Hurricane Gustav

[Tim Hannink]

They opened my parish (Lafourche) up on Tuesday afternoon - I got
back on Wednesday to find some water in the yard, a big tree down
and no power; but no physical damage to my vehicles or home. Had to
replace the 'lodge genset battery yesterday to get it started -
latest estimate is sometime before October 1st before power is
restored. Drove down Highway 90 toward Houma - there are a lot of
utility poles down - looks like I will be on generator for a while.

Still have a dusk to dawn curfew to deal with and businesses in the
surrounding parishes are starting to re-open as their employees
start returning. The fuel lines are getting smaller and toward New
Orleans things have largly gotten back to normal.

I had evacuated to Long Beach, MS - I had a planned Labor Day
vacation there with friends so the 'lodge stayed home. The house I
rented for the weekend also ended up in a mandatory evacuation zone,
but it had survived Katrina so the landlord let me stay.

I went back to work Thursday to complete damage assessments in the
shipyard and most of it was minimal.

Thanks,

Tim Hannink
1981 FC-33SB
Des Allemands, LA


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, brad barton <bbartonwx@...>
wrote:
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> All,
> While the Western Gulf coast is okay now...