Morning After

Could be worse

Well, the roof is still on the house and the house is still standing. There were times yesterday when I had serious doubts that would be the case as the wind gusts rocked the whole house. The terrifying wind gusts that started around 4 pm didn't ease up until around 9 pm. There's a gutter hanging from the roof, a torn screen on the porch, some water in the basement that blew through the gaps in the basement windows, the electrical service line support was pulled off of the house, and lots and lots of tree branches are everywhere. But that's not the worst of it. The worst is that a big Entergy transmission tower collapsed leaving basically the entire city without power and no good estimate of when it might be restored (update: maybe three weeks?). All eight transmission lines into New Orleans failed. Also, AT&T towers are apparently down, so I have no telephone or text capability at the moment. Candy has Verizon, and that seems to be working.

Some of the gutter that was blown down

It is just getting light right now. I fired up the little generator a little while ago and plugged in the refrigerator and router, and was pleased to find that at least I still have internet access. I'll add some photos once there's some light, assuming it's not raining. This will be more than a one or two day clean-up for many.

Probably won't be getting in any miles today!

Update: Sounds like Tulane will be sending students home for about three weeks and I'll probably be back to working from home status too, or at least until the power is restored. I'm going to need more gas if I'm going to have to keep my little generator going that long, and I really doubt it's up to that anyway.

Amazed that the garage is still standing