There's a thread about the Chamale Subvision here. Freeper christalchick reports that there's wind and water damage, but the houses are still standing there. Is this subdivision across the river from the big Slidell on the map?
Posted on 08/30/2005 5:32:22 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
Anyone know the whereabouts (where he evacuated to, or if still in Slidell) of Robert "Rusty" Williams? He is the principal of one of the elementary schools there, and my uncle. We haven't had contact in a few days, and before that everything souded like he was evacuating, but as the storm hit we found out his girlfriend wanted to stay.... anyone with info freep mail or Email me (schwae25@aol.com)....
Karl,
Again, thank you. You are invaluable.
ping
Thank you, very informative.. good work.
BTTT.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1473894/posts
Not sure if you've seen this one yet.
Bless you
Thank you for your information on Slidell -- Our sister lives in the Tallor's Trace subdivision between 1-10 and Miliatry -- we would appreciate any information on that area ---
Know our thoughts and prayers and with all -- wish we were there to help --
Thanks Karl,
First place I came to see the status was FreeRepublic (hey, I wanted the truth).
I'm bugged out of Slidell in Oxford Mississippi waiting to come back. No news yet and I don't want to be in the way.
For those that need more links you can go to www.nola.com and there is a link to St. Tamminy thread there as well as www.wwltv.com there is a thread at the bottom of that page as well.
From what I can tell, the Marina is shot and the areas up to Fremeaux were flooded. Military and Crossgates saw moderate damage and the areas around I12 saw little damage.
I don't know because I can't get there but I've been reading threads in other places and some people have managed to call out.
The authorities appear to be in control for rescue. Services are going to be slow since we will be competing with those that need help in other areas. So, be calm, be safe and we will get through this.
Joe October
San Antonio,Tx here, don't mean to horn in but my family is also around the corner from yours Jefferson at Jackson. Trees were fally at the same time as yours was around 10am Monday, no word either.
I've prayed for all, it's not up to us anymore.
more shortwave stations coming online
Slidell, LA
7295 khz
Kessler AFB
7298 khz
to send a message to the affected area:
http://www.tsasw.org/qso/healthandwelfare.asp
PING! More info on Slidell here.
I know the girl in the picture, ive been really worried about her. i almost cried myself sick. im really glad she's ok and i hope to contact her as soon as power is restored in like........2 months
ping bump
North Shore residents get first awful look at damage
By Meghan Gordon, Richard Boyd, Charlie Chapple
And Paul Bartels
St. Tammany bureau
With major roadways in St. Tammany Parish dramatically clearer Wednesday, returning evacuees got their first awful look at the devastation caused by Katrina’s high winds and flooding.
As homeowners walked and biked into their lakefront neighborhoods from the cleared roads, they saw much of the same wreckage whether they were in Lacombe, Mandeville, Madisonville or Slidell. Enormous trees rested on crushed roofs and cars, and putrid sludge covered the once-flooded ground.
And except for those people with generators, no one had power.
Central Louisiana Electric Co. officials said they had no firm estimate of when they would restore electricity to parts of St. Tammany and Washington parishes. They said they found serious damage to the equipment that connects power plants with distribution lines.
“Every circuit that we have has damage,” said spokeswoman Robbyn Cooper. “It’s going to take us weeks, an extended period of time.’’
Taking a short break at the parish emergency preparedness center in downtown Covington, Parish President Kevin Davis said the parish is now in “recovery mode.’
“Even though we we’re still rescuing people and searching for people, our focus now is trying to bet things back to normal,” Davis said. “But it’s going to take a long time. I’d say it’ll be at least two to three months before all parish infrastructure is restored.”
He estimated that that some 15,000 to 20,000 homes in St. Tammany were destroyed or damaged by Katrina’s storm surge and high winds that toppled trees through houses. Davis said he envisioned many of those homeowners will live in temporary homes set up in the parish while their houses are repaired or rebuilt.
But the initial goal is to take care of residents still in the parish and restore essential services so evacuees can return and the parish’s reconstruction can begin, Davis said.
One of the hardest hit areas in the parish was the Slidell, where many homes were swamped by Katrina’s tidal surge.
In Palm Lake, water at Gaye and Henry Sollberger’s home rose to the roof at one point.
Gaye Sollberger grew up in New Orleans and was a child when the devastating Hurricane Betsy blew through in 1965.
“This was worse,” she said, echoing the words of many city officials and private residents. “We knew we were going to have water. We just didn’t know it would be that high. I was not prepared for this.
“It’s 2 feet now. It’s receded,’’ she said.
And the areas that didn’t flood, sustained heavy wind damage.
