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re: Today is the 2 year anniversary of Hurricane Laura wrecking Lake Charles
Posted on 8/27/22 at 7:09 pm to sledgehammer
Posted on 8/27/22 at 7:09 pm to sledgehammer
quote:I apologize, after doing a little research it was Texas I was thinking of. Louisiana did have 3 deaths from that storm, but none in cenla.
don’t remember hearing that
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Posted on 8/27/22 at 9:21 pm to GeauxGoose
I stayed for Laura and my wife went to Lafayette.
One major memory in the days and weeks following the hurricane was the very spotty cell phone service which stayed very spotty the first week and did not get somewhat reliable for over 2 weeks. The first week, if you made a connection usually the connection was lost after a few minutes.
I talked to my wife around 10 PM before the storm made land fall, when the winds were only about 40 mph. I had done a lot of prep work the day before, but I kept doing more work all afternoon and into the night.
I lost power about midnight. I was so tired, I went to sleep about 1 AM on an air mattress in the kitchen because I had several big pine trees on east side of the house and I wanted to be far away from them.
I woke up about 7 AM and was surprised that the winds were only about 30 mph. I looked out the back door and could only see part of my patio because most of it was covered in tree limbs.
It took me about 10 tries on my phone before I could reach my wife to let her know I was ok and give her a report.
It took me about 12 hours to cut up the limbs on my patio and roof. I had my SIL come over to help and he convinced me that this was just too big of a job for me to do by myself. After hurricane Rita i spent 3 weeks cleaning up 4 downed trees.
I lost 10 trees and the tops of several more. I only had minor roof damage from limbs hitting it. I got really lucky on Friday and got a crew from Florida to clean all the major tree stuff for "only" $3200. Four guys put in about 25 man hours and were finished only 4 days after the hurricane. They slept in there trucks over night and finished the next morning. Day time temperatures were 94-95 F.
I slept in my small camping trailer and connected my 2200 watt generator after the sun went down to run the A/C. Inside the Camper temperature would be 100-105 F and it would take 1.5+ hours to get it down to 80 F.
To clean up the smaller branches, I got my neighbors 4 x8 trailer and pulled it around with my lawn mower. It took me about 2 weeks and 25 over flowing loads of limbs to get the branches cleaned up.
Oh, after about 2 weeks, my wife came back for a few hours and she almost cried when she saw all the damage. She asked if the yard would ever look "normal" again. By this time, the mail had been delivered a couple of times so she took the "bills" to get them paid.
One major memory in the days and weeks following the hurricane was the very spotty cell phone service which stayed very spotty the first week and did not get somewhat reliable for over 2 weeks. The first week, if you made a connection usually the connection was lost after a few minutes.
I talked to my wife around 10 PM before the storm made land fall, when the winds were only about 40 mph. I had done a lot of prep work the day before, but I kept doing more work all afternoon and into the night.
I lost power about midnight. I was so tired, I went to sleep about 1 AM on an air mattress in the kitchen because I had several big pine trees on east side of the house and I wanted to be far away from them.
I woke up about 7 AM and was surprised that the winds were only about 30 mph. I looked out the back door and could only see part of my patio because most of it was covered in tree limbs.
It took me about 10 tries on my phone before I could reach my wife to let her know I was ok and give her a report.
It took me about 12 hours to cut up the limbs on my patio and roof. I had my SIL come over to help and he convinced me that this was just too big of a job for me to do by myself. After hurricane Rita i spent 3 weeks cleaning up 4 downed trees.
I lost 10 trees and the tops of several more. I only had minor roof damage from limbs hitting it. I got really lucky on Friday and got a crew from Florida to clean all the major tree stuff for "only" $3200. Four guys put in about 25 man hours and were finished only 4 days after the hurricane. They slept in there trucks over night and finished the next morning. Day time temperatures were 94-95 F.
I slept in my small camping trailer and connected my 2200 watt generator after the sun went down to run the A/C. Inside the Camper temperature would be 100-105 F and it would take 1.5+ hours to get it down to 80 F.
To clean up the smaller branches, I got my neighbors 4 x8 trailer and pulled it around with my lawn mower. It took me about 2 weeks and 25 over flowing loads of limbs to get the branches cleaned up.
Oh, after about 2 weeks, my wife came back for a few hours and she almost cried when she saw all the damage. She asked if the yard would ever look "normal" again. By this time, the mail had been delivered a couple of times so she took the "bills" to get them paid.
This post was edited on 8/27/22 at 9:41 pm
Posted on 8/27/22 at 9:52 pm to gerald65
Hate that your state has had to go through these situations so often over the last few years.
