Hurricane Ida

There has been a large amount of activity over in NW Harris County (Houston) this morning.
Many trucks with various equipment and trailers getting ready to head over to La. .... caravans of helpers headed that way.
Center Point Energy has several trucks already over there to help..

fmdog44 said:
In LA 1.1 million without power and some cell phones providers are dead - Towers down. Those that left cannot come back yet.
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Seeing many Louisiana license plates here in the Walmart parking lot this morning.

Hope they are driving careful on the roads, as the ones I've seen inside the store were very distracted, upset and seemed so rushed as they looked for basic supplies .... I had my cart bumped/banged into several times as I just tried to stay out of their way.

Bad time to make a grocery store run.
 

I wanted to have another moving sale Labor Day weekend. The Schaghticoke Fair is on this year (a community anout 6 mile east of here). Last year it was cancelled and I did squat. Also, the weekend after we're having another community-wide garage sale weekend. Sales two weekends in a row (weather permitting)!
 
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🙏 My prayers and thoughts and positive wishes go out to all suffering from Ida. Louisiana will always hold a place near and dearto me.. I grew up in northern Louisiana and went to La Tech ..known for it's engineering school and I knew guys from all over the state. I have lost touch with them but remember some from Slydel and Houma and Civington. I pray all have the strength to go through the coming days of discomfort and rebuilding
 
fmdog44 said:
The story about a hurricane party is true but not this version . I lived in Pascagoula, MS. for a year and a half. I went to Biloxi often and there was a foundation with stairs leading up to it. No building, just the foundation. I asked around why the foundation is there and what happened. I was told it used to be an office. I don't recall how many stories but the people in it decided to have a hurricane party and were all killed when the storm hit. I don't recall which hurricane but it was left there as a reminder to leave when hurricanes come.
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I was there during hurricane Camille. But not right on the ocean front. If I had not moved inland, I wouldn't be here to tell you about it. Even the railroad tracks along the ocean front were torn up and twisted. The only thing left of gas stations were the concrete islands where the gas pumps once stood. There was a large ocean going freighter which ended up in downtown Biloxi. The story about the hurricane party was widely reported on every TV station, just after the storm passed. I believe it. It was, and still is, common for some dumb folks to have hurricane parties.
 
Power is back! One more band of moderate storms is headed our way, then we should be in the clear. Hoping everyone gets power soon.

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The news is saying that over a million people are without power. It may be weeks before the utilities are fully restored. There are still large numbers of people needing rescue. Without power, and phone service, no one know how many are needing help. Fresh water is also very limited. With many weeks of hot weather still ahead, heat related health problems will certainly rise.

This is going to be a long slow recovery, and the storms effects will be felt for a long, long time.
 
Got another text from cousin in Houma. He says that all power is out and most cell towers, and he expects they will be for a while. Its a mess but most people are ok. My 95 year old aunt and other relatives evacuated to Baton Rouge so they are ok too, but without power. My aunt's family home in Houma survives, lost a lot of shingles and siding but it still stands. No flooding, but water damage from leaks. Lots of trees down. All in all worse that I first thought, but not as bad as it could have been.
 
Even though I am glad that the newer city levees held, and that the hurricane effects were not worse than they are,
it is still very sad to think of the serious ongoing difficulties, the people face in those areas.

Having no power in a widespread area, creates so many difficulties, too many too list...:cry::(

And I can't not think about the added difficulties for people with serious medical challenges ongoing, during this time, and for those without the options that some others have to help them.

And all the added difficulties, too, from Hurricane season during an epidemic. It is all cumulative effects. 😣😖😩
 
fmdog44 said:
Excessive heat, no power, no phone, no open roads to go somewhere, high humidity, the smell of wet carpet everywhere, no home and no precious family items.
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Yep! It is interesting talking to my Aunt, she's Cajun and grew up in a house on the bayou with only water access, no power, no utilities. Except for the wet carpet she is quite familiar with those conditions and seems less bothered by it than the younger folks.

I would never put carpet in a house in that part of the world, got rid of all mine years ago. Carpet is for drier climates.
 
AnnieA said:
The hospital situation was horrible in NOLA post Katrina. After many days at searing temperatures, flooded lower floors and no hope of evacuation, one doctor (reviewed and not charged due to the circumstances) euthanized several critical care patients that were too ill to move before landfall. Cannot begin to imagine how much worse it's going to be in the middle of the Covid surge.
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There's an excellent Kindle book about this. 7 Days at Charity, it's a first hand account of that ordeal.
The bravery and dedication of the entire staff was nothing short of outstanding!
Correction, the book is called 5 Days at Memorial.
 
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Pappy said:
This goes out to all those in harms way. It’s all I have to offer….Pappy
Heavenly Father, You are our hiding place from the storm and the rain. You are our shelter and our covering. We ask You for preservation from this raging tempest. Please keep all those in the path of this storm safe and defend their homes from damage. Bring peace and protection and provision, we ask. Thank You for Your great compassion and mercy for Your children. Amen.
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AMEN!
 
fmdog44 said:
Houma is in the eye and that is bad for offshore oil production as Houma is heavily populated with such businesses. New Orleans dogged a bullitt. One man on the local news just said in the evacuation toward Texas it took him 14 hours on Interstate I10 to drive 100 miles. Why people think it would not be bumper to bumper amazes me.
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Never understood why they don't immediately make both sides one way out...there's an imminent hurricane, is anyone visiting?
 
Giants fan1954 said:
Never understood why they don't immediately make both sides one way out...there's an imminent hurricane, is anyone visiting?
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I agree with you, though they do need to be sure there is a safe way to divide off at least 1 or 2 lanes going in.
Both for local traffic, to be able to get to their local friends and other needs, and for emergency helpers,

and for those who do go there, from other locations,
in order to help family or others that are in the storm area, and that need assistance and supplies, etc.
 
Kaila said:
I agree with you, though they do need to be sure there is a safe way to divide off at least 1 or 2 lanes going in.
Both for local traffic, to be able to get to their local friends and other needs, and for emergency helpers,

and for those who do go there, from other locations,
in order to help family or others that are in the storm area, and that need assistance and supplies, etc.
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yes, they always need to have access for the emergency vehicles headed to the area for evacuation, and other efforts going on.
 
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