Crazy! I'm glad your family is alright--better a shed than I house, I suppose!

Boo Gustav!

glad you're ok man. I used to live in NOLA from 99-03 and I remember when Isidore (a pissy little one compared to this) crushed my shed. boo.

Holy crap!

whoa

ColdChef, that is scary.

3 of our trees fell down in the 2004 hurricanes. Charley didn't blow them over, Frances did. The ground was so saturated. Thankfully they did not hit the house. I think we spent two full days with the chain saw and dragging tree to the front curb.

One of the best businesses to be in post hurricane is stump grinding. :-)

Glad you and the family are alright.

Much much better than "Hurricane Gustav destroyed my house and killed my family" :) I especially liked the "Girls let's go back in the house" bit.

Ack. Glad you're ok, CC.

Yeah, I loved the "alright girls, lets go back in the house ... Holy ..crap" - You have nerves of steel! If there's ever a reason to shriek like girls in scary movies and make a panic dash back into the house that was probably it.

I was in NOLA in 1965 when Betsy wandered through. Got my hurricane experience. That was enough.

Glad everyone is OK. The other stuff is replaceable.

sorry bout your shed, but you have a CUTE LOUISIANA ACCENT, ColdChef!

This just sounds made to be an expression. "Man, that really crushes my shed ..."

Man, ColdChef. I'm glad you and your girls are okay. That's some scary shit.

Oh my. That's close.

Back to battening down the hatches for Ike.

Holy moley, I'm so glad it wasn't your roof, and happy you and your family are okay. Does your ability to post this mean that you have power, finally?

"As you can see... if that tree would have broken a little bit... higher up...it would have fallen right on us and killed us dead..."

It's wrong, but that made me lol.

I finally have power and it is a wonderful thing. The first thing I did was to call (literally) everyone in my phonebook without power and invite them over to do their laundry and have a hot shower, because that's what I'd want for someone to do for me.

You should do a local commercial style video for the Shed Ender.

So sorry about the loss of your shed, Cold Chef. I am, however, absolutely elated by the survival of your Wii.

I am on this list if you ever fancy swapping Miis.

Yikes!

Glad everyone is okay! Scary!

I too find your suth'rin accent very charming!

Great news that you have power! Boy, the ability to take a good shower and get into clean, dry clothes is THE BEST when you've been sweating amid clean-up in the humid heat that comes after a storm.

Thankfully, we haven't had anything much since Fran and then Floyd.

Strangely enough, it was Diana that had the most personal impact. Although it wasn't the biggest, it did a loop-de-loop off the coast before landfall -and managed to topple two huge oak trees at my Grandmother's. She was never the same after that disruption; she couldn't cope and ended up with dementia.

It makes me really feel for all the folks down there who are still suffering from three years ago - rebuilding your life isn't easy when there's so much upheaval.

I'm glad that you're able to offer a hand to your friends and neighbors - it's always amazing how folks can come together after an event like that.

Best of wishes for good results from here on out!