The Big Picture, “The short - but eventful - life of Ike”
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Finally got a hold of these pictures. There aren’t as many good ones as I initially thought, but they will help you understand the damage a little. Wish I could have taken more, but because of gas, curfew, and other issues we couldn’t move around much. For larger and higher quality pictures than the slide show below, see the set on Flickr.
This post is a follow-up to
“Gustav nailed Baton Rouge, osmoothie remained inactive for a week“
and “The calm before the storm.”
FOXNews, “Hurricane Ike Sends Waves Crashing as It Barrels Toward Texas, Residents Warned of ‘Certain Death’”
GALVESTON, Texas — A massive Hurricane Ike sent white waves crashing over a seawall and tossed a disabled 584-foot freighter in rough water as it steamed toward Texas Friday, threatening to devastate coastal towns and batter America’s fourth-largest city.
Ike’s eye was forecast to strike somewhere near Galveston late Friday or early Saturday then head inland for Houston, but the massive system was already buffeting Texas and Louisiana, causing flooding along the Louisiana coast still recovering from Labor Day’s Hurricane Gustav.
Continue reading ‘Texans who don’t evacuate coastal structures face ‘certain death’’
FOXNews, “Hurricane Ike on Track to Veer Away From Florida Keys”
KEY WEST, Fla. —
Authorities called off evacuation orders for the Florida Keys on Monday as a ferocious Hurricane Ike shifted south over Cuba and appeared on track to miss the low-lying U.S. island chain.Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center warned that it was still too early to tell where Ike would strike after entering the southeastern Gulf of Mexico by Tuesday night. Gulf Coast communities as far away as Texas were keeping a nervous eye on the storm, especially in Louisiana, where residents are still recovering from Hurricane Gustav.
Continue reading ‘Louisiana might be in for another ass-whoopin’’
That was one hell of a storm, the biggest to hit Baton Rouge. The entire city was out of power the first few days, and it took seven days for power to be restored in my neighborhood. The damage was widespread across Baton Rouge, the wind had mangled store fronts and signs, and knocked over trees crushing houses and damaging power lines. A curfew has been in place most of the week upon threat of arrest. Blackhawk, Chinook, news, police, and Coast Guard helicopters could be seen or heard in the skies hourly. The National Guard came in huge convoys on the interstate and set up distribution centers for ice, tarps, and MRE’s. Luckily we had prepared with enough food to last us the week, and enough gas to run the generator for a few days. It took days more for the gas stations and stores to start opening again, and several-hour-long lines would form outside. We ended up driving an hour out of town just to restock on supplies.
Things are almost back to normal now. Only about 30-40% of the city is left without power and most of the stores and gas stations are back online. Through TV and radio we were kept up to date on local news, but as far as national news I’ve lived in a virtual black hole. My power was restored last night and it’s going to take awhile to get things rolling again. School has started today, and they want to take away some of our Saturdays for make-up classes. And if that weren’t bad enough, hurricane Ike is on the horizon and could just as well hit us again, causing more power and scheduling problems.
Keep your eyes peeled the next couple of days for some photos I took of the damage.
AccuWeather, “Gulf Coast Prepares for Gustav”
Hurricane Gustav has strengthened into an extremely dangerous storm and will remain a major hurricane by the time it reaches the central Gulf Coast early in the week. Uncertainty still remains about whether Hanna will add to the misery by late next week.
By early Saturday afternoon, Hurricane Gustav strengthened into a Category 4 storm, packing winds near 145 mph. The dangerous hurricane will slam western Cuba this afternoon.
CNN, “New Orleans keeps wary eye on Gustav”
(CNN) — Three years ago, almost to the day, residents of New Orleans watched nervously as Hurricane Katrina formed in the Gulf of Mexico and headed their way.
Now, they’re hoping the anniversary won’t bring a similar encounter with a potential hurricane named Gustav.
A little excessive wouldn’t you say…
MSNBC, “Katrina victim sues U.S. for $3 quadrillion”
For the sake of perspective: A mere $1 quadrillion would dwarf the U.S. gross domestic product, which Scott said was $13.2 trillion in 2007. A stack of one quadrillion pennies would reach Saturn.
Federal government hit with 489,000 damage claims after hurricane
The Associated Press
updated 11:40 a.m. CT, Wed., Jan. 9, 2008NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Katrina’s victims have put a price tag on their suffering and it is staggering — including one plaintiff seeking the unlikely sum of $3 quadrillion.
The total number — $3,014,170,389,176,410 — is the dollar figure so far sought from some 489,000 claims filed against the federal government over damage from the failure of levees and flood walls following the Aug. 29, 2005, hurricane.
Of the total number of claims, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it has received 247 for at least $1 billion apiece, including the one for $3 quadrillion.
“That’s the mother of all high numbers,” said Loren Scott, a Baton Rouge-based economist.
For the sake of perspective: A mere $1 quadrillion would dwarf the U.S. gross domestic product, which Scott said was $13.2 trillion in 2007. A stack of one quadrillion pennies would reach Saturn.
Continue reading ‘Katrina victim sues U.S. for $3,014,170,389,176,410′
