[DAVID GAGNARD]

I'm still here, more or less, typing in the dark.......
It's about 1:40pm and we actually came thru in real good shape, no damage to my house/shop or daughters trailer house, thank God.....everywhere looks like a disater area, down trees all over the place..........quite a few houses destroyed and last nite, 10"s of rain, I'm high and dry but some of my neighbors didn't fair as good, bunch of road closures, water is receding this afternoon and roads should be back open late today......

Spent the better part of yesterday cleaning up my yard and helping the neighbors do the same, didn't hardly sleep last nite so I ain't doing much today......

Got lucky and borrowed an "extra" generator from a buddy, small unit, 2500 watt, Coleman,2 110 outlets....hadn't been run in 10 years, dang little thing started on the fourth crank, been going strong ever since.....Thank God AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My buddy came by today and told me he forgot to warn me that the little generator is a noisy little ba$tard, I told him it was music to my ears, and anyway, I got it in the shop so I don't even hear it with the doors closed.....

All the area within 50+ miles of me is 100% out of power as of now, but there are making headway.....cell phone has been ringing off the wall from buddies needing gas for their generators...I got enough for the generator and two days work till I have to get into 110 gallons of high dollar race gas, which I hope I don't have too!!!!!!!!! I gave one of them a good cussing, he's got a gas guzzler generator and knows it,only been having for 6 or 7 years now and didn't get any extra gas for it, now he's scrambling all over looking for gas...........

I'm alternating between fridg. and fans and freezer and fans and other odds and ends.....we're making do and other than having to put up with 2 irate wimmins and 2 dogs, all's o-k....



Power expected to be on in 5 to 10 days.....

I ran all the extension cords I have to reach my computer to check my email and other stuff, got to turn everything else off, so I'll only be checking in once or twice a day...............

Looks like I'll be back at work tomorrow and it'll be from daylight to dark for the next 2 or 3 weeks,almost a relief to get out of the house and away from wifey/daughter............

Doug: a buddie called from Baton Rouge and said it was really bad there, but they had power back on by 6:00pm last nite............

Hope everyone is o-k, talk to you'll tomorrow............

David