Report from a Louisiana survivor - GoFuckYourself.com

Snake Doctor · 09-01-2005, 04:09 PM

Hey folks.
For those of you who were wondering my wife and I made it through the storm just fine.
We live northwest of New Orleans and the storm didn't damage our town very much. We are however without electricity, and the last we heard from the power company rep on the local radio station we won't have power for 2-6 weeks.

We packed up the car and headed to my mom's house in Central Florida.
Of course we couldn't take I-10, it's not there anymore, so we headed north to Jackson, MS and then took I-20 east until we got to I-75.

The amount of evacuees is insane, we couldn't find a hotel room until we got to Georgia. There were long ass lines at the gas pumps and the price was higher every time we stopped to fill up. (There was some serious "gouging" going on in Georgia as well)

Anyways, we're all safe and sound at my mother's house and I brought the computer with me so I can get back to work. We're just thankful for two things, 1) That our home wasn't destroyed or damaged in the storm, and 2) That we're not dependent on the local economy to make a living.
I can only imagine how hard it's going to be for the 1.7 million people that have no job to go to because their place of employment was destroyed.....and alot of people can't go back to what's left of their homes for several months. They have to live in hotels (if they were lucky enough to find a room) and don't have any money coming in to pay for essentials. I really feel for those people and feel really lucky that I'm in the position I'm in.

Anyways, if I have outstanding business with you it may be awhile before I can get to it, I hope that given the situation you'll understand.

VeriSexy · 09-01-2005, 04:11 PM

Good to hear your safe

alexg · 09-01-2005, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by VeriSexy

Good to hear your safe

what he said

chase · 09-01-2005, 04:15 PM

*whew* jesus christ I was so fucking worried! Glad you're safe and now that you are in my neck of the woods, we will be able to get together before January, lol!

Honez · 09-01-2005, 04:18 PM

Happy to hear you and your family are safe and sound. The price gouging just makes me want to scream though. Honestly, people that take advantage of horrific times such as these to turn an easy dollar should be sent packing to live in the flooded streets of New Orleans.

hmmwv · 09-01-2005, 04:33 PM

yeah good to hear that you´re ok (also i don´t know you

).

but that´s one of the benefits of being a webmaster; you can work from everywhere!...

Sarah_Jayne · 09-01-2005, 04:40 PM

very happy to hear that!

seeric · 09-01-2005, 04:42 PM

man, so glad you are ok. was wondering why i didnt get responses on icq. be safe and we'll talk when you get your feet planted. i am in tampa area of florida. could ahve easily been us. glad you are ok.

RoCkMaN · 09-01-2005, 04:43 PM

It truly is a devastating situation. I am glad to hear that you are OK. In times like this, I realise how lucky I am to be where I am. Good luck to you.

chase · 09-01-2005, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by A1R3K

man, so glad you are ok. was wondering why i didnt get responses on icq. be safe and we'll talk when you get your feet planted. i am in tampa area of florida. could ahve easily been us. glad you are ok.

Airek, we should take a ride to O-town together and have lunch with them or something..or, better yet, they should come to the party this weekend.

reynold · 09-01-2005, 07:08 PM

Glad that you are safe.

Martin · 09-01-2005, 07:10 PM

Oh No Not Lenny!!

Take care bud........

seeric · 09-01-2005, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by chase

Airek, we should take a ride to O-town together and have lunch with them or something..or, better yet, they should come to the party this weekend.

i agree 100%

chase · 09-01-2005, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by A1R3K

i agree 100%

party's cancelled, so it looks like a trip is in our future, lol. as soon as we can find some damn gas, lol

xclusive · 09-01-2005, 11:38 PM

Glad to see that you made it out of there ok

reynold · 09-02-2005, 02:49 AM

i just hope some other friends are safe as well.

sweetginger · 09-03-2005, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Lenny2

Hey folks.
For those of you who were wondering my wife and I made it through the storm just fine.
We live northwest of New Orleans and the storm didn't damage our town very much. We are however without electricity, and the last we heard from the power company rep on the local radio station we won't have power for 2-6 weeks.

We packed up the car and headed to my mom's house in Central Florida.
Of course we couldn't take I-10, it's not there anymore, so we headed north to Jackson, MS and then took I-20 east until we got to I-75.

The amount of evacuees is insane, we couldn't find a hotel room until we got to Georgia. There were long ass lines at the gas pumps and the price was higher every time we stopped to fill up. (There was some serious "gouging" going on in Georgia as well)

Anyways, we're all safe and sound at my mother's house and I brought the computer with me so I can get back to work. We're just thankful for two things, 1) That our home wasn't destroyed or damaged in the storm, and 2) That we're not dependent on the local economy to make a living.
I can only imagine how hard it's going to be for the 1.7 million people that have no job to go to because their place of employment was destroyed.....and alot of people can't go back to what's left of their homes for several months. They have to live in hotels (if they were lucky enough to find a room) and don't have any money coming in to pay for essentials. I really feel for those people and feel really lucky that I'm in the position I'm in.

