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heynow
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Loc: Abbeville, LA

Re: Heading back to Abbeville
Mon Sep 26 2005 10:09 AM

I finally made it back home and all is well with my house...but my community is in shambles. Personally, I was very lucky, but my community wasn't. Almost every city in the parish (parish=county) is underwater. And the parishes to the west (Cameron and Calcasieu) are not only underwater but most of the structures along the coast are completely gone. Not only houses, but telephone poles, electrical lines, etc. It is as if they never existed. Keep in mind, many of the structures along the coast in the region are built on stilts and not slabs.

We are experiencing record heat down here, which adds to the desperation. The high that helped steer Rita also brought record-breaking heat all last week and continues to do so. We have been seeing temps at around 98 degrees with a heat index of 110. Today, we expect 95 with a heat index of 108. Luckily, a cool front is supposed to come in tomorrow and drop our temps considerably. Yea! A bright spot.

I know this is not a chat room, but I had to post what is going on in my neck of the woods. I have been a registered member here since last year and although I am not a weather expert, I have learned so much from all the members here. Because I am a part of this online community, I feel like I have insider information when it comes to the weather. And because of the exchange of knowledge at flhurricane.com during the run-up to Rita, I was fully prepared and knew what to expect. Thank you.

Ricky

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I've lived through Danny ('85), Juan ('85), Andrew ('92), Lili ('02), Rita ('05) and Gustav ('08).

