09-06-2008, 04:42 AM
loffelkopffl,
Where was this that there was the problem with the evacuees?
Living about +/- 50 miles from the path of the eye of Gustav and on the bad side, I have not heard anything about that. Our parish (county) had 99%+ loss of power and most of the parishes to the south and west were worse. This was the worst weather event to EVER hit us. 91 mph max winds (Betsy was the all time record at 92 mph). Thanks to Katrina/Rita everyone was much better prepared this time, although FEMA still did not do a stellar job - They prepositioned supplies over in Texas and took about 2 days or more to get a lot of stuff here. As of today, about 30% of East Baton Rouge parish has power. Our subdivision has a lot of trees and the power lines are in the backyards where there is no bucket truck access, so we will still be without power for 1-2 WEEKS more, if we are lucky. If you look down the power line in our backyard in both directions, every pole has a damaged crossbar that actually holds the wires or there is a tree branch down on the lines. My son was offered the use of a generator yesterday by the chemical plant where he works, so we had some power last night. WHAT A RELIEF! We have never been out of power this long so I never worried about a generator. Some people will be without power for another month.
To get back to the topic - MEDIA PEOPLE: New Orleans is not the only city in Louisiana. A lot of people here are unhappy because all they hear about on the national media is New Orleans. They evacuated but I do not think the damage to their infrastructure was nearly as bad. Of course all I have had access to has been the local radio stations.
Allen
Baton Rouge, LA & HPP
Where was this that there was the problem with the evacuees?
Living about +/- 50 miles from the path of the eye of Gustav and on the bad side, I have not heard anything about that. Our parish (county) had 99%+ loss of power and most of the parishes to the south and west were worse. This was the worst weather event to EVER hit us. 91 mph max winds (Betsy was the all time record at 92 mph). Thanks to Katrina/Rita everyone was much better prepared this time, although FEMA still did not do a stellar job - They prepositioned supplies over in Texas and took about 2 days or more to get a lot of stuff here. As of today, about 30% of East Baton Rouge parish has power. Our subdivision has a lot of trees and the power lines are in the backyards where there is no bucket truck access, so we will still be without power for 1-2 WEEKS more, if we are lucky. If you look down the power line in our backyard in both directions, every pole has a damaged crossbar that actually holds the wires or there is a tree branch down on the lines. My son was offered the use of a generator yesterday by the chemical plant where he works, so we had some power last night. WHAT A RELIEF! We have never been out of power this long so I never worried about a generator. Some people will be without power for another month.
To get back to the topic - MEDIA PEOPLE: New Orleans is not the only city in Louisiana. A lot of people here are unhappy because all they hear about on the national media is New Orleans. They evacuated but I do not think the damage to their infrastructure was nearly as bad. Of course all I have had access to has been the local radio stations.
Allen
Baton Rouge, LA & HPP
Allen
Finally in HPP
Finally in HPP