Anyways, if I have outstanding business with you it may be awhile before I can get to it, I hope that given the situation you'll understand.

Glad you and mrs lenny are safe and sound...I don't know you other than a couple of posts where we "oh yeah'd" each other and that ace (mark) at NA told me you're good people, but i was worried about your safety and well being...not sure how safe fl is thougn...
I am still very concerned about everybody still in NO, jefferson parish and along the MS coast...I have spent the last few days at the Red Cross office here in Raleigh on the phones, gave blood and donated $10k (5k in check/5k in materials) and still don't feel like i've done enough... I volunteered to go there and was told sending more people into harms way was not a viable solution, that the national guard would be there soon (though not soon enough in my thinking) to distribute things and evac people and I was denied...but I'm doing what I can...
I finally heard from a good friend that lived just outside La Fite where her family ran a fishing resort/charter company...she is in Austin with some friends, but there are family members she has not heard from since monday and she is worried about them...she going to try to return to La fite on Mon if she can figure out how...she also is concerned about what is left of her occult shoppe in the Quarter as she saw on the news a lot of the looting was going on right by her shoppe...she said enough people in NO know what a gris gris bag means and she hung one on her door when she left for austin on sat night...
welllllllll....so glad that you and mrs lenny are ok...my prayers go out to you, those displaced elsewhere and those that remain, hopefully for not much later....G

Linkster · 09-03-2005, 05:47 PM

Lenny - great to hear you made it out and although we are a little north of where you were by 50 miles or so we just got power back by a fluke - now we're just waiting for gas to show up

ginger - what Im seeing in raw video from the Quarter is that most of it is untouched and no worse than after a normal thunderstorm flooding - a few inches on bourbon st. I dont see any evidence of any looting there or on the side streets down towards the river and other than a few broken shutters even most of the windows that arent boarded seem to be unbroken. I did hear that there was a little extra flooding towards the French Market but the beignets over at the Cafe du Monde should be ready when we get back

I did see a shot of their cafe and it looked fine as well and Jackson Sq was untouched other than a few branches laying around

MrJackMeHoff · 09-03-2005, 06:11 PM

Hopfully when you go back home your shit will still be in it.

09-01-2005, 04:09 PM	#1
Snake Doctor I'm Lenny2 Bitch Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: On top of my soapbox Posts: 13,449	Report from a Louisiana survivor Hey folks. For those of you who were wondering my wife and I made it through the storm just fine. We live northwest of New Orleans and the storm didn't damage our town very much. We are however without electricity, and the last we heard from the power company rep on the local radio station we won't have power for 2-6 weeks. We packed up the car and headed to my mom's house in Central Florida. Of course we couldn't take I-10, it's not there anymore, so we headed north to Jackson, MS and then took I-20 east until we got to I-75. The amount of evacuees is insane, we couldn't find a hotel room until we got to Georgia. There were long ass lines at the gas pumps and the price was higher every time we stopped to fill up. (There was some serious "gouging" going on in Georgia as well) Anyways, we're all safe and sound at my mother's house and I brought the computer with me so I can get back to work. We're just thankful for two things, 1) That our home wasn't destroyed or damaged in the storm, and 2) That we're not dependent on the local economy to make a living. I can only imagine how hard it's going to be for the 1.7 million people that have no job to go to because their place of employment was destroyed.....and alot of people can't go back to what's left of their homes for several months. They have to live in hotels (if they were lucky enough to find a room) and don't have any money coming in to pay for essentials. I really feel for those people and feel really lucky that I'm in the position I'm in. Anyways, if I have outstanding business with you it may be awhile before I can get to it, I hope that given the situation you'll understand.

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seeric .......... Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: .......... Posts: 41,917	man, so glad you are ok. was wondering why i didnt get responses on icq. be safe and we'll talk when you get your feet planted. i am in tampa area of florida. could ahve easily been us. glad you are ok.

09-01-2005, 07:08 PM	#11
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09-02-2005, 02:49 AM	#16
reynold Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Global Traveler Posts: 51,271	i just hope some other friends are safe as well.

09-03-2005, 05:47 PM	#18
Linkster Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: DeltaHell Posts: 3,216	Lenny - great to hear you made it out and although we are a little north of where you were by 50 miles or so we just got power back by a fluke - now we're just waiting for gas to show up ginger - what Im seeing in raw video from the Quarter is that most of it is untouched and no worse than after a normal thunderstorm flooding - a few inches on bourbon st. I dont see any evidence of any looting there or on the side streets down towards the river and other than a few broken shutters even most of the windows that arent boarded seem to be unbroken. I did hear that there was a little extra flooding towards the French Market but the beignets over at the Cafe du Monde should be ready when we get back I did see a shot of their cafe and it looked fine as well and Jackson Sq was untouched other than a few branches laying around __________________ Porn Links Crak for your bank account - Get Addicted FREE LIVE CAM SHOWS

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