Having seen the fallout from Michael a few years back I’m not interested in having trees that aren’t hurricane proof anywhere on my property.
Pines in particular just seem like a disaster waiting to happen.
Having seen the fallout from Michael a few years back I’m not interested in having trees that aren’t hurricane proof anywhere on my property.
Pines in particular just seem like a disaster waiting to happen.
Posted on 8/27/22 at 9:59 pm to gerald65
I had the occasional dropped call, but I was surprised service was as good as it was - things are much different now than they were for Rita.
Evacuated to NE Mississippi, wife and baby went ahead of me while I prepped house.
Hydroplaned my wife’s car on the solo 7 hour drive back to LCH to secure house.
No ice starting in Lafayette.
Yard clean in 2 days with help/chainsaws, firefighters from neighboring station.
Family/friends house gutting day, repairs took 8 months. Flooded a week later.
Commandeered neighbor’s old Smokey.
Generator kept upright freezer cold and ran window unit in bedroom to sleep. Wife insisted I plug in a carbon monoxide detector - it saved my life.
Baby wipes to bathe.
Gas easier to get than water or ice.
Easily the hardest thing my wife and i have been through.
I owe a lot to my family.
Evacuated to NE Mississippi, wife and baby went ahead of me while I prepped house.
Hydroplaned my wife’s car on the solo 7 hour drive back to LCH to secure house.
No ice starting in Lafayette.
Yard clean in 2 days with help/chainsaws, firefighters from neighboring station.
Family/friends house gutting day, repairs took 8 months. Flooded a week later.
Commandeered neighbor’s old Smokey.
Generator kept upright freezer cold and ran window unit in bedroom to sleep. Wife insisted I plug in a carbon monoxide detector - it saved my life.
Baby wipes to bathe.
Gas easier to get than water or ice.
Easily the hardest thing my wife and i have been through.
I owe a lot to my family.
Posted on 8/27/22 at 11:51 pm to stout
Worst hurricane damage I'd ever seen except for the MS Gulf Coast after Katrina.
Extreme Hurricane Laura Footage
However, regarding humidity I can think of several places that regularly have higher dew points than Lake Charles:
Belle Chase, Houma, Merritt Island, FL, Matagorda, Port Aransas. Houma had an 86F DP reading last year.
Extreme Hurricane Laura Footage
However, regarding humidity I can think of several places that regularly have higher dew points than Lake Charles:
Belle Chase, Houma, Merritt Island, FL, Matagorda, Port Aransas. Houma had an 86F DP reading last year.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 12:53 am to AlwysATgr
Laura was terrifying.I live in Grant Parish south of Colfax.Winds 80 mph with gusts to 100.I could hear trees crashing all back behind my house.I finally said f it went to sleep,got up about 7 fully expecting to have trees on my shop.
I was very fortunate,no trees on my house or shop,woods behind me looked like bombs had been dropped.
Me and 3 neighbors spent 8 hours cutting trees off our road to the highway,2 miles.I have tractor with fel,that helped a lot.Electricity was out for 9 days.
I still have trees that were partially uprooted falling around my property.
I had a tree guy cut down about 30 trees around my yard ,mostly pines.
I bought a new tractor with a grapple so I’m ready for next hurricane.
I can’t complain at all,I know quite a few people that had it a lot worse than me. Trees falling on their houses,and vehicles.
I was very fortunate,no trees on my house or shop,woods behind me looked like bombs had been dropped.
Me and 3 neighbors spent 8 hours cutting trees off our road to the highway,2 miles.I have tractor with fel,that helped a lot.Electricity was out for 9 days.
I still have trees that were partially uprooted falling around my property.
I had a tree guy cut down about 30 trees around my yard ,mostly pines.
I bought a new tractor with a grapple so I’m ready for next hurricane.
I can’t complain at all,I know quite a few people that had it a lot worse than me. Trees falling on their houses,and vehicles.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 8:35 am to AlwysATgr
quote:
Belle Chase, Houma, Merritt Island, FL, Matagorda, Port Aransas. Houma had an 86F DP reading last year.
Lake Charles was 90 according to the report giving it the #1 ranking
Last year ranks 8th for inches of rain for LC in a year with 72.3 inches. It felt like it rained all summer last year.
This year we are only at 23 inches so far and it feels like most of that has been in the past month.
This post was edited on 8/28/22 at 8:36 am
Posted on 8/28/22 at 10:01 am to LSUA 75
Live in the south Beauregard area. Can confirm, Laura sucked arse.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 10:24 am to BregmansWheelbarrow
Most people don't know a small short lived tornado hit the Ragley area between Hurricanes Laura and Delta...Watched aa grandson's trampoline flew on the roof...
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