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Hi My Name is Craig and I work at a Bar

Still no power at my house.  No work has been done in out neighborhood.  I am not mad at Entergy at all, they have a huge job to do and they are working as hard as they can.  The latest estimate will be 9/17/2008 to we have power.  That will have been  without power for 17 days.  Again, no complaints, the storm was a big deal but you would think that it would be a bigger story on the national news.       

Did a newsletter to clients on experiences during the storm.  You can view it here: http://www.lawot.com/Newsletters/hosted.htm

I spend the morning working at Perks, and the afternoon working at Chelseas.  They have even given me my own corner at the bar at Chelseas to work at. 

You can get MREs and Tarps and water from FEMA on Siegen Ln. 

Ike prediction is early but does not look promising.

We are at the Beach!!!

My office has been reset up. My Laptop is up and connected to the internet.  On the way to Alabama I saw multiple convoys of Humvees and Utility trucks heading west towards Baton Rouge.  There was no traffic leaving Baton Rouge and not a lot of traffic heading back to New Orleans. 

It only took us 5 minutes to get gas and food in Gulfport, Mississippi.  It took a friend of mine 6 hours to get a generator today in Baton Rouge.  A couple of my friends have gotten power including one in Southdowns which is pretty amazing.   

It is so nice to do laundry and sit in air condition and watch Project Runway with Claire.  I will pick up a generator from Parents on the way back to Baton Rouge.

Day 2 AG - Bye Bye baton rouge

I am leaving the city till at least the weekend. No power and I have sweated through all my cloths. I have internet through my wireless AT&T Card but no power so the laptop batteries are starting to drain.  I should have purchased: CyberPower AC Mobile Power Adaptor so I could recahrge my batteries to my laptop.  However even with that it takes 2-4 hours to get gas.  Everyone is cranky. I am betting two weeks til my house gets power.

Day 1 AG (After Gustav) Update

Drove around today with Brandon. Ivars and Zippies are opened. Jefferson Hwy by Wholefoods is pretty bad, major trees down. I have heard that serops and a couple of places downtown are also open. Went to ivars today.  It was pretty hot but they had cold beer.  The line to Zippies was ridiculous, probally at least an hour. Curfew is in effect tonight. Some areas of Baton Rouge have power especially around the Tigerland area but everyone else is in the dark. I might jet to the beach if it looks like we will be without power for weeks. Cell phone network got worse today and the ran caused minor flooding.

Day 1 Observations

1. Local Radio is absolutely useless.  After the my Internet stopped working the only thing I learned from the radio is that I could use my cell phone light to help make a ham sandwich.  Guess what, I don't have any ham.  It would have been nice if they just told us where the storm was.
2. Jindal is the man.  This is a completely about face from Katrina when our governor was on TV crying the entire time.  Jindal seems to in complete control on the entire situation.  His press conferences are amazing and he seems to have them every hour. 
3. Kip Holden's administration did a great job preparing for the storm.  There was a huge police presence everywhere and some major roads have already been cleared.
4. If we get power back in a week I would be happy.  Most of the polls in my neighborhood are sideways and I think I must have heard about 15 transformers blown before the power when completely out.
5. Sleeping in your car is the way to go.  AC on and a nice CD playing music.  (By the way, it would be impossible for me to die from carbon monoxide poisoning)
6. At 28 it is still nice to be learning some new drinking games.
7. Geraldo Riviera getting blown into something would have made this all worth it.
8. No one in Baton Rouge has mastered the four way stop.
9. The fact that only two people died in Baton Rouge is pretty amazing. 
10. The Bush administration, esp Homeland Security did a great job learning from Katrina.      

Pictures from Gustav - 7:21 PM

We have a curfew at 8pm.  It is like High School all over again.

My Gazebo did not make it.

12:00 PM - More trees and limbs down

There is a live power line around South Eugene and Zeeland St.  The gust have really picked up now.  A couple of more major limbs down around the Garden District.  It is safe enough to go out now, but we will head back to the house soon. 

Its here - 8:30am

Went to Ivars last night.  It was more packed that it is on a Saturday Night.  Came home and watched Arrested Development on the projector.  The first winds have gotten here but we have not lost any power.  Our dog ate the remote so we have the tv stuck on one station.  Everyone is very calm.

Here we go again!!!

Looks like Baton Rouge will take a direct hit.  Everyone is pretty calm but the traffic is horrible and the lines for gas are around the corner. 

I have been in Baton Rouge this week except for a brief trip to Monroe to speak for the Louisiana State Bar Association.  I went to the LSU game on Saturday which was at 10am.  It was hot, but I would say the stadium was 70% full.  I am not going to make any statements like I pretty much hurricane proofed the house, because the last two trees in my yard would probably crash into it.  I purchased a wireless card from AT&T on Friday so I should have Internet even if we lose power. 

I am very happy that I moved the office to hosted exchange and sharepoint.  I don't have to worry about backups or the system going down. 

Will keep you posted!!!