Hurricane Season

[scotchandcigar]

We made it to Pensacola FL. A trip that would normally take 4 hours took 12.

Might as well keep going. You can meet Koop in Orlando.

 

[HecticArt]

Hasn't his family been traumatized enough?

 

[JHDK]

 

[Aaron]

I still don't know what condition my (house's) condition is in.

Should hear more tomorrow as the "hunkered down" neighbors start going outside

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I still don't know what condition my (house's) condition is in.

Should hear more tomorrow as the "hunkered down" neighbors start going outside

Are they in the eye?

 

[Aaron]

Are they in the eye?

My town was battered by the eye wall for many hours. It's scary to think about.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

My town was battered by the eye wall for many hours. It's scary to think about.

Crappy positioning. You get the worst for a long period and miss the 1 calm area.

 

[Aaron]

Yep. If you saw Golden Meadow, LA on the news today, that's my town.

 

[scotchandcigar]

Yep. If you saw Golden Meadow, LA on the news today, that's my town.

I just looked on a map, and holy fuck, you're hanging into the gulf on a marsh. But I'm sure everything will be just fine.

 

[HecticArt]

That’s a pretty cool looking area. Keep us posted!

 

[Channel98]

One death so far. A man was killed in Ascension Parish when a tree fell on his home. New Orleans has lost its electricity. If people start running generators, I hope they take safety precautions. During Hurricane Katrina, nine people died of carbon monoxide poisoning from their generators.

 

[JHDK]

I just looked on a map, and holy fuck, you're hanging into the gulf on a marsh.

Ha! I did the same thing and thought something similar.

Hope your home made it through relatively unscathed Aaron. (We need you in a working house to run our fantasy leagues. )

 

[HecticArt]

Watching some of the footage this morning. Holy hell it’s a wicked storm!

 

[sadchild]

Golden Meadow, LA

Looks tiny on Google Maps! Maybe 3 miles x 1 mile? One of those "blink and you'll miss it" towns.

 

[scotchandcigar]

Most of the news reports I saw mentioned Houma, which looks like a more built-up area nearby.

 

[Aaron]

Looks tiny on Google Maps! Maybe 3 miles x 1 mile? One of those "blink and you'll miss it" towns.

That's exactly it. But we have lots of vehicles passing through in support of the oil industry in the local port near the coast.

Houma is our go-to place for more restaurants, movies, and the mall, if we don't feel like going into New Orleans.

Futher south...
"Port Fourchon is land base for LOOP (Louisiana Offshore Oil Port), which handles 10-15% of the nation’s domestic oil, 10-15% of the nation’s foreign oil, and is connected to 50% of US refining capacity."

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

It looks like a lovely place but not an ideal place to be during a hurricane or heavy rain event.

 

[Aaron]

It's not safe to stay here, storms keep happening and getting worse. Seriously considering the idea of moving.

 

[JHDK]

It's not safe to stay here, storms keep happening and getting worse. Seriously considering the idea of moving.

Move to South FL and we can hang. We never have to worry about storms down here.

 

[Aaron]

Move to South FL and we can hang. We never have to worry about storms down here.

I'm trying to decide between your town, Toronto, Toledo, Maine, Denver, so I might know someone. Haha