EG and everyone else in the area, so glad to hear you're safe!

Lose your dreams and you will lose your mind...

Listen to this extended outtake of THE STORM to ride out the storm:





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EG if you had thrown a paper airplane out your window
on Wednesday... it would be getting here... just about now... Here it comes!


Ane we need the rain..... yes we do.... let it rain rain rain.

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AND IT DID..... AND IS..... AND IT IS GOOD....
A slow, all day, steady rain, just what we needed.

I hope everyone down South is OK... but this rain is perfect for KC.

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As I said, I hope the damge down South was not too bad,
but Isaac is exactly what this area needed... it rained
all night and still is today. From house foundations to
lawns to crops... this rain was really needed.... and we got it.

Looks like he will blow East from and help those folks out..




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Hello everyone!

Borrowing time on someone else's computer since my internet is still down.

Thanks for all the well-wishes. I'll be back "whenever."

Hey EG, good to hear from you,
Glad you are safe. Hope your car was OK

PS
Thanks for the rain, we needed it

Hi Edith ...good ta know ya doin' okay ... stay safe..



ROCKMAN

Well, wouldn't you know it ?
After returning home from using someone else's computer, I find my internet working again.
I was down for 3-1/2 days along with phone service and television.
Electricity stayed on for my neighborhood, but not for most of the rest of the city.

My problem was nothing compared to others.
The flood protection system for New Orleans held up well, but outlying areas are having problems.
Lots of flooding to the west of New Orleans, fears of a dam break, etc.
Two people died south of N.O., outside of the levee system, and one person died north of N.O. by trying to drive on a flooded road and drove into a creek.

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Edith Grove
Well, wouldn't you know it ?
After returning home from using someone else's computer, I find my internet working again.
I was down for 3-1/2 days along with phone service and television.
Electricity stayed on for my neighborhood, but not for most of the rest of the city.

My problem was nothing compared to others.
The flood protection system for New Orleans held up well, but outlying areas are having problems.
Lots of flooding to the west of New Orleans, fears of a dam break, etc.
Two people died south of N.O., outside of the levee system, and one person died north of N.O. by trying to drive on a flooded road and drove into a creek.

Welcome back to modern times. Good to hear the flood protection mostly worked, sad to hear about the folks who died, but it was a helluva cat 1 hurricane... really big and slow moving.... dropping tons of rain as it just sat there.

Anyways... good to hear you and New Orleans made it through OK, we love that town.

Welcome back

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Keep On Rolling

Is Edith ok? Any news?


Just saw the posts. Glad you survived.

JumpingKentFlash



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Edith Grove
Hello everyone!

Borrowing time on someone else's computer since my internet is still down.

Thanks for all the well-wishes. I'll be back "whenever."

Glad your safe and welcome back to the On-line world. Everyone was on their best behavior while you were gone.

Thanks again everyone, but say a prayer for the people that lost their lives and those continuing to deal with this disaster.



Especially Miss Sway, thank you for the phone calls and putting up with the crappy cell phone reception (I had to lean out of my second floor window to get a signal.)

And Thank You, Sway, for keeping everyone here up-to-date.

Three pictures I took in the French Quarter on Wednesday:

Good pics EG, thanks for sharing.

...Crossfire Hurricane



ROCKMAN

[grab-media.com]

I like Reuters News. It is just the facts, not a lot of hype or BS.

This is another good video from the same site... [grab-media.com]
It says since 197e restaurant "Oceana" has never closed
during any Hurricane... that is very impressive.... I am
going to have to visit them on my newxt visit.

[grab-media.com]

New Orlean's French Quarter attracts tourism despite hurricane
SOURCE: Reuters News
2012-08-30

Tropical storm Isaac kept much of New Orleans without power and under heavy rains, but residents and tourists alike flocked to the city's French Quarter to enjoy the strong drinks and light conversation. Sarah Sheffer reports



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Edith, the Led Zep video you posted always bring tears to my eyes.
Yeah, I worried a lot about you after I watched CNN.
I am happy you made it safe. You are a real gentleman.

