I know there are a number of board members who live in the gulf states, but for those who haven't experienced the fun of being in a cat five hurricane, don't do it!
I have been in countless hurricanes but Laura was the worst. It was still well over a cat one when it hit Alexandria with gusts well over 100 mph.
From friends throughout the States and Europe, it seems it was not reported very well. Two friends of mine live in Lake Charles, a major petro-chemical city, and they give me daily reports about the damage. There are no power poles standing and seven power transmission lines are catastrophically destroyed, towers and lines.
It will be another month before they can restore power, then they can start to rebuild the city and petro-chemical plants.
Alexandria is some sixty miles from the gulf but still had the worst wind damage of any storm in my seventy years.
I love my state but sometimes nature has no mercy on us. Western La. has a long row to hoe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BhYBd1oohohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTMAJWr5TEYI included two videos. The first is video of the actual storm while the second is the aftermath. If ya'll notice, the aftermath video looks like is was shot in winter except for green grass. That's because the hardwoods have most of their leaves blown off so the trees look winter brown.
J
