[Rhodes22-list] Hurricane Gustav - Hey Ben!

[Brad Haslett]

Hey All,

Just got off the phone with big brother - power off but generator on,
new roof stayed on the shop building, adopted SeaBee tried to check on
his house but no one is allowed south of the tracks - the initial
reports of storm surge should leave him OK, sound level inside of
insulated corporate headquarters was quiet especially combined with
Crown Royal.

We dodged a bullet!

Brad

On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 10:53 AM, ben
<benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com> wrote:
> So far, so good.  We're getting blasted with some huge gusts, but the
> sustained wind isn't that bad (30s-40s?), and it's actually not raining
> right now.  All of Baton Rouge is closed down today and tomorrow, so I'm
> just sitting around the house goofing around mostly.  Knock on wood, we
> still have power.
>
> Our power went out a full day after Katrina passed, and it took a week to
> get it back up.  It was hotter than you can imagine.  If that happens this
> time, we've at least got a plan B.  We bought a house close to downtown that
> we use as an office.  It's a block from the downtown fire station in one
> direction, and two blocks from city police headquarters in the other, so I
> can't imagine it would be without power too long.
>
> Rummy -- I hope you guys get 20 inches from Hannah.  As long as it stays
> east.  I'm headed for the Florida panhandle Wednesday, and I'd like some
> good weather over there.
>
> Ben
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of
> R22RumRunner at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 9:41 AM
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Hurricane Gustav - Hey Ben!
>
> Thena,
> Hanna's projected course as of right now has it smacking northern Florida,
> Georgia and the Carolina's. Bring it on I say. We need the rain. Sorry about
>
> all  the destruction that comes with it, but I will take the rain from
> wherever
> it  might come.
> We had a good soaking rain again last night. Another inch and a half in the
>
> gauge this morning. This is good.
>
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message dated 8/29/2008 10:29:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> thenacarville at bellsouth.net writes:
>
> Outages  were "speckled" throughout the area...I am in BR now and the place
> up here  had electricity two hours AFTER my house in LaPlace got power (an
> hour  closer to the eye)...it was a couple of days for me but some never
> lost
> power in both locations...I know everyone is going crazy, but you  won't
> know
> till Sunday if you will have a thunderstorm or a hurricane where  you
> are...haven't looked at just how wide the eye of this one is but that  is
> where the punch is...everything else is just varying degrees  of
> "windy"...and there is an upper level high in our future that might  just
> give it a nudge left...from the last projected path, it looks like we  will
> get the northeast quadrant of the storm and that is where the  tornadoes
> are...don't like that but they didn't ask me what part of the  storm I
> wanted...haven't looked at the surge estimates...once it gets close  to real
> land, it drops almost immediately at least one category...most  times all
> the
> way down to a "depression" and we are about 90 miles  inland...now, my guess
> is you should be okay...doesn't look like you will  be getting much of this
> one...I doubt I will even move my flower pots at  this point and I will be 2
> hours closer to it than you...besides, we have a  football game to think
> about over here...important stuff...most important  thing for you to watch
> is
> the surge and how far it extends to the  east...and maybe Hanna next week...
> Thena
>
>
>
> -----Original  Message-----
> From:  rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]  On Behalf Of Brad Haslett
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 8:40 AM
> To: The  Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Hurricane Gustav - Hey  Ben!
>
> Ben & Thena,
>
> Did the lights stay on for you guys during  Katrina?  How far north did the
> power outages go?  I'm debating  whether to leave Sunday and ride out Gustav
> with my brother (but putting  the truck in harms way) and then go to work
> shuttling fuel or wait until it  passes and take a chance on US 49 not being
> open. Katrina knocked out power  as far as an hour north of our location so
> the shuttle runs could get  pretty long. The picture should be a lot clearer
> in a couple of days,  depending on what happens after Gustav gets in the
> Gulf.  So far, it  ain't lookin' pretty.
>
> My student yesterday is the CO of an Air Force  Reserve unit in Texas and
> they're going on full alert starting this weekend  for the same mission they
> did during Katrina, staff Ft. Chaffee, Arkansas  for refugees.  During a
> break in the Sesame Street show last night I  spoke with a deputy sheriff
> who
> is in the MS National Guard and they're  spooling-up for deployment to the
> MS
> Gulf, same as Katrina. The info I'd  really like to have is WalMart's
> weather
> prediction and their supply-chain  logistics contingency plan - they're
> probably the most sophisticated at  this.
>
> This will be interesting! The latest NOAA forecast is predicting  landfall
> on
> the western coast of LA which would put the outer bands in  roughly the same
> spot as Katrina for NOLA. We'll see soon  enough!
>
> Brad
>
> Brad
>
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 8:01 AM, Thena  Carville
> <thenacarville at bellsouth.net
>> wrote:
>
>> You missed  all the ones that came up last night?...how do you tell the
>> difference  between a tailgater and an evacuator?...the tailgaters came up
>> early  to beat the crowd...no sense in letting the beer get hot...
>>  Thena
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:  rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>>  [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of
>>  benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com
>> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008  7:47 AM
>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>> Subject: Re:  [Rhodes22-list] Hurricane Gustav - Hey Ben!
>>
>> You know  it!
>>
>> I'm at Waffle House on College Dr. right now, and I've  just spotted my
>> first
>> Rv Tailgater of the  season.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> From:   "Thena Carville" <thenacarville at bellsouth.net>
>> Subj:  Re:  [Rhodes22-list] Hurricane Gustav - Hey Ben!
>> Date:  Thu Aug 28,  2008 17:49
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>> To:  "'The Rhodes 22 Email  List'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>
>> It never rains in  Tiger Stadium...
>> Thena
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original  Message-----
>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>>  [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Brad Haslett
>>  Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 5:31 PM
>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email  List
>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Hurricane Gustav - Hey  Ben!
>>
>> Ben,
>>
>> Looks like there's a run on food and  water in NOLA as well as the MS
> Coast
>> already.  At least one  station in Gulfport was out of fuel this morning
> and
>> I just got off  the phone with my brother - half the pumps near us were
> out
>> (we're  topping all the equipment  in advance).  I'm tankering fuel  south
>> out
>> of here (Memphis) on Tues/Weds depending on when and  where it hits.
>>
>> In other news, government officials said the  Saturday game between LSU
> and
>> Appalachian State will go on as  scheduled!
>>
>> Brad
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