<p>No, we had rain, wind, and flooding all weekend thru yesterday. Most of my Monday clients shifted to Tuesday and today. Cooked up most of freezer food, as we always loose power. Unfortunately, the storm has built up,strength as it approaches the NO area.</p>
<p>Please keep,us posted, and hope you get thru this safely.</p>
<p>My s is riding it out in his duplex in NOLA. His little part of his street had power last night, but according to the power outage grid, he no longer does [Entergy</a> Storm Center](<a href=“http://viewoutage.entergy.com/la.aspx]Entergy”>http://viewoutage.entergy.com/la.aspx) The storm has stalled right over southern Louisiana. They are in for a long day.</p>
<p>My thoughts are with everyone in the affected areas. Stay safe.</p>
<p>Tulane power is out. Sounds like the back up generators are not currently providing power to the dorms that are sheltering students. That could be old news though.</p>
<p>Thanks for checking in, jym. Was thinking of your boy. Tulane area is usually fine.</p>
<p>Raining all night, didn’t get a wink of sleep, but resisted the urge to get out of bed and head downstairs to check for street flooding.</p>
<p>Finally kicked out of bed by my cat who sleeps with me as we heard a big thud.</p>
<p>You guessed it, neighbor’s tree down and landed on my roof. Surprisingly, it was not the dead magnolia on the left side, but instead, the oak tree on the other side. Both houses on either side are empty, for sale, so we did storm prep in their yards, as well as our own. No good deed goes unpunished.</p>
<p>Most of the neighborhood is here, and got a flashlight shine from neighbor across the street, so know they have our back. </p>
<p>Obviously, still have power, though flashed on and off during the night.</p>
<p>Will not turn on the TV and heading back up to bed.</p>
<p>Hope everyone in the path of the storm is safe.</p>
<p>Take care and keep us all in your prayers.</p>
<p>Montegut, thinking of you as I watch the coverage on CNN. Sending good thoughts as you go through what’s likely to be a very long day.</p>
<p>^^ Montegut, I’m sorry to hear about your tree-on-the-home situation :(. I hope that since you said “thud” that the tree is merely leaned up on the house and didn’t punch though the roof. </p>
<p>I am monitoring the hurricane from Houston, and since it took a turn to the west New Orleans is now in the “northeast quadrant” of Isaac so I’m sure you’re getting the worst of it right now. I spoke to my family early this morning, and everyone is physically safe. My dad’s biggest problem is losing shingles from the roof which started last night. </p>
<p>On a side note, heres an interesting story developing in Plaquemine parish:
[Hurricane</a> Isaac rescues in Plaquemines Parish so far thanks to Jesse Shaffer and son | NOLA.com](<a href=“http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2012/08/hurricane_isaac_rescues_in_pla.html]Hurricane”>Hurricane Center | NOLA.com)</p>
<p>Lost cable, internet and phone around 5 or 6pm yesterday. Lost power about 1:15am this morning. Woke up to a mess in the front yard - a huge tree came down and pieces are scattered all over the place. Major limbs off other trees as well. </p>
<p>When this storm eventually decides to get moving, we are going to have a lot of cleaning up to do.</p>
<p>The comments section on some news sites are beginning to fill up with harsh criticisms of people who chose to stay in the danger zones in Louisiana, particularly where the water has reportedly crashed over levees today.</p>
<p>Just saw a Weather Channel reporter walking out to stand in the open on purpose as wind and rain just assaults him. I couldn’t help but laugh as he got caught in a terrible gust and was clearly sorry he’d done that. Some of these guys are downright silly. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>^LakeWashington - the people who now need rescuing are in Plaquemine parish which was under mandatory evacuation so I understand why people would be critical of them.</p>
<p>I posted the link not to critisize them for their choices, but because I though it was very kind for the father and son team to use their personal boats to rescue them.</p>
<p>So sorry about your roof, montegut. And thanks for the sweet words of concern. I am having a senior moment. Do you have one in the Miami area or just Ala? If Miami, hope they were fine.</p>
<p>How are things this evening?</p>
<p>As I was reading this … thud!! ouch!!! Montegut, I’m sorry to read you have a treehouse as a new, unwelcome addition.</p>
<p>I’m guessing that no word means no power. Just want to tell you that we’re thinking of you, and saying a little prayer that you get power back soon.</p>
<p>Write when you can.</p>
<p>We never did lose power, though I hate to write that, as I’m superstitious. Took Nyquil last night and slept straight through to make up for two sleepless days.</p>
<p>This morning, my fluffy hunter showed up, so I’m hoping the worst is passed. He has no doubt been feasting on all the downed squirrel nests in the neighborhood.</p>
<p>H and I are putting on our work gear to start clearing out the yard and street. This is when the neighborhood comes together. Walked down the street to check on neighbors beginning their cleaning. Everyone seems to be okay. House catercorner to mine had a tree split in half and land on their house as well. We’re both hoping for no serious roof damage.</p>
<p>Abandoned house to the left with the dead magnolia tree has roof damage, as the tree seemed to have gotten pushed onto the roof. Likely to stay that way for another year.