The hurricane, which apparently spun off a handful of tornadoes in some areas, also was quirky and arbitrary in inflicting its pain. Huge trees and power lines were toppled up and down the affluent Military Road area, especially the southern half, but had been removed or pulled to the side by Wednesday afternoon.
Hundreds of homes suffered damage from falling trees. Many interior streets remained impassable. Many neighborhoods appeared to be almost deserted.
The Lakewood subdivision was typical of the tree damage that inflicted so much of southeastern St. Tammany. Roughly every fourth house suffered mashed shingles or holes in the roof from wind-snapped trees.
In Lacombe, meanwhile, most streets off Lake Road showed the remains of Katrina’s flooding. Evacuees trudged through inches of muck or rode four-wheelers through standing water to confirm what they expected: flooded homes and wind-damaged roofs.
“It’s a mess, but thank God we still have our life,” said Wilhelmina Batiste, 70, who lives on Napoleon Avenue. “Katrina was a terrible girl.”
Lacombe’s most vulnerable houses on Elenore Drive weathered the storm fairly well, because most are raised on piers. But Jimmy Impastato learned different news when he drove through the neighborhood and found his wooden A-frame house relocated to the middle of the road.
Although Jeffrey Fontenette’s Elenore Drive house fared well, the storm left him with bad memories of the screaming winds and rising waters. But he said the toughest part of the storm’s aftermath has been the virtual absence of communication between those who stayed and their families across the country.
“It’s nauseating,” Fontenette said. “I’ve got a mama. My son’s got a mama. That’s all we want to do: Call our mommies and tell them we’re living.”
Though Madisonville’s flood damage was more limited than Lacombe’s, the signs of Katrina’s high winds were just as apparent in the riverfront town. The tin roofs of Salty’s Marina were peeled back like soup cans. The banks of Bayou DeZare were a mess of sludge.
Perhaps most dramatically, enormous trees, which just days ago added to the town’s charm, now lay across houses, beside roads and at odd angles. A 5-foot-wide tree on Main Street was tilted to a 45-degree angle.
“Just about every old tree in town is down,” Madisonville police spokesman Dave Smith said. “The town just will never look the same in our lifetime. It breaks my heart. I’m so disgusted. Just about every ancient pecan and a lot of the oaks are gone.”
Police cruising through Madisonville could help clear trees and patch up homes, but they didn’t have many answers for those left homeless by the storm. Plans for distributing food, water and building supplies had yet to circulate across the parish.
“There’s no ice, no food, no fuel,” Smith said. “People are asking everywhere, ‘Where can I find it?’”
Smith said at least one person was apparently desperate enough for fresh meat that he shot a deer.
The damage to historic buildings along Mandeville’s lakefront became clearer Wednesday, a day after police cleared one route to Lakeshore Drive.
Mayor Eddie Price raised his estimate of seriously damaged homes to more than 100 in Mandeville. On the lakefront, six homes were leveled and most of the others had serious structural damage. Mandeville building inspector Bill Wohler said every home not raised in Old Mandeville was seriously damaged.
Many landmark buildings were all but shells, including the Pontchartrain Yacht Club, Rips on the Lake, Java Grotto, Juniper Restaurant, Rest-A-While church summer camp and the Down on the Lake bar. Le Petit Fleur, one of the city’s most historic homes, was gutted but still stood.
In Abita Springs, some water remained on the ground in low areas. Large pine and oak trees spliced roofs and made driving through most streets impossible. Winds ripped the face off a yellow house on Level Street, and fallen trees left a white house nearby demolished. The Tammany Trace was covered with debris, and the Abita Springs Cafe's roof was torn off.
Cleco’s Cooper said crews were working simultaneously on the transmission system and the distribution lines that power 78,940 homes in St. Tammany and 709 in Washington Parish. The distribution system has about 65 percent overhead lines, with the rest buried underground. In every corner of the parish, the lines and poles hang precariously over roads and tangled with fallen trees.
Like parish officials, Cleco officials are urging residents not to return to St. Tammany. Cooper said darkened street lamps and traffic lights make driving incredibly dangerous, especially as more evacuees return.
Thanks for the resource, Karl. Does anyone have information on the status of Carr Dr, the road fronting the N. shore of the lake? My father is/was there....
Hear from my family. Trees fell but missed the houses, at least 4 feet of water from lines on the walls. This is near S. Military rd area.
Cousin that stayed behind since he is a firefighter is exhausted but ok.
http://www.tsasw.org/qso/healthandwelfare.asp
did you send one of these yet?
I heard everything was flooded from the lake to Indian Trial
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