Mississippi and Louisiana Folks REPORT IN IF YOU CAN.

[627 city hunter]

We just got power back three hours ago in parts Jefferson Parrish.
I don't believe all of Jefferson Parrish has power nor does
St. Bernard or Orleans. St. Tammany and Tangipahoa Parrishes of
the Northshore and on the Westbank. North Shore seem affected with flooding.

Trying to call co-workers and friends to see, if they need to be picked up.

My Jeep almost got smashed by a tree.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Strange storm indeed. we have sunshine now and wind. The storm is SO slow moving. The "land mass between Louisiana and Mobile bay" seems to have taken the brunt along with plaquemine parish. I feel for Plaquemine!! That 8' back levee that overtopped seems to have been as a direct result of the stronger Katrina levees to the north. Nature WILL find a way

 

[627 city hunter]

Seems to be the case.

Kinda like riding too shallow of a berm on a BMX or motocross track.
Water moving too high and too fast from the taller levees before it.

 

[johnjohn]

Wasn't too bad here lots of wind and rain,power stayed on the whole time.

 

[OK Hog Shooter]

I've been keepin all in the storm's path in my thoughts and prayers.

Hog

 

[Frank46]

Woke up thursday morning and was suprised to see we still had power. Still getting gusts but no rain. Started picking up tree limbs and branches. My heart goes out to those who were less fortunate than me here in New Iberia. Frank

 

[safearm]

Now our biggest problem is the nutria that were washed out to sea in the storm and are arriving on the Land Mass (the area formerly known as Mississippi) beaches.

 

[Stevens]

No damage at home, the boat, or fishing camp in Cocodrie La. The tree between the camp and the bayou didn't fare so well. Lots of cutting and hauling to do I'll hire a couple of farm workers to do that It's too wet to do any field work.
The ground around here is completely saturated it keeps raining and the swamp is already rising into my back yard, I killed two snakes in my storage shed today, and one hid before I could get to him. I don't kill snakes outside but they are fair game once they come inside. a couple of years ago I opened a tool drawer and there was a snake curled up in there, lucky I didn't reach in without looking.

 

[charlie sherrill]

Minor flooding on Black Creek near Brooklyn, Ms. The peanut fields down the road are under water. Several roads are blocked but you can still get to most places if you don't mind driving a few miles. I found a tiny little fawn (future doe) that along with her mother had been flooded out of Leaf River swamp. The mother had been unfortunate enough to get hit by a car. The fawn was dehydrated some after lying in the sun (now rain) for a long time and all I had to do was pick her up. She was very weak and wet and had some ants on her. I took her to my daughter's house and she got the ants off. We then took her to a licensed wildlife re-hab person. She was already caring for several little ones (one brought to her by another deputy) and gladly accepted this one. She cares for them until they are large enough to be released back into the wild. Those big brown eyes almost made me want to stop deer hunting. NOT!!

 

[max]

Just started sprinkling tonight in Yankeeland. Isaac has made it this far and I hope we get some decent, but not too much rain in the next couple of days.

 

[Bert Man]

Finally over here. Stayed with my sister and nephew at their home in Biloxi 1/2 block off of the beach. I live on high ground in a rural area 9 miles inland but in a mobile home so wasn't about to stay there. 10-12 ft. tidal surge covered U. S. 90 (Beach Blvd) but thankfully didn't reach any homes. The wind was only moderately heavy for a tropical system(40-50 sustained, gusting to 70) but the rain was very heavy(10-12 inches) and what the storm lacked in velocity it made up for in longevity.
It made landfall around Barataria, Grand Isle, Port Fourchon in LA about 75 miles to the west. That put the more intense right front quadrant between there and here on the MS Gulf Coast. As it practically stalled and kept training over the same ground for 2 days,flooding was extensive in some areas, in some areas possibly worse than Katrina.

Many people, who had only recently rebuilt their homes destroyed by Katrina, lost them again for the second time in 7 years. Between that and the storm coming ashore exactly on the seventh anniversary of Katrina has been a heavy psychological blow to the residents of the region
The folks who live along coastal MS/LA are, however, very resilient or maybe very stubborn, but, never the less, something keeps us here. I suppose it is the price we are willing to pay for the privilege of living in such a beautiful place that the Lord has seen fit to gift us with.

Thanks to the concern and encouragement shown by the members of S&W Forum our load has been made a little more bearable. Thank you all so much for your support.

