Hurricane Laura

[N Florida Mike]

15 hours ago, kingmotorboat said:

I live in moss bluff. Just north of lake Charles. This town used to be surrounded by trees. Now.it looks like a warzone. We had half a pine tree break and bust through the dining room. Almost every other pine tree we had fell. Luckily those fell in the road. other than the dining room and the water coming in from the hole and rain we made it out ok compared to.others. we were kinda blessed. But its definitely not good down here

Sorry to hear that, man. But glad y’all are safe 

9 hours ago, Catt said:

Update 

Lake Charles & surrounding areas will be without electricity & water for at least 4 weeks. Some areas longer, some less.

 

Heading home this morning to evaluate damage to my house. Next I'll be looking temporary housing within driving distance of Lake Charles. 

 

It's gonna be fun y'all ?

 

4 weeks? That’s unreal. Prayers for a faster recovery. It’ll probably bring the city closer together than before anyway.

And I hope your house ( and boat ) are ok. Take a vacation to Florida and I’ll hook you up! Cant gaurantee there wont be a hurricane here by then though...

[Bird]

These natural disasters are unpredictable and unpreventable.

Really praying everyone recovers quickly. 

[jimmyjoe]

3 hours ago, N Florida Mike said:

Lake Charles & surrounding areas will be without electricity & water for at least 4 weeks.

 

   Being without electricity is annoying, but no big thing. Being without water, however ...... that's bad. Hope they get that straightened out for you ASAP.    jj

[BASS302]

Hoping for the best for all of you. 

[Catt]

Well there's a house under there somewhere ?

 

Actually looks worse than it is, broke the fascia, little bit of decking, no missing shingles, slight water damage in my bedroom but it's just damp sheetrock, no windows broke.

 

Thank you Lord! ?

[BassNJake]

9 minutes ago, Catt said:

Well there's a house under there somewhere ?

 

Actually looks worse than it is, broke the fascia, little bit of decking, no missing shingles, slight water damage in my bedroom but it's just damp sheetrock, no windows broke.

 

Thank you Lord! ?

I'm glad it wasn't any worse, but that still looks pretty freakin bad.

[Sphynx]

House survived with minor siding damage, but no glass/roof damage, almost every tree everywhere is toast though, boy howdy that went a lot better than I had any right to hope for. 

5 hours ago, N Florida Mike said:

Sorry to hear that, man. But glad y’all are safe 

4 weeks? That’s unreal. Prayers for a faster recovery. It’ll probably bring the city closer together than before anyway.

And I hope your house ( and boat ) are ok. Take a vacation to Florida and I’ll hook you up! Cant gaurantee there wont be a hurricane here by then though...

Shoot, LA has gotten mostly a free pass for the last several years, everybody else has been getting it, just our turn this go, somebody gets it every year, we can't let you Floridians have all the fun now can we?

[Mobasser]

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8 hours ago, Catt said:

Well there's a house under there somewhere ?

 

Actually looks worse than it is, broke the fascia, little bit of decking, no missing shingles, slight water damage in my bedroom but it's just damp sheetrock, no windows broke.

 

Thank you Lord! ?

Catt, glad things turned out ok, as best they could. Your self and family are all safe, and that's the main thing. It's doesn't look good by any means , but better than expected.

[Catt]

If I make an order from Tackle warehouse should I have them overnight it?

[WRB]

4 hours ago, Mobasser said:

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Catt, glad things turned out ok, as best they could. Your self and family are all safe, and that's the main thing. It's doesn't look good by any means , but better than expected.

^^^looks bad, no major damage^^^ was worried more about flooding.

Covid is still impacting TW deliveries.

Tom

[Bird]

10 minutes ago, Catt said:

If I make an order from Tackle warehouse should I have them overnight it?

See you got your priorities......sense of humor goes a long ways 

[Mike L]

So glad it wasn’t much worse!

 

Watch yourself using a chain saw to clean that up. 
Us old guys don’t have the reflexes we once had. ??