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Rita weakens to a Tropical Depression	MikeC	Mon Sep 26 2005 10:09 AM
99L	Bloodstar	Mon Sep 26 2005 01:31 PM
Re: 99L	Margie	Mon Sep 26 2005 02:00 PM
Re: 99L	doug	Mon Sep 26 2005 04:11 PM
Re: 99L	HURRICANELONNY	Mon Sep 26 2005 04:44 PM
Heading back to Abbeville	heynow	Sun Sep 25 2005 11:27 AM
Re: Heading back to Abbeville	heynow	Mon Sep 26 2005 10:09 AM
Re: Rita weakens to a Tropical Depression	Lee-Delray	Sun Sep 25 2005 10:57 AM
Re: Rita weakens to a Tropical Depression	Wxwatcher2	Sun Sep 25 2005 02:40 PM
Re: Rita weakens to a Tropical Depression	GuppieGrouper	Sun Sep 25 2005 02:55 PM
tornado time	HanKFranK	Sun Sep 25 2005 04:04 PM
Re: tornado time	Margie	Sun Sep 25 2005 07:58 PM
Re: tornado time	Ryan	Sun Sep 25 2005 08:25 PM
Re: Rita weakens to a Tropical Depression	MikeC	Sun Sep 25 2005 07:28 AM
Re: Rita weakens to a Tropical Depression	Catmando	Sun Sep 25 2005 09:06 AM
Re: Rita weakens to a Tropical Depression	HURRICANELONNY	Sun Sep 25 2005 12:08 PM
Re: Rita weakens to a Tropical Depression	pcola	Sun Sep 25 2005 06:25 PM
Re: Rita weakens to a Tropical Depression	Lee-Delray	Sun Sep 25 2005 07:15 PM
Re: Rita weakens to a Tropical Depression	Random Chaos	Sun Sep 25 2005 06:33 PM
last few days of september	HanKFranK	Sun Sep 25 2005 01:33 PM
Re: last few days of september	danielw	Sun Sep 25 2005 08:41 PM
SE Texas	danielw	Sun Sep 25 2005 08:52 PM
Re: SE Texas	Storm Hunter	Mon Sep 26 2005 01:17 AM
Re: last few days of september	WeatherNut	Sun Sep 25 2005 01:38 PM
Lull	Random Chaos	Sun Sep 25 2005 11:01 AM
Re: Lull	Hootowl	Mon Sep 26 2005 10:11 AM
i get it...	HanKFranK	Mon Sep 26 2005 10:34 AM
Re: i get it...	Ed in Va	Mon Sep 26 2005 01:08 PM
Re: i get it...	twizted sizter	Mon Sep 26 2005 10:52 AM
recon	Thunderbird12	Mon Sep 26 2005 12:56 PM
Re: i get it...	doug	Mon Sep 26 2005 12:22 PM
Re: Lull	Ed in Va	Mon Sep 26 2005 10:25 AM
Let's give NHC their props	misunderestimator	Sat Sep 24 2005 09:33 PM
Extended Models	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 09:51 PM
Re: Extended Models	CoalCracker	Sat Sep 24 2005 11:10 PM
Re: Extended Models	Sportsfreak1989s	Sat Sep 24 2005 11:32 PM
Re: Extended Models	mojorox	Sat Sep 24 2005 11:45 PM
Re: Extended Models	LoisCane	Sun Sep 25 2005 07:50 PM
Re: Extended Models	mojorox	Mon Sep 26 2005 01:17 AM
Re: Extended Models	Margie	Mon Sep 26 2005 10:09 AM
ignoring the fat lady	HanKFranK	Sat Sep 24 2005 11:56 PM
Re: ignoring the fat lady	danielw	Sun Sep 25 2005 12:12 AM
SW LA Roads	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 10:01 PM
Rita now a Tropical Depression	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 10:46 PM
Rita	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 11:05 PM
Re: Rita	BTfromAZ	Sat Sep 24 2005 11:31 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	hurricane expert	Sat Sep 24 2005 10:29 AM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	GuppieGrouper	Sat Sep 24 2005 11:23 AM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	collegemom	Sat Sep 24 2005 11:26 AM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	wiley	Sat Sep 24 2005 10:49 AM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	TheSkyGuy-in-OZ	Sat Sep 24 2005 11:21 AM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	bobbutts	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:27 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	bobbutts	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:42 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	Margie	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:15 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	bobbutts	Sat Sep 24 2005 09:32 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	ralphfl	Sat Sep 24 2005 04:16 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	BTfromAZ	Sat Sep 24 2005 04:36 PM
SE TX and SW Louisiana Update	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 09:03 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	BabyCat	Sat Sep 24 2005 04:49 PM
Texas Oil and Gas Assoc.	BabyCat	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:54 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	Clark	Sat Sep 24 2005 11:40 AM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	Dawn	Sat Sep 24 2005 06:04 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	Clark	Sat Sep 24 2005 06:43 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	collegemom	Sat Sep 24 2005 07:10 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	collegemom	Sat Sep 24 2005 07:42 PM
Rita and cool front	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 08:26 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	Sheeper	Sat Sep 24 2005 08:26 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	oil trader	Sat Sep 24 2005 04:29 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	GuppieGrouper	Sat Sep 24 2005 11:28 AM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	TheSkyGuy-in-OZ	Sat Sep 24 2005 11:57 AM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	JMII	Sat Sep 24 2005 12:36 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	Allison	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:59 PM
onward then?	HanKFranK	Sat Sep 24 2005 12:29 PM
Freshwater canal locks	carolt	Fri Sep 23 2005 11:49 PM
Re: Freshwater canal locks	Random Chaos	Fri Sep 23 2005 11:53 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	leetdan	Fri Sep 23 2005 11:06 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	dave foster	Sun Sep 25 2005 05:31 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	Margie	Sun Sep 25 2005 07:49 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	dave foster	Mon Sep 26 2005 03:33 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	Margie	Mon Sep 26 2005 04:11 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	dave foster	Mon Sep 26 2005 05:38 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	MapMaster	Mon Sep 26 2005 04:51 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	Margie	Mon Sep 26 2005 05:13 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	Sheeper	Mon Sep 26 2005 06:31 PM
Caribbean	Thunderbird12	Mon Sep 26 2005 05:26 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	typhoon_tip	Fri Sep 23 2005 11:12 PM
Recon	danielw	Fri Sep 23 2005 11:21 PM
Re: Recon	typhoon_tip	Fri Sep 23 2005 11:24 PM
Re: Recon	typhoon_tip	Fri Sep 23 2005 11:26 PM
Re: Recon	Thunderbird12	Fri Sep 23 2005 11:31 PM
Re: Recon	ralphfl	Fri Sep 23 2005 11:22 PM
Re: Recon	oil trader	Fri Sep 23 2005 11:42 PM
Re: Recon	Ed Dunham	Fri Sep 23 2005 11:54 PM
Re: Recon	ralphfl	Fri Sep 23 2005 11:48 PM
Re: Recon	oil trader	Sat Sep 24 2005 12:00 AM
Re: Recon	ralphfl	Sat Sep 24 2005 12:07 AM
Re: Recon	Thunderbird12	Sat Sep 24 2005 12:19 AM
Re: Recon	Random Chaos	Sat Sep 24 2005 12:43 AM
Cameron	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 12:48 AM
Re: Cameron	LSUHurricane	Sat Sep 24 2005 12:57 AM
Re: Cameron	ralphfl	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:06 AM
Re: Cameron	Rad	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:05 AM
Re: Cameron	Rad	Sat Sep 24 2005 12:59 AM
Re: Cameron	Lake Toho - Kissimmee	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:02 AM