Luckily, no one in there, so no one harmed.</p>
<p>Neighboring communities in serious straits, lots of flooding, highway closures, lots of power outages. Everything shut down here until next week. </p>
<p>Thankful son started school last week and out of harm’s way and hope remnants of the storm don’t head to Bama. Friends who headed west to Lafayette are now heading to Houston to outrun the storm.</p>
<p>Prayers to everyone out there and be careful with your cleanup.</p>
<p>Well, we have a hole in the roof. Guys driving by the neighborhood giving quotes on cleanup, which we’ll have to take advantage of, since we have a whole tree in our front yard. Would take hours to do with a chainsaw, even if we had one. Praying we can get the hole tarped before we get water in the house. Once you get water in the house, you’ve got trouble. Hoping everyone has a safe aftermath and an uneventful cleanup.</p>
<p>Praying you get the hole tarped quickly as well, Montegut.</p>
<p>Be sure to have your tree guys check for limbs that are weak or hanging up in air yet. The weight from lots of rain in moss and leaves in big old trees could cause limbs to fall on you and break your neck or noggin when you’re outside walking around your yard. Be careful and smart outside, be careful too if you climb up on roof. Take a bunch of photos of all your property damage before everything is removed in case you need evidence if you submit insurance claims. </p>
<p>Excuse my language, but, hurricanes suck bigtime! Been there and done all this stuff, we still have used giant folded blue tarps stored in our garage–along with an old piano with water stains at keyboard height from a past storm in Florida!</p>
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<p>Great advice. We have many mature trees in our yard, and even absent a major storm, we regularly have an arborist inspect them with regard to safety as well as the health of the trees. I love our trees, but I would not love them if they fell on someone and hurt them.</p>
<p>My Dad had his heart broken badly by two different women in his youth. Both women spurned him for men who were later killed by falling trees! Very weird coincidence, and while not superstitious, I did make a mental note. ;)</p>
<p>We had our trees trimmed and thinned last August, so we were ready, but unfortunately, our neighbor didn’t heed the arborist’s advice and of course, we caught the brunt of her tree. Got a call from the adjuster who happily reported that we have a deductible of about 4K, so it’s all OOP for us. I was realizing today, we’ve had 4 hurricanes in 7 years. H and I were children during two very bad storms, Betsy (me in NOLA) and Camille (him in Mississippi). Since then, no big storms of note until Katrina. Now, four in seven years (Cynthia, Katrina, Gustav, now Isaac), it’s no wonder we had no more college fund and have never been able to get ahead. Hope we don’t need a new roof and this will require a relatively inexpensive repair. We’re already 1K toward the deductible with the tree removal.</p>
<p>On a happy note, Grandpa’s house in Biloxi was fine, no tree damage and no flooding. The Coast looks great and things are up and running. </p>
<p>Hoping all those affected by the storm have a speedy recovery and can get back to some semblance of normalcy.</p>