Cleanup of over 15,000 nutria killed by Isaac in Mississippi slow, nasty
Published: Tuesday, September 04, 2012, 8:15 AM
By The Associated Press The Associated Press

Crews are pitchforking dead nutria killed during Hurricane Isaac into front-end loaders on Hancock County beaches. Officials with the Hancock County Emergency Management Agency say some streets with access to the beach have been closed while workers in hazardous materials suits try and pick up the carcasses.


Amanda McCoy, The Sun Herald via AP
A clean-up crew with the Environmental Protection Agency picks up dead nutria Sunday, that had washed onto the beach in Bay St. Louis, Miss. following Hurricane Isaac. Officials estimated nearly 16,000 nutria carcasses washed ashore along the Coast.

Hancock County EMA officials estimate more than 15,000 nutria -- large semiaquatic rodents -- that were killed by Isaac's storm surge have washed up on the beach.

"We don't want anybody out here in the stuff," said Hancock County Supervisor David Yarborough. "They're actually starting to swell up and bust. It smells really bad. So, any sightseers, you might want to second guess this one before you come out."

The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is paying for the removal and disposal of the carcasses by U.S. Environmental Services. The company will dump the bodies in a Pecan Grove landfill rated to take household garbage.

Yarborough said county crews tried to deal with a similar problem after Hurricane Gustav and many workers got sick.

In Harrison County, sand-beach crews removed nearly 16 tons of dead animals from its beaches Saturday and Sunday. Supervisor Kim Savant says they were still washing up Monday.

Harrison County decided it didn't want to wait on the federal government to do the job, Savant said.

Chad Lafontaine, with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, said Monday that most of the nutria in Hancock County were on the beach, but some were still floating or in the surf.

"Most are dry and can be identified as nutria," Lafontaine said. "Contractors are looking at getting boats to scoop the others out of the water."

He said crews will leave the carcasses that are out in the marsh and aren't in public-use or residential areas.

"We're letting mother nature take care of those," he said.

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Sad...

I was going to ask... but I guess that is what google is for...

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Edith Grove
There's a lady calling in to one of the local TV stations here who is located outside of the levee system and did not evacuate.

She is trapped in her attic with her elderly mother and pleading for help.
She says the water in her house is up to the ceiling.

So a woman lives in a flood zone, hears a hurricane is coming, doesn't evacuate, gets jammed up, now starts crying for help and I am supposed to feel sorry for her?

I feel sorry for those individuals who now need to risk life & limb to help this selfish stubborn woman. This all could be avoided.

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Edith Grove
There's a lady calling in to one of the local TV stations here who is located outside of the levee system and did not evacuate.

She is trapped in her attic with her elderly mother and pleading for help.
She says the water in her house is up to the ceiling.

So a woman lives in a flood zone, hears a hurricane is coming, doesn't evacuate, gets jammed up, now starts crying for help and I am supposed to feel sorry for her?

I feel sorry for those individuals who now need to risk life & limb to help this selfish stubborn woman. This all could be avoided.

You edited out this line in your quote: "She says her truck broke down, preventing her from evacuating."

Sounds like you're assuming that this person is lying. You're a very mean-spirited one aren't you ?

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Edith Grove
You edited out this line in your quote: "She says her truck broke down, preventing her from evacuating."

Sounds like you're assuming that this person is lying. You're a very mean-spirited one aren't you ?

Wow, I guess unlike the rest of the USA who knew this hurricane was going to hit NO about 3 days in advance, this poor lady didn't know until the very last minute that Hurricane Ike was coming to the Big EZ? So when she found her truck didn't work, she had no time to find an alternate means of evacuation?

And I just assumed she waited until the last minute to try to get out. I am sorry, Edith. I had no idea she was so isolated.