[chemprof2001]

We returned to Lake Charles today. The house faired quite well through Hurricane Rita. Had some shingles blow off and small leaks at nail sites. No water actually hit the floor inside, just dampened ceiling tiles. The only other thing that happened to the house was a gutter on the front porch was blown mostly off. The dog kennel in the back yard was destroyed, but that's not a big loss. the yard looks like the result of a war zone. We rent, and the landlord told me not to pick up anything since he is still waiting on the insurance adjuster.

We cleaned out the refrigerator when we got home, which wasn't too bad, since it was mainly empty. Tomorrow we'll start on the deep freeze (on the back porch) which was unfortumately full.

Things are pretty good considering what the house went through.

I plan on taking some digital pics tomorrow and putting them up on the web someplace.

I thik Lake Charles should export firewood this fall...the number of downed limbs and trees is phenomenal. I'll get a pic of my street a block over...it is just amazing. The trees on our lot lost a few smaller branches but they all survived, a large magnolia in the front yard and two large pecan trees in the back yard.

What did we lose? The cover to the gas grill in the back yard. And someone stole a 128 qt ice chest from a spot outside where it couldn't blow away. No big loss...got it at a garage sale for a coupel of buck and put about $8 into making it usable. I've actually got another one (stored in the destroyed dog kennel) and it is still there.

The wind did a few very wierd things, which I'll point out in some of the pics I'll put up tomorrow.

Mark Delaney

[SmallieHunter]

Mark, glad to hear you got back home, I'm sure it felt good to be back.

[harleyhunter]

Mark,

Glad to hear all isn't so bad. I wish you the best.

Sam