 

[627 city hunter]

I returned to work today in the French Quarter of New Orleans after a 5 day hiatus.

Power and traffic lights do not exist in nearly 80% of the metro-New Orleans area. It may be nearly 2 months till full power is restored.

A bank may have been robbed 12 blocks from my house. We saw 8 police vehicles.

The roads to the interstate exiting the French Quarter from Basin St., etc. have no power. Keep in mind this is all Section 8 housing.

My Jeep was rapidly approached by two males from both sides of the street at the same time. No street lights or power present under I-10.

Cars are literally at 4 way stops everywhere erratically passing through intersections.

No NOPD within near sight.

I got through the intersection barely as the possible aggressors were less than 10 feet from my vehicle. I was prepared to defend myself. It would have been very difficult to tell, if either man was armed.

The city is getting extremely dangerous.

I would like to thank FD, LEO, and National Guard. They a have much stronger and immediate presence than in Katrina.

Strictly reality in this post.

Thank God I have Meprolights now.

 

[REM 3200]

I can not add much to what has already been said. I had no storm damage. We do live in the highest part of Biloxi so had no flooding at the house. We only lost power for 2 hours.
Several tornados did touch down in "The land mass between Louisiana and Mobile Bay".

 

[charlie sherrill]

I too live in the "land mass between N.O. and Mobile. No damage at my house. Never lost power. Black Creek crested and is going down. The sun is shining and I'm going to go outside and "unprepare" and do some yard work. Thanks to everyone for their concerns.

 

[Airpark]

Bert Man and Charlie said it right. No severe damage, just a few shingles lost.

Tornado did destroy an under construction home about 5 to 7 blocks east of intersection of hiway49 and hiway 90.

Worst part was roof repair...Thursday thinking most had past...got materials and put ladder up and went up to repair...it poured...down and in garage..it stopped....back up..and it poured again....did this four times before we got the shingles back on.

Wet to the bone.

Very pleased it is now gone and all is again dry and the sun is out.

 

[RightArm]

It sounds like most of you faired all right considering. City Hunter, watch your back. Sounds like you work in a dangerous area right now, more now than usual. Plenty of people won't be rebounding so quickly. All of you are in my thoughts. Good to hear from ya'll.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Spoke too soon about everything being OK LSU looks like Sierra and Alabama looks like they just picked up where they left off last year

 

[LouisianaJoe]

08/31/2012 9:30

My Internet just came back on. It is slower than normal but faster than nothing. My power stayed on while most neighborhoods around me lost theirs. In my subdivision, there are trees down and a few shingles missing. Most of St Charles Parish lost power. My kids had houses in La Place in 2005 when Katrina hit. They did not flood then. The houses flooded for this storm. 40% of La Place was still under water today. Many were complaining that the massive flood wall around New Orleans and Jefferson Parishes funneled the water to places that have not had flooding in over 50 Years.

08/31/2012 9:35
The internet went back out before I could finish this.

08/31/2012 13:00
I drove over to the subdivision where I lived when Katrina hit. It looked the same. There were trees on some houses and trees on several streets. Not as many as Katrina since it got a lot of trees in 2005. I am sure that people in south Louisiana should not build houses where there are Oak trees and Pecan trees. Most power failures wee caused by these. There appeared to be more tree caused failures than power poles down.

There were idiots on the radio complaining that they were more important than the other 500,000 people without power.

I am catching up on some reading that I was putting off.

09/01/2012 8PM

Internet back on for now. I hope that it is permanent this time.

 

[627 city hunter]

Louisiana Joe,
LaPlace is badly damaged.
Many of my co-worker's including friends and parents' business
employees are literally washed out.

The water has to go somewhere when you move it or limit it.
My friends in MS, the Northshore of LA, and areas near the
LA/MS border of the Pearl River are in a lot of trouble too.

Plaquemines Parish is decimated.

I am really thankful and lucky again as far as hurricanes.
Still so many do not have power, food, shelter, or work.

I actually think the government told Entergy and other
energy companies to put the power in troubled and
violent neighborhoods first to avoid any further problems.

Keep our region in your thoughts and prayers.

 

[Moonman]

I keep seeing that the GOVERNMENT KATRINA FIXES may be the root cause of flooding damages from this hurricane.

I hope the storm assessment will deal with the newly created flooding and correct them.

Sometimes the best laid plans.........................