 

 

 

Mike 

[Catt]

@WRB Thankfully no tidal surge 

 

@Mike L Don't do chainsaws no more, too danm old ?

[Catt]

Tidal Surge 

Katrina: 28 feet in southern Mississippi, 175 mph winds

Ike: 17 feet (21 feet at Eagle’s Point where Bacliff is), 110 mph winds

Rita: 15 feet, 180 mph winds

Laura: 5-10 feet, 150 mph winds

 

Go figure ?

[Log Catcher]

Glad you are all okay and the damage isn't any worse. Maybe they will get all the utilities back on and you can be back in your house sooner than expected. Send all your Tackle Warehouse orders to me. I will take care of them for you.

[Catt]

Does Tackle Warehouse sale generators? ?

[jimmyjoe]

26 minutes ago, Catt said:

Does Tackle Warehouse sale generators? ?

 

   Think about your fuel availability.  Hope it's good (and consistent).    jj

[Catt]

2 hours ago, jimmyjoe said:

 

   Think about your fuel availability.  Hope it's good (and consistent).    jj

 

Yes there's one store & Sam's that are open with fuel. The same two that quickly opened after Rita.

[Sphynx]

7 hours ago, Catt said:

Does Tackle Warehouse sale generators? ?

Academy does...lol

 

Also, as a public service announcement, don't be like my now looking for housing room mate and abuse the FEMA process for those affected, there are plenty of folks who legitimately need that help and using this as an excuse to replace appliances that went out before the storm hit is *** and screwing the folks who don't even have homes now, yes that room mate is now looking for new living arrangements.

[kingmotorboat]

Update from us: house is definitely  not livable and the fish kill has started on the river. On a bright note I always wanted a skylight and a pine deck in my dining room and kitchen. ?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️

[RoLo]

On 8/29/2020 at 11:07 AM, Mike L said:

Us old guys don’t have the reflexes we once had. ??

Mike 

 

Speak for one's self    

[12poundbass]

1 hour ago, kingmotorboat said:

Update from us: house is definitely  not livable and the fish kill has started on the river. On a bright note I always wanted a skylight and a pine deck in my dining room and kitchen. ?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️

Sorry to hear that. 

[Catt]

We home ?

 

Generator running 2 A/Cs

 

Got a lot of yard work ?

[RoLo]

On 8/29/2020 at 12:59 PM, Catt said:

Tidal Surge 

Katrina: 28 feet in southern Mississippi, 175 mph winds

Ike: 17 feet (21 feet at Eagle’s Point where Bacliff is), 110 mph winds

Rita: 15 feet, 180 mph winds

Laura: 5-10 feet, 150 mph winds

 

Go figure ?

 

Yeah, I hear that Tom.

 

When Hurricane Charley lambasted Florida in 2004, we were living in Orlando, Florida.

Since we were in the state's interior, we were immune to storm surge, however, the wind speed at Orlando Airport

was officially clocked at 105 mph. We were exactly 3 mi north of the airport, which I could see from my roof.

Though we escaped newsworthy damage, many homes in our community were brutally gutted (total loss).

 

After relocating in Lake Wales, FL, we're now 70 mi away from both the Atlantic and Gulf coasts (Not by accident).

In 2017, Hurricane Irma made landfall as a Cat-4 Hurricane in the Florida Keys. some 200 miles south of Lake Wales, FL.

I was confident that we were out of harms way, yet Irma churned thru 200 miles of inland Florida, ultimately causing serous damage

in our neighborhood. Some 'blue roofs' are still in evidence today. As it turned out, Irma was

the most powerful hurricane to impact Florida, so climate extremes among all calamities is a reality indeed, not a myth.

 

Roger

[Catt]

@RoLo Two sons & I drove around the neighborhood, one house no damage the next destroyed, a 2' diameter tree twisted & snapped while a 18" diameter tree next to it not phased.

 

It's wild ?