Video's Up!

As promised, here is a short video of Gustav from my back patio. I have a better one-from outside-and will post when I can. Also, I did not realize there would be sound (shot on my camera) so no commentary.

Here is the link

*Blogger could not upload so I opened a YouTube account

Mucho Gustav

I got power yesterday. Now as the rip-roaring sound of generators is replaced by the gentle hum of air conditioners, Ike is on his way. I hope he doesn't come here. I have already gotten my parents in Ohio to locate (2) 5 gallon gas cans for me and those are on the way. I have water and food left so I am good there too. I was also able to locate white bread today. Normally not hard to come by these things, Gustav made it difficult. Might even get the husband to drive back from Illinois instaed of fly so he can buy a generator for us. The one we have is borrowed. By the way, he made his first post today about the government. Well said darling!

PS- I have some video from Gustav and I will post as soon as I get my internet back

Why People?

As a resident of south Louisiana my family takes into account that we will probabaly have to evacuate a couple times a year due to hurricanes. It truly boggles my mind why people of south LA expect government help with evacuations. If you cannot afford to evacuate for a storm maybe you should look into a new place to live, where NATURAL disasters do not occur. The government does not create hurricanes, so I don't understand why it (the government) should be responsible for people getting out the way of a hurricane.

Still BlackBerry Blogging...

My house looks a little like I would imagine a frat house looks after a kegger. Red Solo cups all over, furniture all over the place and people passed out (sleeping actually). Still no power, but the window unit is kickin and it's as comfortable as sleeping on an airplane. However, we are all alive, had minimal damage to our family's homes and there's something to be said for that. I am pissed I missed my shows this week, but I can catch them online later. TaTa for now....

Score!

Well, my wonderful husband braved the lines and got us a window unit air conditioner. Now the generator is running the fans and window unit!! He is leaving today to go to work in Illinois, so I will have his parents and grandmother still here braving the heat. Hope they restore the power soon!

Cold showers

No longer for teenage boys with erections. Also helpful in cooling you down in an eternally 80 degree house before turning off the generator for the night.

And on the second day....

I am currently without power. Have been for 2 days now. Damn Gustav. I did not appreciate your awesomeness. We are, however, running on generator power. We are backfeeding the house so we have fans and lights but no A/C. It's hotter than, well it's just mothafuckin hot. I am happy to report we only lost 1 sutter off our house, which was returned a day later by some random kid. I am sorry I haven't blogged but we have no internet either. I am blogging blackberry style.