re: Hurricane Before/After Satellite Images

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But wait. The idiots on the Political Board said the media was over exaggerating the severity of the storm, and claimed 135 mph winds were fake news.

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What the frick are you talking about?

I have to admit that the first reports of this Hurricane were that it was going to be a Cat1 at most...I didn't see any reports for a couple of days. Then saw reports that it was ramping up and I thought they were exaggerating. I took it serious on Tuesday (?).

If you look closely most of the houses still standing weren't built yet in the 'before' pictures.

Pretty good testament to the latest and greatest building codes, materials, and methods used. The whole area will be rebuilt using these same standards, so there's a little silver lining at least.

Makes the OT's Brett adair even more of a super hero after seeing these pics.

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I can't imagine returning home to find absolutely nothing where my house used to sit

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One of my coworkers lived in Pass Christian during Katrina. He came home to a completely clean concrete slab. The entire house and everything he owned had seemingly been wiped from the face of the Earth

Not only are they completely torn down, but the debris was mostly blown back inland and nothing is left but the outline or slab. It's like taking a blower to the driveway after mowing. Insane power.

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but if there is any saving grace, it is that the area is sparsely populated

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Not to bring up the steering discussion again because I know everyone here is still closed minded to that topic but I challenge you to find a less populated area for a hurricane of this size to hit in the entire panhandle.

Doesn't look quite as bad as Waveland and Port Sulpher did after Katrina. Looks like what Slidell was like after that storm.

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still closed minded to that topic

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Another way to phrase this is "not insane".

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So does it just fall apart or get washed up on land OR is the likelihood that houses/pieces are floating in the Gulf??

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One answer: Eden Isles , the lagoon, got hit by a massive storm surge (our boat survived in the boat chowder that accumulated in the southeast part of the harbor so we could get in there to check on her.)

Second trip down, there were cranes getting debris out of the harbor. Boats were lifted out, some roofs, and then there was a huge effort to get an especially large roof out.

Damned if the roof didn't come out with the rest of the house still attached. It was from out along the water front, not from Eden Isles, That house had a hell of a ride.