Hurricane Update 3
So we made it back to nola in one piece, and it looks like the city did okay against Gustav.
There’s debris and small branches all over the place, and a good bit of the city is still without power, but we didn’t see anything too terrible once we got here.
However, some of the places we saw on our way back were hit a little harder. Not exactly massive devastation, but some pretty serious damage nonetheless. From what we saw, the boats were the biggest issue: Gustav lifted them from their moorings and deposited them wherever he pleased, including the highways (as in the case of this boat blocking the westbound lane of I-90).
As for us in New Orleans, power is still out at our house, and we have no idea when it will come back (the power company says by Monday at the latest, but it should be much sooner). For now, I’m staying with the one travel companion whose house has power. All my junk is unharmed (as far as I know) and both Ozy and I are uninjured.
Could have been a hell of a lot worse.
