The first is a quote from Bayou Fabio, who called at 12:30 a.m. to tell me that there was two feet of water over the highway, and the wind was still pushing the water in. You must understand that the highway is already “higher” than ground level where our homes are built. The second is…
I’m not sure if you, my friends and readers, have access to cable TV, or satellite TV, or the weather channel, but I’m sure you have access to weather websites. This image comes from Weather Underground, where you can visit and click on a box to see anything about this storm you’d like to see. …
Before we start, let’s pray for the families of those who died on 9/11/01. Amen. WARNING: If you are against the taking of any creature for any reason, then please do us both a favor and click away to something more your style! Bayou life is rough and real, and I portray it as it…
Go west, young man, go west! Forecasters were right when they predicted Gustav to make landfall over my bayou. I want to believe this model is accurate when it indicates Louisiana is nowhere in the cone of whatever it’s called. Do I trust it and rush home today? Or do I remain patient, and take…
If you missed them, I back tracked and put up four posts about how we prepared for Hurricane Gustav and the following evacuation. Please go back and check them out, if you haven’t already. My family and I are still in North Louisiana experiencing the hospitality and lovely home of LilSis (Heather Here). BigSis and…
Living in the lap of luxury at LilSis’ home, with electricity, TV, and high-speed internet has me spoiled and feeling somewhat guilty, since many of my friends are stuck in homes off the grid with generators running their box fans and refrigerators–local stores closed until further notice. And so as not to feel like a…