Well I'm still siting here without power except for a generator running a few things. If you have a 2008 Chevy 2500 4x4 check your spare to see if it will drop down. Mine didn't and I spent 21 hours trying to get a flat fixed. I guess I ran over a house or something in the road???
At one point I was stranded for 4.5 hours in a parking lot waiting for someone to bring me a spare tire so I could get back to search and rescue. But they got delayed as well cause their spare wouldn't come off either!!!!
Spent extra attention to keeping the Blackberry from getting wet in the 15+ inches of rain but when I set it on the kitchen counter of the camper the roof leaked on it all night while I was trying to sleep and slap mosquitos at the same time.
All in all I came out pretty good except for the 1.5 billion limbs in my yard and pool. No damage to my house from the 95mph gusts of wind though so that's good. I did manage a few cooks in the evening hours when I could make it back home but I only took a couple of pics
pizza
bbq shrimp and burgers
Couple video links of me thinking it ain't too bad
http://s35.photobucket.com/albums/d153/ronbeaux/BBQ stuff/bbq 2/?action=view¤t=MOV01329.flv
http://s35.photobucket.com/albums/d153/ronbeaux/BBQ stuff/bbq 2/?action=view¤t=MOV01332.flv
There is an army of linemen on my street today so I may get power tonight. Still working out of the EOC each morning until further notice so cooking this weekend is iffy.
Mrs RB and and the teen cleaned the yard while I've been out and had cold beer waiting on me when I got home each day!!!!
No gas around here for the last three days so i had to travel 55 miles to the EOC to get some from a tanker each day to keep the generator running, which was also provided by the company.
I'm just about getting used to the routine of generator management and they are going to turn the power back on??? Oh well. The lack of noise will be pleasent sleeping.
750,000 people without power here. Worst event in Entergy history for this area. Getting your power back is not political as some would say cause the Mayor lives right down the street and he sweats too. When my Entergy working neighbor went and got a generator I knew it was bad.