Hurricane Isaac: Come At Me Bro!!!

[Watermom]

If you have a solar cover on the pool, you might want to remove it as it is likely to get torn up. We had a pretty good storm this summer (the derecho that affected much of the eastern U.S. and took our power out for a full week) and during that storm, my solar cover was blown off the pool and ripped some.

[jwhouse]

If you have a solar cover on the pool, you might want to remove it as it is likely to get torn up. We had a pretty good storm this summer (the derecho that affected much of the eastern U.S. and took our power out for a full week) and during that storm, my solar cover was blown off the pool and ripped some.

No cover so that's a plus, I guess. It has picked up quite a bit in the last hour or so. No rain to speak of but the wind is blowing pretty good. Nothing like Gustav though. That one was a bear!

[jwhouse]

Getting hammered pretty good now. Wind gusts have to be in the upper 60's or better. Rain falling at a pretty fast rate now also. Funny thing is that everything comes in spurts. It blows and rains real hard for 15-20 minutes and stops for maybe 5-10 and starts all over again.

Janet, y'all getting anything yet? I think it's nearly stalled where it is so it's going to be down here with us for a while still.

[aylad]

Hang in there!! It's not supposed to be here until late tonight into tomorrow, but the majority of it is supposed to get us tomorrow during the day. Just moving my pool furniture,toys, etc out of the way today while it's still nice and sunny

[aylad]

Well, wind is picking up, although it's not supposed to be here for another few hours. Pool is shocked, patio furniture and toys stowed away--now we'll just see how it goes from here. JWhouse, check in when you can....I see it's pretty bad down there.....

[sunlove]

Are you guys okay? Let us know (when your power comes back on, that is)

[jwhouse]

Well, power back on, luckily, and everyone made it through the storm unscathed. At least this was the case in my house. There are many others that weren't as fortunate. I have some pictures of some of the high water. I'll put them up on the web and add a link in this thread when they are up. In some places the water was well over the running boards of our 4x4 pickup and it has a small lift on it. The water was somewhere around 3-3.5 feet deep in some areas. CRAZY.
Wind's weren't completely off the charts. It got bad for a little while but it was nothing like Gustav. We didn't lose a single tree.

Pool fared pretty well also. There is a LOT of leaf debris in it and 1 small branch around half an inch in diameter in it. I have removed the branch and about 75 percent of the debris. Will attempt to vacuum this afternoon to get the rest of it out.

Overall, not bad except for the amount of water it dropped. Janet, how are y'all? It appeared on radar that Shreveport was to the west of the center of circulation. Probably very little rainfall but some wind. Let me know how you are.

Wayne