After a rather warm night without a/c, I was more than happy to get up early today. I wanted to go out for a ride right away, but with all of the tree branches and leaves covering the roads I knew it would be risky until there was daylight. So it was probably after 7 am by the time I made it over to the levee. Along the way I saw a number of uprooted trees, some leaning on houses. One thing I noticed was that many of them were Magnolia trees that had been nearly killed by the Katrina flooding three years ago. It looked like they all had a lot of rotten roots, making them easy prey for the strong winds. It was clear that most people in the neighborhood were still not back. Maybe 25% were there, I'd guess. It will likely be more like 75% by the end of today.
Anyway, I got in a few miles up on the levee and when I saw Donald on his way downriver, I turned around and rode back with him. I saw Big Richard and John, and I heard Mignon was somewhere down the road as well. Right now I've got the 'fridge plugged into the generator for a few hours as I sit here hoping for an afternoon rain shower to cool things down a bit. The hottest commodity around here lately is ice (pun intended). Assuming we get our electricity back some time soon, things will be back to near normal rather quickly. I'm impressed that all of the post-Katrina disaster planning and coordination seems to have been well worth the effort.
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