So any details? Hurricane Katrina

My home has some damage, minor compared to some of my neighbors.  We've had several vehicles and houses destroyed by falling trees and tornadoes. Power has been out since last Sunday night. We have been running an inverter off of a deep cycle battery to power a laptop and a DSL modem when we can. Gasoline is very scarce. The gas stations that open only do so during the day and are running on generators. The lines for gas are typically over a mile long.

We evacuated to Destin, FL Sunday evening after backing up all of our data and came back Wednesday night because we couldn't stay anywhere with our dog and we were concerned about our neighbors that stayed behind. We lost cell service 200 miles east of here on our way back and there was no gas to be found after we passed Mobile, AL. We saw damage for nearly 200 miles east of of us and we know of damage to friends homes as far as 50 miles west of us.  I had to pick up fallen road signs to find my way through what was once very familiar territory. It's definitely not a pretty site down here.

Most of my family's homes are damaged or destroyed on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain on the outskirts of New Orleans and will be displaced for at least a month if not months. 

We've also heard from friends in surrounding areas of massive amounts of people that have lost their lives that didn't get out, and the numbers continue to rise.

You can watch and listen to several live feeds by visiting the links I've posted here. 

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My heart goes out to all of my fellow car audio heads in the gulf coast. 12volt good work on getting up and running so fast. You are The Man We had a few storms here in the Sunshine State, but not like what you guys just went thru. Good Luck to all of you.

x2... I needed a support forum while this site was down, I didn't know what to do with my self.

My sincerest thanks go out to you guys and those that have made donations. This is a very difficult time for all of us down here, including those that have suffered minimum to no property damage and will be displaced for at least several weeks. We have many friends and their family members that have not been accounted for and communication is still sporadic. Some areas are simply unreachable and power and water will be out for most of the area for the next 4 to 6 weeks, if not longer. This is a real tear jerker and I don't believe it has all set in yet.

With regards to this site, we are on a temporary server until we can either retrieve or replace our own web server. We still do not know the condition of our facility, our server, and other computers, etc.

You can find a few links I have posted about the Hurricane Katrina Aftermath here and I will attempt to add more later today.

Thanks again guys.

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