Wow, so its been a crazy week here. Our home was part of hurricane Isaac's path, but thankfully we didn't sustain serious damage. Being our power was just restored last night (thank goodness), I haven't been able to do to much for the blog. However, I do have a couple of pictures and videos for those of you who are interested. I was able to video during the calmer parts of the hurricane being it was only a category 1.
The videos and pictures were taken from my phone, so please excuse the poor quality.
More photos of the back yard and some of the neighborhood...
The winds were only 80 mph, which is why we didn't sustain much damage just mostly flooding. Also, our home was in the direct path. The homes East of the storm are those that tend to sustain the most damage from hurricane winds. For those of you who are familiar with hurricane Katrina, it was the Mississippi residents who suffered mostly because of the winds rather than Louisiana. Mississippi did sustain high flooding as well being they had to deal with both rising water from the gulf and rain which made it all more intense. All and all Louisiana and Mississippi underwent some serious damages from Katrina. Thankfully this Hurricane (Isaac) wasn't nearly as severe as Katrina in 2005; however, those residents about 30 miles south of our community did suffer much more serious damages from Isaac.
The videos and pictures were taken from my phone, so please excuse the poor quality.
This is my neighbors house across the street. If you look closely you can see the wind whipping the rain back & fourth across the roof tops. It was much more intense watching it in person though.
This is my son's swing set and part of the back yard during the storm. We had tied the swing set down, but the wind was still able to pick it up and flip it.
During the eye of the storm we picked up two containers full of worms. Won't have to worry about fishing bait for a while!!
More photos of the back yard and some of the neighborhood...
The winds were only 80 mph, which is why we didn't sustain much damage just mostly flooding. Also, our home was in the direct path. The homes East of the storm are those that tend to sustain the most damage from hurricane winds. For those of you who are familiar with hurricane Katrina, it was the Mississippi residents who suffered mostly because of the winds rather than Louisiana. Mississippi did sustain high flooding as well being they had to deal with both rising water from the gulf and rain which made it all more intense. All and all Louisiana and Mississippi underwent some serious damages from Katrina. Thankfully this Hurricane (Isaac) wasn't nearly as severe as Katrina in 2005; however, those residents about 30 miles south of our community did suffer much more serious damages from Isaac.
For more footage of Hurricane Isaac, please click the link below.
http://hiphopwired.com/2012/08/31/hurricane-isaac-causes-destruction-in-gulf-coast-downgraded-to-tropical-depression-photos/
http://www.livescience.com/22841-inside-hurricane-isaac-s-eye-an-eerie-calm-video.html
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There is a small ditch here that's usually about two feet wide under normal condistions, but as you can see here, this isn't normal conditions. The water submerges half of my neighbors' yards. The photo below illistrates a better idea of that.
http://hiphopwired.com/2012/08/31/hurricane-isaac-causes-destruction-in-gulf-coast-downgraded-to-tropical-depression-photos/
http://www.livescience.com/22841-inside-hurricane-isaac-s-eye-an-eerie-calm-video.html
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