.
There are a few reports of people cutting lines in getting water, ice, MREs and tarps. And some are greedy enough to go "double dip" if there are two supplies points in a community Fortunately the presence of the National Guard here is keeping that to a minimum. That is one thing that disappoints me about some people. We're lucky enough to receive free aid and yet there are a few that ruin it for the rest. Also, most of the people the media finds to speak on camera are most often not a true representation of this area of this state!
Starting back to work Monday!
58limited
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I'm glad you are safe. They got power restored pretty fast too.
