Gulf Monkies - Ida Impact? How are you faring?

Hoping all of you that were in Ida's path are safe and sound. Just checking to see how you who still have power and comms are holding up.

 

Still here. No power, boil water notice for my Parish. No flooding and moderate damage. Not too bad in my area.

 

Just a bit of storm surge and some breezes and rain here, lots of rain.

 

Hope y'all stay safe, and always remember that if things get really bad FEMA is there for you....well not actually THERE cause that would be unsafe and uncomfortable, but you can reach them via social media...while you are standing in waist deep water, no power, no cell towers, no internet, etc..

 

Okay here, The boys house took a glancing blow from a tree last night, Roofs leaking,On generator power, Roads are blocked by trees this am last I heard.
Hardheaded 82 Year old paw-in-law wouldn't evacuate up here...Last I heard his hardheaded old ass was on generator power. No phone service, He lives in the middle of the Chacahula swamp, Probable trees across the 1 road in and out?
He could probably eat a nutria and make it taste good?

 

If you put enough Tobacco sauce on it!

 

Grid is out for 98% of the parish, no voice phone only occasional text. Sprint hotspot is the only one with any sort of connectivity. Wind drove a bit of water thru the roofing somehow, but no damage...just a bunch of small branches in the yard.
Ac working good on solar/genset.

 

I bet, I find it to be a dry meat, But you won't starve !

 

Ida didn't impress me much! Here in NW Alabama we got 2.5 inches of rain...over a three day period! The worst was Sunday afternoon, while I was driving home from work, the wind was blowing the rain sideways...for about 15 minutes and we got 0.5 inch of rain. Monday and Tuesday was just drizzle, but it added up to 2 inches. I'm sure Ida was something else on the Gulf Coast and I hope everyone is safe, but I've seen worse.

 

We got it pretty good here from Ida. No power low water pressure. However my area got relatively little damage and no flooding. Mostly roof shingles, siding missing. My building did better than I expected. No major damage. The GF is still livid about not having AC but she will get over it.

 

If yall guessed the only legal form of money being used in the area is cash then rest easy knowing the millions you have under the mattress is still working. Now looters don't need cash, They only need to be lucky.

 

As of this morning, my brother in Mandeville (north if N.O. ) still doesn't have electricity.

 

Nephew is still waiting on word about his restaurant in downtown N.O. He lives inland. No elec. But he bought high ground up there. I hope his business survives. He's had a terrible year or two. Workers stay home rather than come in and work. They get paid and don't have to pay rent. So what's the incentive? Disgusting to people raised with a work ethic.

 

The boy got power back today down in Denham.
Ran into a group of Hispanics filling up 500 gallon plastic totes with gasoline.
They are driving in from New Orleans over a hundred miles away for fuel to run generators and stuff......

 

Good to hear some power is coming back!

Those guys getting gas need to tell this lady about using containers

 

Seems the LSPolice are stopping and confiscating the gasoline from our Hispanic gentlemen, Something silly like no hazmat stickers.
Or lack of paperwork, Like a MSDS sheet ?
Free gas for the cruisers?

 

Filled up my truck today. Price was $2.99 a gallon! Didn't need much because it was still a little below 3/4 tank. Filled up Saturday morning before work. At least I saw more gas stations open now. Lines still long but they have gas.

 

Brother in Mandeville has power back on.