He was lucky.I heard Slidell got wacked Hard. I'm glad some homes survived,I had read here that Slidell was destroyed.
Yes, Slidell was hit hard. I would have to say that virtually all Slidell houses took some kind of damage. Those within about two miles of the lake were devestated.
In my neighborhood the problem is the trees. I never thought I would see so many fallen trees at the same time. The lucky ones, like me, received only a glancing blow to the house by a tree or trees. Others had their homes basically crushed by falling trees.
It's very strange here now. We have a curfew. Very few businesses are open. Wal-Mart is open from 8 am to 5 pm, with long lines. There are armed troops posted at various places, and military vehicles all over the place and lots of helicopters in the sky, some carrying loads dangling from a line .
Traffic is horrible, worse than I've ever seen it. And if you can't buy something here, you'd have to get in your vehicle and drive a great distance because north of here for quite some distance was also hit hard.
Everywhere you go, you hear of people planning to move out of the state.
And you're right. My neighbor is a fool for thinking he's any kind of match for a hurricane, especially a cat 4 like Katrina. He claims to have stood outside on the porch watching the trees fall. Somehow, I think he's fibbing. :-)