Category Archives: metairie
The great Louisiana vegetable migration
We took this picture in Metairie a couple of weeks ago. My nephew planted some pumpkin seeds for the fall planting season in late summer, and look how they’ve flourished, after spending over a week under four feet of water. But the weird thing is, he didn’t plant them here. He planted them at the [...]
Demolition, opportunity, and hope
I’m at 90% now, healthwise. Being held back from the shelter by Gina, since she rightly points out that if I go down there again without a rock-solid immune system, I’ll have a relapse and then I’ll be sick for ACL, which would break Cassidy’s heart since we have been planning this father-daughter rock-fest weekend [...]
Interactive flood data map
This link here takes you to a webapp that gives you flood depth information just by clicking on a map of New Orleans. It uses Google maps combined with satellite and LIDAR data to give an average flood depth within a 100×100 foot region around the point where you click. http://mapper.cctechnol.com/floodmap.php This is really cool, [...]
Metairie family update
My brothers Mark and Bill went into Metairie yesterday to survey the damage and salvage what they could from Mark’s house. I had a very brief talk with Mark yesterday (brief because he was breathing hard from working) and a longer talk with my sister-in-law Anne today. Miracle of miracles, I reached Anne on her [...]
Jeff Parish President breaks down on MSNBC
Watch this now. Put down the remote and watch this now. The important part is at the end. Aaron Broussard on MSNBC. MR. BROUSSARD: I’m telling you most importantly I want to thank my public employees… MR. RUSSERT: All right. MR. BROUSSARD: …that have worked 24/7. They’re burned out, the doctors, the nurses. And I [...]
My day
I spent the afternoon at the Red Cross warehouse in South Austin, setting up communications gear which will be shipped to field teams in the hurricane region. About half my time was spent packing radios and accessories into heavy-duty shipping containers and filling out inventory forms. The other half we spent unpacking pallets of brand [...]
Detailed NOAA satellite images of flooding
Tonight my brother Mark and I were able to see the flooding at his house very close up. Detailed enough that we could tell that his car in his driveway was in water but the trunk and hood of the car were not covered. These are the best photos yet of the damage, very useful [...]
WWL: Jefferson Parish WILL be open Monday morning
Despite news reports to the contrary, even information on the Jefferson Parish website, residents WILL be able to get into Jefferson Parish on Monday morning at 6am. Apparently there is even confusion within the Jeff Parish EOC itself, but the word on WWL from Aaron “The Dictator” Broussard himself is that you can get in [...]
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