Isaac: Reports Of Damage
 

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In Thibodaux - Norms Dauiquis Shop - North Canal Boulevard.


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25 still trapped in Plaquemines Parish by Hurricane Isaac storm surge
 

NEWORLEANS — Twenty-five people were still trapped in attics on the east bank of Plaquemines Parish after 12-to-14 feet of water flowed through a breach in a levee Wednesday morning as slow-moving Hurricane Isaac continued its assault on southeastern Louisiana.

By 9:30 a.m., 65 residents in Plaquemines Parish were on the rescue list with attempts to save more people ongoing.

Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungessar said along with emergency officials, citizens were using their personal boats to rescue those trapped. St. Bernard Parish authorities also were aiding in the rescue efforts.
Nungessar said large boats were stationed in the Mississippi River, staged in a place that will allow them to cross over to the east bank ferry landing to aid in rescue efforts once conditions allow.

Hurricane Isaac, an 80-mph Category 1 system that made its landfall Tuesday evening, comes seven years to the day that Hurricane Katrina roared ashore.

Army Corps of Engineer officials said that a multi-billion levee system rebuilt and fortified after Katrina was holding up and that pumping stations were operating as designed. Seven years earlier, levee breaches allowed water to flood 80 percent of New Orleans.

Isaac’s wrath was felt in other ways.

Nearly 540,000 Entergy customers in Louisiana were without power Wednesday morning. Included in that number were more than 159,000 in Orleans Parish and 172,000-plus in neighboring Jefferson Parish, the two most-affected parishes in the state.

In St. John the Baptist Parish to the west of New Orleans, water was shut off to Laplace after Lake Pontchartrain rose to levels high enough to cause contamination concerns to the system. President Nathalie Robottom said as of 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, 95 percent of her parishes residents were without power.

St. Bernard Parish residents were asked to limit water usage. There were no reports of water in homes mid-morning, a good sign after 98 percent of all structures flooded during Katrina.

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Joshuas Marina in Buras,LA

I don't have any pics but so far back at home my wife says that the wood floors are starting to buckle by the front door and our a/c took a dive when the power came back on. She hasn't been outside to check the roof yet but we're hopping for the best since I'm not due to be home for another 2 weeks. Its a good thing we have family and friends to step in and help out.

If you need help, post on the other thread or post here. I don't know you but I will help you and a bunch more have offered, so don't be ashamed to ask.

Grand Isle update
 

Mayor Carmadele is on channel 9 right now . Says that there was / is 4 - 6 feet of water over the whole island. Damage seen ,so far is limited to roofs and low lying structures. said that there are some camps that have had the weather heads ripped from them.
They have only been able to access the center part of the island . Also , he said that so far the burrito levee has held. so far there seems to be 100 ' of beach erossin but that no where they have been able to reach has it eroded back to the levee.

Have someone turn the ac off and let it sit for 10 min and turn it back on. Mine has to be reset after a power loss. the fan will run but the compressor will not unless you reset it. Hope this works.

I definitely appreciate it but as of now we have an awesome family that has stepped in to help them out.

She said that the unit will kick on and blow cold air for a lil while but the inside part of the system will start to kick on and off while the outside part just stays on. She's had it off for about an hour now so I'll tell her to try again and if doesn't work to call the a/c company cause the unit is only 2 years old.

It sounds like the contactor is stuck in the closed position. Meaning the contacter points have welded together.

This will allow the outside unit to continue to run all the time, and the inside unit to cycle as it normally does.

A new contactor is in order, about $35. But many times you can turn the power off to the outside unit (disconnect it from the power source). Open the electrical panal, and tap on the contactor. Then it become un-welded.

This is common during power outages, whhen the unit was left on, and then when power comes back on there will be a slight surge.

Again, a light tap on the contactor may do the trick, but the points on the contactor are burnt, just like in old vehilces.

Wellshe just tried it again and it continued to do the same thing so she has already called and got on a list to have a tech come out to look at it tomorrow.

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1. PIC: Tombs, caskets floating in flood water from above ground cemetery near Braithwaite, LA. #Isaac #wfaaisaacow.ly/i/Td77

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That's bad.

I was in Fourchon earlier today... The flooding and overall damage is less that what was had after Katrina and Gustav (not comparing storms, just painting a picture for those of you with an interest in the area...)...

Hydro

This is from the West side of the new raised portion of LA 1 over the "marsh" (hard to see any marsh)...

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The fact u can see any marsh suprised me , I'd have thought water would be higher there

Went back to LaPlace today water is down but still too high at inlaws , I have moving , demo, cleaning crews on standby as soon as the road is passable to begin putting this mess back together

Good luck to ya'll