Re: Cameron	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:08 AM
Re: Cameron	Thunderbird12	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:24 AM
Re: Cameron	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:17 AM
rita delivers	HanKFranK	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:41 AM
Re: rita delivers	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:44 AM
Re: rita delivers	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:51 AM
Re: rita delivers	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:57 AM
Re: rita delivers	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 02:01 AM
Re: rita delivers	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 02:07 AM
Re: rita delivers	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 02:12 AM
Re: rita delivers	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 02:16 AM
Re: rita delivers	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 02:18 AM
Re: rita delivers	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 02:32 AM
Re: rita delivers	Thunderbird12	Sat Sep 24 2005 02:40 AM
Re: rita delivers	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 02:36 AM
Re: rita delivers	Allison	Sat Sep 24 2005 02:57 AM
Re: rita delivers	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:03 AM
Re: rita delivers	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:12 AM
Re: rita delivers	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 02:42 AM
Re: rita delivers	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 02:43 AM
Re: rita delivers	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 02:46 AM
Re: rita delivers	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 02:47 AM
Re: rita delivers	BabyCat	Sat Sep 24 2005 02:49 AM
Re: rita delivers	HanKFranK	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:02 AM
Re: rita delivers	oil trader	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:09 AM
Re: rita delivers	Thunderbird12	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:16 AM
Re: rita delivers	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:08 AM
Re: rita delivers	HanKFranK	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:21 AM
Re: rita delivers	Clark	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:28 AM
Re: rita delivers	Margie	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:52 AM
Re: rita delivers	Clark	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:57 AM
Re: rita delivers	Margie	Sat Sep 24 2005 04:15 AM
Re: rita delivers	BTfromAZ	Sat Sep 24 2005 04:10 AM
Re: rita delivers	BTfromAZ	Sat Sep 24 2005 04:15 AM
Re: rita delivers	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 04:18 AM
Re: rita delivers	Allison	Sat Sep 24 2005 04:37 AM
Lake Charles NWS	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 04:13 AM
Re: Lake Charles NWS	Margie	Sat Sep 24 2005 04:51 AM
Re: Lake Charles NWS	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 05:14 AM
Recon	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 05:30 AM
Rita	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 05:34 AM
Re: Rita	Raymond	Sat Sep 24 2005 05:42 AM
Re: Rita	Frank P	Sat Sep 24 2005 05:53 AM
Re: Rita	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 06:01 AM
Re: Rita	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 06:06 AM
Re: Rita	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 06:10 AM
Re: Rita	Multi-Decadal Signal	Sat Sep 24 2005 06:24 AM
Re: Rita	collegemom	Sat Sep 24 2005 07:55 AM
Re: Rita	nate77	Sat Sep 24 2005 08:50 AM
Re: Rita	collegemom	Sat Sep 24 2005 09:35 AM
Re: Rita	pcola	Sat Sep 24 2005 09:38 AM
Re: rita delivers	Thunderbird12	Sat Sep 24 2005 04:04 AM
Re: rita delivers	Allison	Sat Sep 24 2005 04:17 AM
Re: rita delivers	BabyCat	Sat Sep 24 2005 04:12 AM
Re: rita delivers	HanKFranK	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:23 AM
Re: rita delivers	Allison	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:32 AM
Re: rita delivers	HanKFranK	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:41 AM
Re: rita delivers	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:40 AM
Re: rita delivers	nate77	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:43 AM
Re: rita delivers	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:47 AM
Re: rita delivers	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:49 AM
Re: rita delivers	nate77	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:46 AM
Re: rita delivers	BTfromAZ	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:52 AM
Re: rita delivers	Thunderbird12	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:42 AM
Re: rita delivers	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:42 AM
Re: rita delivers	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:30 AM
Recon	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:14 AM
Re: Recon	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:17 AM
Re: Recon	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 03:21 AM
Re: rita delivers	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 02:54 AM
Re: rita delivers	BabyCat	Sat Sep 24 2005 02:35 AM
Vortex at landfall	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 02:14 AM
Re: rita delivers	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 02:12 AM
Re: rita delivers	BabyCat	Sat Sep 24 2005 02:12 AM
Re: rita delivers	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:56 AM
Re: Cameron	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:27 AM
Re: Cameron	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:34 AM
Re: Cameron	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:37 AM
Re: Cameron	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:39 AM
Re: Cameron	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:26 AM
Re: Cameron	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:28 AM
Re: Cameron	Storm Hunter	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:31 AM
Re: Cameron	Allison	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:44 AM
Re: Cameron	bobbutts	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:57 AM
Re: Cameron	Allison	Sat Sep 24 2005 02:15 AM
Re: Cameron	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 02:25 AM
Re: Cameron	nate77	Sat Sep 24 2005 02:28 AM
Re: Cameron	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 02:31 AM
Re: Cameron	Thunderbird12	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:55 AM
Re: Cameron	Allison	Sat Sep 24 2005 12:57 AM
Re: Cameron	Thunderbird12	Sat Sep 24 2005 01:05 AM
Re: Recon	danielw	Sat Sep 24 2005 12:41 AM
Re: Recon	bobbutts	Sat Sep 24 2005 12:47 AM
Re: Recon	garrison	Fri Sep 23 2005 11:31 PM
Re: Recon	Ed Dunham	Fri Sep 23 2005 11:44 PM
Re: Recon	Margie	Sat Sep 24 2005 12:06 AM
Winds	danielw	Fri Sep 23 2005 11:40 PM
Re: Recon	ralphfl	Fri Sep 23 2005 11:38 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	Thunderbird12	Fri Sep 23 2005 11:19 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	Thunderbird12	Fri Sep 23 2005 11:21 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	ralphfl	Fri Sep 23 2005 11:11 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border	danielw	Fri Sep 23 2005 11:11 PM

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