Just talked to Baton Rouge- They are still without power and may be without power for 2 to 4 weeks. Right now there are 4 gas stations open in all of BR- You can just imagine the lines for gas. We are staying up in Shreveport at least until Sunday. Family has gone to our house, checked on everything no damage and emptied out our freezer and fridge. They are concerned about flooding of many of the rivers in BR. You can hear the hum of generators and chainsaws throughout the city as long as the gasoline last.
Just talked to Baton Rouge- They are still without power and may be without power for 2 to 4 weeks. Right now there are 4 gas stations open in all of BR- You can just imagine the lines for gas. We are staying up in Shreveport at least until Sunday. Family has gone to our house, checked on everything no damage and emptied out our freezer and fridge. They are concerned about flooding of many of the rivers in BR. You can hear the hum of generators and chainsaws throughout the city as long as the gasoline last.
I know that's terrible, but it could have been a lot worse. At least they aren't looking for bodies.
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I agree- The evacuation was very successful and that is why we are not having a search and rescue mission. I just hope that people will remember that evacuation is the key. I have already talked to several people that said - I am not leaving next time. Well, that is just asking for disaster. If we are going to live in the area that is affected by hurricanes, we have to respect them and get out of their way.
Glad all are okay and little damage. Thank you Jesus.
It rained here all day and night and is raining again today, and the temps are much cooler.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
Can you believe the complaints that are coming from the ungrateful idiots who are now blaming the officials for forcing them to evacuate for nothing???
I say leave them to their destiny next time. The smart people can get out faster.
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My sister told me yesterday, "You just watch--next time folks will say, 'we're not goin' nowhere--last time they had us evacuate and nothin' happened.'"
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
My sister told me yesterday, "You just watch--next time folks will say, 'we're not goin' nowhere--last time they had us evacuate and nothin' happened.'"
And they will belose of life and they can blame the government.
My sister told me yesterday, "You just watch--next time folks will say, 'we're not goin' nowhere--last time they had us evacuate and nothin' happened.'"
The government got the blame three years ago when they did nothing.
So this time, they want to make sure that the fewest lives are lost. They won.
And the people still complain.
Personally, and speaking as someone who has NEVER been in a hurricane of any type (except the aftermath, when it moves inland five days later like I'll be seeing tomorrow), I'd rather be inconvenienced for nothing than think it's no big deal and lose my life or the lives of my children.
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