Hurricane Laura roll call

[lacanteen]

I just want to reach out to our Mustang brethren to see how they made it through the storm. That was one hell of a wild ride. I actually live between Sunset and Opelousas, LA, about 20 miles north of Lafayette. Did not get as much rain as predicted. Only 2 houses in our subdivision that were facing east lost a few shingles. My next door neighbor lost a tree that his shed prevented it from taking out my fence. Helped him cut it up and load on a trailer. Lost power at 5 AM, so a generator is keeping the fridges and a few fans working. Most of the damage just out of our subdivision is limbs from older oak trees.

That said, Lake Charles, LA and Orange, TX are trashed. OMFG! Our business has a satellite warehouse in Lake Charles and the condition of the building is unknown. Can't get near it if we wanted to. It's less than 1/2 mile from Ryan Street which the news has shown pictures. I'll take wind over water any day.

I hope our M6G friends will chime in. I hope your home, family, and cars are safe and sound.

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[lacanteen]

 

[Questortapes74]

Really devastating there. Glad your immediate neighborhood was not hit too hard. Hopefully the power will be restored soon. Stay safe and thanks for the update.

 

[Jimmy Dean]

no real weather in Baton Rouge. a lot less damage en your area than we expected, which is very good. Some major damage to my wife's work in the cap one tower, and at my customer sites, the plants. especially sasol and westlake. haven't heard any real issues from P66 or citgo yet. I'm surprised at how much of Holly Beach survived as compared to Rita, granted they've built off the ground this time.

 

[Silver Bullitt]

Been thinking about you. Glad you made it through. I guess the storm surge wasn't as bad as predicted, but 150 mph winds, wow!

 

[JCFoster]

We made it. The eye hit us around 6-7 am. We got lucky. We lost one red oak, but he was down the hill and didn’t cause any damage. Other than that no missing shingles or damage. Just a bunch of tree limbs to pick up and firewood to cut n split.

 

[LxMike]

Good to hear! I lived in S.W Florida for 45 years and went through a few in my time.

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