Survived Gustav!

cruiserkcs · Post by **cruiserkcs** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:42 am

Hi Everyone, I'm finally back online (at work - no internet at home, yet) for the first day since Gustav. Our neighborhood looks like a war zone, but we're ok & so is our house minus a few shingles & trees. A house on our street & 2 others just around the corner were completely destroyed, so I am counting my blessings. We got the final debris hauled away from the yard yesterday. We got electricity back Saturday night (I was so happy!). Still no cable or internet. Work was shut down all last week due to no power, so I sat at home in the heat all last week going stir crazy. The wind from this one really scared me. I hope Ike doesn't come here. I don't wish him on anyone else, but we surely don't need another one!

waterguy · Post by **waterguy** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:51 am

Glad you are ok lets hope ike fizzzles out

Nic in KC · Post by **Nic in KC** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:11 pm

It's good to hear that you made it through! If Ike can fizzle out, that would make many people happy!

California Girl · Post by **California Girl** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:36 pm

Hey cruiserkcs - What part of Louisiana do you live in? Glad you are recovering ok and also glad you still have a roof on your house! Go away Ike!!

cat · Post by **cat** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:41 pm

An older lady that lives 2 houses down from me told me that she was praying that Gustav would die down and not do damage anywhere. I started thinking about how I was praying for it to go somewhere else. I think I like her idea better! I doesn't make me feel so bad when it does go somewhere else!

Hopefully things will get better soon! It looks like Ike will go more towards Houston but I'm not sure about the wind and rain that go with it. If it gets too close to shore on it's way there we could still get a lot of flooding in the lower sections of the state. I don't know where you are but I'll be thinking about you!

cruiserkcs · Post by **cruiserkcs** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 2:50 pm

California Girl wrote:Hey cruiserkcs - What part of Louisiana do you live in? Glad you are recovering ok and also glad you still have a roof on your house! Go away Ike!!

We live a few miles south-southeast of Baton Rouge (between Baton Rouge & New Orleans, but closer to Baton Rouge - 15 or 20 minutes from B.R. & about 45 minutes from N.O.)

cat · Post by **cat** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 2:56 pm

cruiserkcs wrote:
California Girl wrote:Hey cruiserkcs - What part of Louisiana do you live in? Glad you are recovering ok and also glad you still have a roof on your house! Go away Ike!!
We live a few miles south-southeast of Baton Rouge (between Baton Rouge & New Orleans, but closer to Baton Rouge - 15 or 20 minutes from B.R. & about 45 minutes from N.O.)

One of my sisters lives off the prairieville exit. SHe got hers back already. Good luck to you! the most recent thing I saw looks like Ike may flip back and get us!

cruiserkcs · Post by **cruiserkcs** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:05 pm

cat wrote:
cruiserkcs wrote:
California Girl wrote:Hey cruiserkcs - What part of Louisiana do you live in? Glad you are recovering ok and also glad you still have a roof on your house! Go away Ike!!
We live a few miles south-southeast of Baton Rouge (between Baton Rouge & New Orleans, but closer to Baton Rouge - 15 or 20 minutes from B.R. & about 45 minutes from N.O.)
One of my sisters lives off the prairieville exit. SHe got hers back already. Good luck to you! the most recent thing I saw looks like Ike may flip back and get us!

Hi Cat - that is the same exit that we live off of. I need to look at the latest on Ike. Last I saw, he was headed to Texas. I hope he doesn't flip back towards us. He just needs to go away!

cat · Post by **cat** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:07 pm

check this site out!

http://weather.unisys.com/gfsx/loop/gfsx_500p_loop.html

cruiserkcs · Post by **cruiserkcs** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:29 pm

cat wrote:check this site out!

http://weather.unisys.com/gfsx/loop/gfsx_500p_loop.html

Wow - that is scary looking! The computer models that were updated at 2:00p.m. EDT are all pointing towards Texas. www.wunderground.com/tropical/
Click on Computer Models, then scroll down to see them.

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CariBert · Post by **CariBert** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:04 pm

WHOA! I'm glad to hear you guys are all O.K.!! I didn't realize you all got hit so hard by Gustav. I hope you can get everything put back in order really soon! I think Ike might pass you all by.....look out my fellow Texans!!

Be careful, and good luck!

-Bert

California Girl · Post by **California Girl** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:05 pm

Hey! What happened to Josephine? All of a sudden she's not on the maps any more. Did she disintegrate?

nothintolose · Post by **nothintolose** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:42 pm

cruiserkcs - glad to hear you have your power back now.

One of my clients here told me she just got hers back today. Some of the people in Lafourche Parish have been told it may take two to four weeks to get theirs back!

FlaGeorge · Post by **FlaGeorge** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:14 am

So glad that you are OK from the storm. I was talking to my brother and as kids growing up in Florida, a Cat 3 storm was rare. It seems like Cat 3 & 4 storms are the norm now. God help the folks that are getting hit by Ike – he’s a bad one.

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Survived Gustav!

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