Hurricane Gustav

Sep 5, 2008 - Hurricane Gustav Diary - Shelves are almost empty at Wal-mart; no organic milk, no cheese, etc. Skillet never lost power in Abita Springs, Louisiana and Joneaux has a whole-home gas generator.

Sep 4, 2008 - Hurricane Gustav Diary - Tank calls me from River Oaks where his power just turned back on, about 80 hours of down-time.

Sep 3, 2008 - Hurricane Gustav Diary - CIGAARS data center in Mandeville, Louisiana is back again at 4:30 pm. CIGAARS mail is flowing again after 56 hours of down-time.

Sep 2, 2008 - Hurricane Gustav - Quote of the Day - "I was hoping to wake-up to the electricity turning back on, not to the generator running out of gas", said by Melanie at about 3 am in the morning.

    2nd Quote of the Day - "I'd rather be in Covington without power than in Kentwood, Louisiana with power", said by Melanie ...

    9 am - made coffe. (gas stove works without electrical power except for lighting it)
    10 am - cleaned leaves and debris out of swimming pool
    12 noon - our electrical power comes back on!
    7 pm - Charter Television (TV) comes back on.
    9 pm - Charter Telephone (VOIP) and Charter internet comes back on.

Hurricane Gustav - 3rd Quote of the Day - "Our next evacuation is going to be a re-location!", said by Melanie in reference to our evacuation trip to Florida for Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Sep 1, 2008 - Hurricane Gustav makes a hard hit to Louisiana. We lose electricity at 08:50 am. I change oil in little generator, hook-up the refrigerator/freezer to generator, and set-up small air conditioner (A/C) window unit in bedroom window.

    6 pm - work is done, I'm swimming in the rain.
    7 pm - Brett needs my new 8000 watt generator. We put it together and Brett gets A/C wall unit from JL after Matt & Keith put air in tires and move Pam's car & pull A/C unit from attic.

Aug 31, 2008 - Hurricane Gustav - Quote of the Day - "We are stupid. I don't care how good the crawfish are, we are stupid", said by Melanie in reference to still living in Hurricane Alley after surviving Hurricane Katrina hit to New Orleans in 2005.

Hurricane Gustav is coming from the Gulf of Mexico. I'm putting up plywood to cover my front doors, french doors, I hate french doors. I'll help my neighbor, Randy, put up plywood to cover his front french doors. Then we will put away the outside pool furniture.

Aug 30, 2008 - Hurricane Gustav still threatens over Cuba in the caribbean Sea. I purchased more cans of gas, now have a total of 30 gallons of gas. I helped my neighbor, John, put up plywood to cover his front french doors. I hate french doors, they look nice, but are worthless for wind or theft protection.

Aug 29, 2008 - Hurricane Gustav still threatens from Cuba in the Caribbean Sea. I went and purchased a 8,000 watt electical generator and 15 more gallons of gas. I already have a 2,000 watt generator, but when it comes to huricanes, more is better.

Aug 28, 2008 - Hurricane Gustav still threatens from Jamaica in the caribbean Sea. Melanie went shopping at Wal-mart for food supplies. She's not happy, as we went through Hurricane Katrina exactly 3 years ago in 2005.

Aug 27, 2008 - Hurricane Gustav is threatening to come to New Orleans from down south in the Caribbean Sea. This evening, I went out and purchased 5 gallons of gas and filled up my truck and the SUV. I saw my neighbor Larry at the gas pump, we laughed about driving to Baton Rouge to pick-up gas after Hurricane Katrina. Post Hurricane Katrina in the New Orleans area was not a good time.