Have no idea what happened-BUT I'LL TAKE IT

[CAJUNLAWYER]

The storm took a hitch to the east and theree was absolutely NO weather on the west side. GOt NO RAIN strongest breeze was maybe 15-20 mph. Tree fell down over on Green St. and we lost power for 13 hours. Nothing in the back yard to clean up. Didn't even turn on the generator-(couldn't get the *&%^ thing started ) Out of the good scotch-have a back up handle of Dewars. House is nice and chill. Office building is good. God answered my prayers!!! (Although the special COVID holy water my wife sprinkled around the house had to have helped!).
Houma took it up the chute and I am worried about Stevens as he lives there (actually Thibodeaux but that is right there next to Houma).
New Orleans lost a MAJOR transmission line which they say meand no power for several weeks. Storm went in at Fourchon. Remember this. Port Fourchon is the most important port in the US that nobofy knows about. That is where the LOOP offshore offloading facility is located where all the oil comes in and is routed to the various refineries. God knows what kind o fshape that is in. Leeville (just up the road) posted a wind gust of 158 mph before it broke. Grand Island is pretty much toast. They are saying that this storm is worse than Katrina but you won't hear about it because It's houma and not New Orleans. From what I can see-New Orleans did OK other than no power.
Again I have absolutely no explaination whatsoever about our good fortune ( it certainly wasn't me that God smiled upon) as I really thought We were gonna take it this time around. There must be some deserving people around here that I am lucky to live close to

 

[Rustyt1953]

Glad you and yours are well.

 

[woodsltc]

Gary, yah must be living right.

Glad you're OK. Still sending prayers for the others in the storms path.


Don

 

[s&wchad]

Glad to hear that you’re OK.
This might be a good time to buy a lottery ticket!

 

[Onomea]

Good news, Caje. Just great!

 

[Old_Cop]

God needed someone to launch the civil suits.

 

[max]

Glad you did ok. Better get the generator looked at anyhow.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

Good news for sure, Caj. Keep us informed. Our generator is propane fired. We just keep the tank full. No problems so far.

 

[walkin jack]

Hurricanes can be fickle and unpredictable. I lived in Pasadena Texas and was a senior in High School when Hurricane Carla hit in '61. Every house on the street behind out took major damage. Some were totally destroyed.

On my street most houses lost some shingles and some windows but no really bad damage. My old bicycle was on it's kick stand on the garage side of the house and defiantly standing as I had left it and forgot about it. Our house had no damage of any kind. I was kind of worried that my mother's screaming would blow the windows out but she got hoarse and had to stop before they could break. But I think she gave the dog a minor nervous breakdown.


Glad you made it through.

 

[peyton]

This is a reminder to buy several bottles of your good scotch to celebrate the close call!!

 

[llowry61]

Glad to hear about your good fortune. That was one mean looking storm. I feel for those less fortunate.

 

[jeffsmith]

SNIP
Out of the good scotch-have a back up handle of Dewars.
SNIP

While Dewars IS a Good Backup
I am SHOCKED you were not Better Prepared

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

I have a young friend in Houma (spelling?), Louisiana, and have heard that he and his family are alright.
God does answer prayer, my kinfolk in Baton Rouge are ok, but no power, our Daughter (covid) has been cleared to return to work tomorrow. Thank God!

Have a blessed day,

Leon

 

[Bugkiller99]

Glad to hear the good news. Would have replied before now, but after reading Caj’s post, I decided it was a good time to fill up the gas tanks and cans.
No one here seems to be concerned. Hopefully they are right. But more likely just blissfully ignorant.

 

[WardenRoss]

Gary, glad to hear all is well with you!

We prayed for y'all in the last Sabbath Day Rambling thread.

GAP theory.

God Answers Prayer!

,

 

[Jon651]

From years of hurricane watching here in FL, from the eye we call the east side of the storm the "wet side" and the west side the "dry side". Several times over the years we have had strong storms barrel up the Atlantic coast of FL where we never saw a drop of rain.

I can always tell when a hurricane is not going to be an issue for us - the local weather guessers start showing the satellite images of cloud heights instead of the radar showing rain. The digital cloud height images always look horrible, even when the radar shows nothing. At that point I generally go to bed.

 

[sigp220.45]

Good to hear!

My kid worked 10pm to 10am this morning, mostly chasing looters. He got home and there was no damage to his house. A few hours later the power came on.

He goes back in tonight for looter suppression duty.

 

[Doug627]

Prayer works!

 

[Golphin]

Got a buddy on the Marlinowners forum that was on the left side also and as you said not much happened on that side. Now get your generator going before you need it. I always get mine up and running by late July in case I need it then run it some every few weeks through hurricane season.

 

[LittleCooner]

I am in shock that you were so low on great scotch with the prediction of was in store your area. Glad all is ok on your end. Many more were not so fortunate.