Gustav Roll Call

In Baton Rouge and thankfully the weather part is mostly past with just a few high gusts and some rain. It was a wild day here with trees crashing through over 400 homes in Baton Rouge alone. Lost power around 10AM this am and expected to be out up to two weeks. My neighborhood is pretty much a diasaster with trees and power lines down. Neighbors have a tree thru their house, trees down in my backyard and the fence is gone. But thankfully, no loss of life in my immediate area.I have only heard of about 5 deaths related to the storm in south LA and that is such a blessing with all the destruction. Thanks for the thoughts and prayers.
Clean up begins tomorrow, but it will be awhile before people will be able to move out of the shelters simply because there is no power grid to speak of at this time. There is a wind outside, but rather warm inside. We are one of the lucky ones with a last minute buy on a generator and a breeze from a box fan. Bought an aircard just two days ago in preparation for travel nursing - so atleast I can connect to the outside world.

So glad to hear it wasn't as bad as many of us worried it might be. Prayers go your way for a save & speedy recovery in every way.

i have a question for the FEDS, it bothers me a whole alot yesterday when i was watching the news to see the industrial levee topping off. my thing is why in the world dont they build it higher. 14ft is not high enough to guard of ocean water--build the thing as tall as a light post or something that way you dont have to worry too much.

secondly, how is it they can build a wall at the mexican border as tall as the sky but you can't build a wall like that to safe guard your own citizens. its ridiculous!

thirdly, why is taking so long --well into 3 years to finishing building these levees, when govt is dumping 10 million a day/month into the war.

I live in East Texas, but not getting much bad weather. The storm seems to be staying off to the North and not making that Westward turn they had anticipated, which is good news for us here.

They cancelled my school and clinicals. Area schools are still going today.

So far, it is just dreary outside and drizzling/raining on and of all day.


Thank you all for prayers and let's continue to pray for the other areas this storm has hit and may hit.

I'm in North Central Texas. Although I'm very much inland by several hundred miles, the weather has been windy, humid, warm, and intermittently raining. Therefore, the hurricane has been having a distant effect on the weather patterns here.

To all of our Louisiana students,

We hope that you all are safe!

You all are in our thoughts as you go through these trying times!

Be safe, take care, and know that your friends at Excelsior College are

thinking of you...

Paula
Albany, New York

I live in the Mobile Alabama area. We made it through with no damages to our home. But, lots and lots of rain!

Do any of the nurses working in private hospitals get hazard pay as something extra to their paychecks for working in this type of "prone" area or at least some sort of "medical retirement" benefit to help them out when they make to retire like the police, military and paid firefighters do??????? Or were only the goverment sponsored hospitals the only ones really open????