[Diddle E. Squat]

Well, I don't want to minimize things, but I've been through 90mph hurricane winds, and we didn't lose any windows(just protected with tape), so odds are that they'll probably be ok. Watch out for falling trees, pines are especially bad about easily snapping mid trunk.

Wow, 101 years old! I've bet she's blessed you with tellings of many great stories.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Fox: Emergency Mgmt say Jefferson Parish still closed, nobody allowed back in.

Kenner: (west side of metro) severe flooding, but levees held.

Grand Isle: (tiny island down on the coast) 7 persons who stayed behind cannot now be found.

W. bank of Miss. River: 2 apartment bldgs collapsed.

All of NO without power, 750,000 customers total so far.

[MamaB]

We know all about straight line winds. One hit this lot a few years ago. I had just left the kitchen when we heard a very loud noise. We went back to the kitchen and a pine tree was through the roof even with the ceiling. I called hubby at work and told him to come home that we had a tree in the house. It got the pine tree that caused the damage and then went across the yard and got a tree on that side.

My mom loves to tell about the good ole days when she was growing up.