Huricane Isaac

[mcdiver]

John Deere closed its doors at noon on Monday. We have 3 huge buildings where various products are manufactured and assembled, each building has around a dozen or so huge overhead doors, these were being sealed Monday morning. We are expected to be closed through possibly Thursday. There goes my vacation. I have already booked my flight back to Minnesota on September 22nd. Nothing beats fall diving in Minnesota.

As of 6am Tuesday, the eye of the hurricane has not really been defined, in fact, they are looking at perhaps evan downgrading to a Cat 1. Radar is having a tough time tracking the hurricane.

I am located in Thibodaux, about 65 miles southwest of New Orleans, 15 miles north of Houma. I, along with many others are going to be riding this hurricane out. As long as we remain on the west side of the eye, we should be okay, just a lot of flooding. Hurricanes spin in a counter-clockwise direction with the leading edge being most devistating. As it crosses land, by spinning counter-clockwise, the winds are crossing land which slowly break apart the winds.

When I came here in January, I was told that I should consider buying a generator, "just in case." So I purchased a Honda EU3000is within 30 days, what a sweet generator. Luckily I did, generators are flying off the shelf. As of Monday afternoon, Lowes and Wal-Mart do not have any A/C units left and Lowes are sold out of generators. With the watertable being so high, nothing is buried, so all power lines, telephone lines, etc. etc. are damaged. So when a storm hits, communites are without power for typically a week or longer.

I have my dive camera (waterproof) ready for some pics and maybe a video.