Drifter Posted September 1, 2008 Posted September 1, 2008 Direct TV has added Hurricane coverage from WDSU on channel 361. Good luck to everyone in the path of the storm.
CajunBillsBacker Posted September 1, 2008 Posted September 1, 2008 Electricity is out in the area I'm in, so i'm on my laptops battery life and I found an unsecured network from someone else in the neighborhood. We've gotten some gusts of winds probably around 40-50mph right now. If you watch the weather channel, Jim Cantore is standing right outside of where my wife works in Houma. There are reports of many trees down already, and electricity is out city wide.
Ramius Posted September 1, 2008 Posted September 1, 2008 Thanks! My wife is all excited because she got a picture with him. She says right now his reports are coming from a small town called Dulac, just south of Houma, but he'll be doing live reports right across the street from the Sheriffs Office parking lot where my wife works later. Sweet! Me and my girl did the same thing last weekend when Jim was in Tallahassee for Fay.
kegtapr Posted September 1, 2008 Posted September 1, 2008 Sweet! Me and my girl did the same thing last weekend when Jim was in Tallahassee for Fay. I take it that was before you went kite surfing?
Bmwolf21 Posted September 1, 2008 Posted September 1, 2008 People smartened up this time. Jindal just said maybe only 10K people left in NO. IIRC they went through the streets and told them leave, or you're on your own. No Superdome, no shelter of last resort this time. Sounds like people got the message, which is good to hear. Cantore? Talk about harbingers of doom. We'll think kind thoughts for your hometown, Joey. Be safe. Live feed: http://www.wwltv.com/video/?nvid=57429&live=yes I was thinking the same thing. When Cantore shows up it's time to get out of Dodge.
Wacka Posted September 1, 2008 Posted September 1, 2008 I forgot if it was him or Mike Sidell who was in Buffalo for the big snowstorm at christmas week in 2001. He spent the entire time in the Holiday Inn Parking lot on Genesee Street.
/dev/null Posted September 1, 2008 Posted September 1, 2008 A couple large boats have broken loose in the Industrial Canal.
Lori Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 An acquaintance in Baton Rouge just checked in. No power (newsroom is on a generator), lotsa downed trees, a couple of fatalities. http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/27425959.html Joey, hope you're doing okay.
cåblelady Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Joey, hope you're doing okay. I'll second that !!
CajunBillsBacker Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 Hi guys, just checking in. First, everyone I know is ok. Thanks for the well wishes from everyone. I am posting from my brothers place if business because it is the first to have lights. My brothers house still is without power, but they said it'll be a while because tree after tree is lying on electric lines all across town. As for where I live, it'll be "weeks" before anyone is even allowed back into Terrebonne Parish. I can only go by what my wife and the Sheriffs Office tells me. But apparently Houma is pretty much destroyed. Many buildings are nothing but rubble right now. You can't drive down a street without seeing at least half of the street's houses with significant damage. As for my house, the good news is that it didn't flood like it did for Rita, the bad news is there's 4 walls standing on a floor, with no roof. All the rain water got inside of the house, so i've pretty much lost everything with insignificant value. I'll be able to see in a couple weeks when I can get back there to see what can be salvaged, but it doesn't look good. I just wanted to give you all a quick update to let you know that everyone is physically alright, but it's going to be a long hard road for the next year or so. Joey
Lori Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 Good to see you. Sorry about the house, but glad that everyone's okay. And let us know how we can help.
MarkAF43 Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 Good to see you. Sorry about the house, but glad that everyone's okay. And let us know how we can help. +1
Chilly Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 Joey, glad you and your family are ok, but that sucks big time about the house. Hope you can salvage as much as possible
KD in CA Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 Sorry to hear about your house Joey, but very glad to hear your loved ones are safe.
Taro T Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 Glad that you and your family all survived the storm. Very sorry that your house is @#&$'d. 2nd (or 3rd) what Lori said.
Steely Dan Posted September 5, 2008 Posted September 5, 2008 Hope all of your problems turn out to be small ones.
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