tg1911

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  1. Glad to hear you made it through OK, mikex.

    Same here.

    Just got power up, late last night.

    Considering how close the eyewall came (20 mi.), I made it through pretty good.

    We got 80-100 mph sustained winds, gusting to 115.

    Lost a couple of shingles, and a couple of small branches.

    Neighbors weren't so lucky.

    Some lost whole buildings.

    A tornado passed behind the house, and took out several telephone poles, and the neighbors cow barn, but missed his house.

    Heard it pass while I was outside watching the hurricane come through, about 4 a.m. Friday morning.

    Talk about a racket.

    Had no problem hearing it, over the hurricane.

    The wall of bamboo (15' thick, 40' tall) on the south & west side of my property, forced most of the winds over my house.

    Kinder took a beating.

    Lots of damage.

    I'll post some "day after" pics when i get a chance.

    Glad you made it through all right.

  2. As it stands now, nobody is going to be able to get back into New Orleans for a month.

    That's how long cleanup is supposed to take.

    Two weeks to pump out the water, two weeks for cleanup the mess.

    One of the breaks in the levee is 300 ft. long.

    Flooding, in some parts of the city, is up to the roofs of two story houses.

    Interstate 10 from New Orleans to Mississippi is destroyed.

    And that's not the worst of it!

  3. Welcome aboard, Inutashio.

    I think you'll like it here.

    Some of the friendliest people on the net, hang out here.

    Always willing to help out, when they can.

    And as bearskin said, watch out for macmarauder. :lol:

  4. Has anyone heard from handplane yet?

    <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

    Nothing yet.

    Still waiting.

    370,000 homes in Southeast LA without power.

    Could be a while, before we hear anything.

    He's got my E-mail addy, with explicite directions to contact me when he can. :)