Hey Jolly
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Think Audrey.
Just talked to a guy who got off the phone with his brother in Lake Charles (David lives in Biloxi, but originally was from somewhere around Carencro). He's been begging his brother to leave since yesterday. His brother finally left at about 4pm.
His house was on the outskirts of Lake Charles, about 10-15 feet above sea level. When Laura decided to go to Cat 4, that was the deciding factor...The surge is coming as far as 30 miles inland. If you've been in that part of the world, you know how flat it is and how many little bayous and inlets criss-cross that part of the world.
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Lake Charles is going to get hammered, but so is Port Arthur. A couple of major refineries down there.
Gas will go up.
And in other news, Leesville will get hit hard. The town is home to Fort Polk, one of the largest military bases in the U.S. They say even Shreveport will get hurricane winds...Wonder what they'll do with the BUFFs at Barksdale?
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Think Audrey.
Just talked to a guy who got off the phone with his brother in Lake Charles (David lives in Biloxi, but originally was from somewhere around Carencro). He's been begging his brother to leave since yesterday. His brother finally left at about 4pm.
His house was on the outskirts of Lake Charles, about 10-15 feet above sea level. When Laura decided to go to Cat 4, that was the deciding factor...The surge is coming as far as 30 miles inland. If you've been in that part of the world, you know how flat it is and how many little bayous and inlets criss-cross that part of the world.
Think Audrey.
Just talked to a guy who got off the phone with his brother in Lake Charles (David lives in Biloxi, but originally was from somewhere around Carencro). He's been begging his brother to leave since yesterday. His brother finally left at about 4pm.
His house was on the outskirts of Lake Charles, about 10-15 feet above sea level. When Laura decided to go to Cat 4, that was the deciding factor...The surge is coming as far as 30 miles inland. If you've been in that part of the world, you know how flat it is and how many little bayous and inlets criss-cross that part of the world.
Read that once 40% of lake Charles was under water and the forecasted river level will be well above that record event.
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@Jolly Stay safe!!!!
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Bring munchies and water into the cellar.
Ain't many cellars around here. Water table is too high.
The problem will be after the storm comes through, and the heat and humidity zoom back. Hopefully, the generator runs fine and powers my little 6000 btu window unit. If you can sleep cool and keep the freezers from thawing, it's all hunky-dory.
Feel sorry for the guys down south. Coast Guard just told folks down there to make sure they had tools to hack out of their attics.
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Yeah, we didn’t have them in Florida either for the same reason. Heck, you couldn’t drain a pool because the water would push it up out of the ground.
I remember bugging out (down?) to the cellar in Ohio when there were tornado warnings.
You were warned.
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Just powered up the generator. Surprised I have the net.
Wasn't bad up here...only about a half-inch of rain. Mostly wind, had a few gusts close to 90. Junior high that's about a 400 yards away through the woods from me, lost part of their roof, but that's the worst damage right close to me. Mostly, we have trees down in the community...I just have some big oak limbs scattered about.
The "experts" missed the storm surge by half. The wind, they got right.
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Just powered up the generator. Surprised I have the net.
Wasn't bad up here...only about a half-inch of rain. Mostly wind, had a few gusts close to 90. Junior high that's about a 400 yards away through the woods from me, lost part of their roof, but that's the worst damage right close to me. Mostly, we have trees down in the community...I just have some big oak limbs scattered about.
The "experts" missed the storm surge by half. The wind, they got right.
Just powered up the generator. Surprised I have the net.
Wasn't bad up here...only about a half-inch of rain. Mostly wind, had a few gusts close to 90. Junior high that's about a 400 yards away through the woods from me, lost part of their roof, but that's the worst damage right close to me. Mostly, we have trees down in the community...I just have some big oak limbs scattered about.
The "experts" missed the storm surge by half. The wind, they got right.
I'd say you came through very well this time, Jolly. Good news to hear.
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Yeah, we didn’t have them in Florida either for the same reason. Heck, you couldn’t drain a pool because the water would push it up out of the ground.
I remember bugging out (down?) to the cellar in Ohio when there were tornado warnings.
Yeah, we didn’t have them in Florida either for the same reason. Heck, you couldn’t drain a pool because the water would push it up out of the ground.
I remember bugging out (down?) to the cellar in Ohio when there were tornado warnings.
Fun fact - Ernest Hemingway (the writer) his house in Florida is one of the few with a basement (along with the 6 toe herd of cats).
@Jolly Glad that you are okay!!!
