Hurricane Ike hits Cameron and Lake Charles
Hurricane Ike has now come and gone. I hope that the flood will have subsided enough so that someone can go and have a look at the Reon "camp" house. I know that I lost everything that was at ground level, including my shop. Everyone who I know is safe, though rattled. There was a lot of water that came in, more than hurricane Rita. I hope that everyone survives, but I know better.
What is happening with this world? There was a hurricane in the area around 1900, Audrey hit in 1957. Rita arrived after almost 50 years, in September 2005. Now, we have Gustav and Ike hit the area (a wide area) in September of 2008.
Hurricane Ike report. Here's what I know as of early Sunday morning.
Graywood rental houses:
Primrose: Report from renter that there are broken windows and that the storm shutters broke. The ocean came right to the front door (and we're 20 miles from the ocean), but didn't get inside. We likely lost all of our landscaping due to salt water.
Camellia: No report but I suspect no water as it is slightly higher than Primrose house. We likely lost all of out landscaping due to salt water
Black Bayou/Reon Road: Surrounded by many feet of water. I saw a picture of a neighbor's house that had three feet of water in the yard. The picture was taken over 12 hours before the actual storm arrived! I hope that we did not have over ten feet of flood waters or our new house would be flooded. The Black Bayou bridge is closed (to vehicles). I will call my friend Bobby's cousin (who is the bridge supervisor) for an update later this morning. But during Rita the motor burned out and it took a tug to open and close the bridge.
Friend Ron's house: Unknown. Ron is one mile south and right on the lake. His home is the first house at the south end of Deatonville and took the full force of the storm.
Friend Karen Thibodeaux's brand new house: Completely ruined and flooded, along with her brand new car.
Friend Dorothy Carter's new home in Creole: It is in the same situation as our Black Bayou/Reon Road house. The entire area is submerged.
The problem with this storm for our region was the high storm surge. The winds topped out about 90 miles per hour.
What is happening with this world? There was a hurricane in the area around 1900, Audrey hit in 1957. Rita arrived after almost 50 years, in September 2005. Now, we have Gustav and Ike hit the area (a wide area) in September of 2008.
Hurricane Ike report. Here's what I know as of early Sunday morning.
Graywood rental houses:
Primrose: Report from renter that there are broken windows and that the storm shutters broke. The ocean came right to the front door (and we're 20 miles from the ocean), but didn't get inside. We likely lost all of our landscaping due to salt water.
Camellia: No report but I suspect no water as it is slightly higher than Primrose house. We likely lost all of out landscaping due to salt water
Black Bayou/Reon Road: Surrounded by many feet of water. I saw a picture of a neighbor's house that had three feet of water in the yard. The picture was taken over 12 hours before the actual storm arrived! I hope that we did not have over ten feet of flood waters or our new house would be flooded. The Black Bayou bridge is closed (to vehicles). I will call my friend Bobby's cousin (who is the bridge supervisor) for an update later this morning. But during Rita the motor burned out and it took a tug to open and close the bridge.
Friend Ron's house: Unknown. Ron is one mile south and right on the lake. His home is the first house at the south end of Deatonville and took the full force of the storm.
Friend Karen Thibodeaux's brand new house: Completely ruined and flooded, along with her brand new car.
Friend Dorothy Carter's new home in Creole: It is in the same situation as our Black Bayou/Reon Road house. The entire area is submerged.
The problem with this storm for our region was the high storm surge. The winds topped out about 90 miles per hour.
Labels: cameron, dan, deatonville, gustav, hurricane rita, Ike, Lake Charles, nevada, parish
posted by nevadadan | 6:25 AM
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