Roundeye just called. Good news

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:12 pm

He just wanted everyone to know that they are all ok.

The power may be out for a couple of week though as they have poles down all over the city.

morbidpete · Post by **morbidpete** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:44 pm

well thats good. for the most part. except the electric part

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:54 pm

Things could have been a lot worse. Good to hear he's ok

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:04 pm

Noevo · Post by **Noevo** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:15 pm

well, not like he uses electricity..and his wife has been using battery powered items for years...so I've heard

in all seriousness, glad to hear they're alright. Was thinking about them when I saw Jefferson Parrish being mentioned

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:21 pm

Good to hear!

If we can get MadDocs wife to give up her battery collection

we can send all those batteries to him and he'll have enough juice to run a town for several days.

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:26 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Good to hear!

If we can get MadDocs wife to give up her battery collection we can send all those batteries to him and he'll have enough juice to run a town for several days.

I'm sure that collection is spent as it is...

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:46 pm

Noevo wrote:well, not like he uses electricity..and his wife has been using battery powered items for years...so I've heard

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:17 pm

storm appears to have been less than expected and did less damage so thats good news for everyone. Good to hear everything is fine.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:21 pm

blebs · Post by **blebs** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:27 pm

Funny how the phone lines work.

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:45 pm

Mad_Haggis · Post by **Mad_Haggis** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:21 pm

Good news!, I like good news.

I was reading in our Toronto Beer Store magazine today, that "Holmes on Homes" is heading down there to "Make it right", helping rebuild the 9th ward.

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:30 pm

blebs wrote:Funny how the phone lines work.

Well the phone lines were along the lines of Marconi or Tesla science, I believe.

Debbie · Post by **Debbie** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:23 pm

I was wondering how bad it hit where he is located. I would be very happy if all that happened was no electricity. Yeah, it is important and convenient to have, but there were no other damages. Thank God!

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:29 pm

He did mention that they had a tree uprooted and it's laying across the driveway and some damage to a roof but they are all ok.

Mad_Haggis · Post by **Mad_Haggis** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:33 pm

[quote=" but they are all ok.[/QUOTE"]

Shinobi · Post by **Shinobi** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:46 pm

I am glad that he is ok..

I'm keeping a eye on Hanna, Ike and the new Tropical Storm Josephine.
It looks like my area may be hit next..

OSULLY · Post by **OSULLY** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:05 pm

Glad to hear. One of my brothers family is by Hilton Head so I'm keeping an eye on Hanna.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:17 pm

Good news

Mad_Haggis · Post by **Mad_Haggis** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:17 pm

OSULLY wrote: Glad to hear. One of my brothers family is by Hilton Head so I'm keeping an eye on Hanna.

I got no Fam in the ring of fire.

But my best friend is there.

How about the is a great subjugation?

and..

like...

The entire depth of Lake Superiour, ?

"POC"?...u/p? ok... u
id down?

Swings...

I'm fine now if I get propelled into/out of

S PA ce

Mad_Haggis · Post by **Mad_Haggis** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:19 pm

what is 2 stop one drop, if, 2 drops had "no" effect? 2 cum bak 2 traion

SeedOfChaos · Post by **SeedOfChaos** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:04 am

Good to hear that Tobey is fine, I was a bit worried about him. :thumbs:

David · Post by **David** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:50 am

Good to hear.

Let me know if he needs any assistance.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:45 pm

good to hear he is ok,

*personally I would consider moving from there permanently*

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:57 pm

The family and I are OK.

Technically I live in Jefferson parish right outside of Orleans to the west and I'm on the westbank of the Mississippi river. We didn't flood but again the wind kicked ass, I had my front door open and the storm door closed during the storm, so I had the weather channel live and 24/7.

I have water and natural gas, nothing else. They have 14 main transmission lines in Louisiana and 13 are fubar. Right now I'm at a friends house who is one of the lucky few who have power and net access.

Right now there is no telling when I'll have electricity back, last night we had a big fish and shrimp fry, food that was in the freezer. After that its time to eat all the canned goods.

Also, they weren't playing around with looters. They had police and military EVERYWERE. We took a ride up the road after the storm and was pulled over and polietly told to go home.

The main thing is everybody is ok, hot as hell but ok. Its like camping out for a week or so. I'll be back to update more in the future but I have to go now.

Thank you everybody for your concern and well wishes.

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:05 pm

blebs wrote:Funny how the phone lines work.

I don't even have a home phone. I used the cell phone. After Katrina the cellphones worked for a couple of days then went down. Thats why I called downhill right quick, I still had cell service.

Well gotta go, its almost dark and curfew is from dusk to dawn right now. Don't want any problems with the police right now. They are shipping people straight to Angola penitentary right now. Some place I never want to see the inside of.

blebs · Post by **blebs** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:31 am

Sorry I'm technologically challeged and didn't think of cell phone.

ghettoside · Post by **ghettoside** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:22 am

RoundEye wrote:The family and I are OK. ...

...The main thing is everybody is ok, hot as hell but ok. Its like camping out for a week or so. I'll be back to update more in the future but I have to go now.

Thank you everybody for your concern and well wishes.

I'm glad you're ok.

OSULLY · Post by **OSULLY** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 4:23 pm

Mad_Haggis wrote:I got no Fam in the ring of fire.

But my best friend is there.

How about the is a great subjugation?

and..

like...

The entire depth of Lake Superiour, ?

"POC"?...u/p? ok... u
id down?

Swings...

I'm fine now if I get propelled into/out of

S PA ce

Yeah, I wander in and out.

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:29 pm

I’m back, I have power and cable.

Now we have to see what Ike is going to do. I really can’t handle much more of these hurricanes. I just got a generator tonight to run my refrigerator. We did lose all our food in the fridge and freezer.

This storm wasn’t near as bad as Katrina, but we did have wide spread damage south of us. Things we handled much differently on every level this time too. I’m sure the eyes of the world were upon Louisiana for this storm. There were police and military everywhere this time. They did catch a few idiots out looting during the storm, and they were shipped straight off to Angola state penitentiary, NOT a place you want to go. One judge even set bail for people caught out during the storm or looting, before he evacuated. He set bail at $50,000. So if you were stupid enough to play in the storm or loot, you weren’t getting out for a while.

I didn’t get much chance to write after this storm, I was too busy cleaning the house and yard. After a few days of no electricity you start to look hard for things to clean. I’ll post more as things come to mind, just wanted to say,

I’m baaaaaaaack

Randy · Post by **Randy** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:52 pm

RoundEye wrote:
I’m baaaaaaaack

chimdogger · Post by **chimdogger** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 10:10 pm

yIKEs!

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:30 pm

I wanted to say thank you everybody for your concern and offers for help.

Truth be told, I do tend to play things down a bit. A storm such as this isn’t really easy to live through every few years. There really isn’t much I can do about it though. It’s really easy to say “move” when you have the finances to do so, if it were just me, I’d try to move out of state again but this time I have a family in tow.

Something different (I think) about this storm, this time many cities banned the sale of alcohol and ammo.

I don’t mind drunks much, I don’t mind guns at all, I can’t stand drunks with guns.

ghettoside · Post by **ghettoside** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:35 pm

RoundEye wrote:I’m back, I have power and cable.

...

I’m baaaaaaaack