Gulf Coast Eggers: Ida

Well I have a pole chain saw but I couldn't get there, no electricity to charge my car for the return trip . Stuck on parent tending duty for the second time in a week. I think that I will cook the chicken breasts that I bought till they are tough so I will stop getting called every time that I turn around.

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loco_engr said:

Operation BBQ Relief provided 2000 BBQ meals for distribution in Cut Off, LA to families affected by Hurricane Ida.

#obrcares #thehealingpowerofbbq

Please consider a donation!

I've been thinking about making a donation, for the past week. Your post nudged me in the right direction. Thanks.

nolaegghead said:

Central AC is working again!

Great!!!!!!

poster said:

Curious, is flood insurance or hurricane damage insurance available on your houses? I know flood is difficult to get where I am and a bad storm here is 1-2 inches of rain. We had a "100 year" storm a few years back which saw 4" in 24 hours. Absolutely nothing compared to what you guys see. We do have below grade basements, but i can't imagine what the premium would be in a hurricane zone if its even available at all?

i got out of the govt program which was over 7k a year increasing 25 percent per year. my mortgage company was good with flood insurance thru Lloyds of london, its just over 700 per year now. game changer

nolaegghead said:

fishlessman said:

poster said:

Curious, is flood insurance or hurricane damage insurance available on your houses? I know flood is difficult to get where I am and a bad storm here is 1-2 inches of rain. We had a "100 year" storm a few years back which saw 4" in 24 hours. Absolutely nothing compared to what you guys see. We do have below grade basements, but i can't imagine what the premium would be in a hurricane zone if its even available at all?

i got out of the govt program which was over 7k a year increasing 25 percent per year. my mortgage company was good with flood insurance thru Lloyds of london, its just over 700 per year now. game changer

I wonder why yours was so much more.   I'm in New Orleans, although the house is about 12 feet above sea level, three blocks from me is the Mississippi where the water level is often 17 feet above sea level. 

So my house probably wouldn't get water in it (unlike most of New Orleans) if the hurricane levee was breached, I would def have problems if the Mississippi levee broke during spring thaw.

i have no idea, went from a no flood zone to the current one a few years back starting around 4k per year and it jumps every year since then. small dam about a third mile upsteam that literally holds just a few dozen swimming pools worth of water and the flood plain is huge under it. i doubt i would even know if the dam failed yet have had the firedept with bull horns in my yard telling me to evacuate. neighbor tried to get out of it by having the yard height checked and they suggested lifting the building with the dropout front and back walls and their ins doubled after having it checked. most that could happen is someone screws up winter lake releases but even then we are talking 6 inches wet sheet rock on the floor which they wont cover anyways. i wont even ask what it would cost to ins the family beach house, that ones paid for and ive heard over 40 k for others on the beach. machine shop here is also in a flood plain, last flood the state came in and turned into a dam to divert the river flow, nothing covered and it was insured. i think the system is rigged against the north

nolaegghead said:

One big problem we're having here is trash pickup.  There are areas that haven't had trash picked up in 3 weeks.

Heat plus humidity plus 3-week old garbage = stinks like you wouldn't believe

Wait until people start burning it in the streets.  

JohnInCarolina said:

nolaegghead said:

One big problem we're having here is trash pickup.  There are areas that haven't had trash picked up in 3 weeks.

Heat plus humidity plus 3-week old garbage = stinks like you wouldn't believe

Wait until people start burning it in the streets.  

We are almost there.  The crying on Nextdoor is unbelievable.  Our mayor recently suggested that the dump is open for people to bring their own trash.  She should have said nothing.

buzd504 said:

JohnInCarolina said:

nolaegghead said:

One big problem we're having here is trash pickup.  There are areas that haven't had trash picked up in 3 weeks.

Heat plus humidity plus 3-week old garbage = stinks like you wouldn't believe

Wait until people start burning it in the streets.  

We are almost there.  The crying on Nextdoor is unbelievable.  Our mayor recently suggested that the dump is open for people to bring their own trash.  She should have said nothing.

I was mostly joking.  I have been to international cities where it's common for citizens to burn their trash in the streets, and the stench is pretty awful.