Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you in your effected area. I know there is much to be rebuilt but I am happy you are all safe. Godspeed to you. Scriv
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 4:45 PM, Cliff LeBoeuf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > To all those who have asked, or were wondering... > > I live in Houma, LA, where Gustav visited... > > For the first time in my life, we evacuated. Now... I'm stuck in MS > waiting to get home. Family is well. Internet access the past few days has > been difficult to get. > > There is much devastation back home. I apparently lost two live oaks, a > pine through my barn/garage and other superficial damage at my home. My > "babysitter" that I offered to evacuate with us was determined to stay > home. At the last minute, she decided she wanted out. Too late... So, > she and her family stayed at my home since it is was much sturdier and > on much higher ground than hers (mine is about 6 ft about the sea as > compared to hers at 3 ft below and about 20 miles closer to the gulf > than mine). They were shaken but are as well as can be. > > As-far-as the office, the building is good. NOC running on generator since > power went out Monday at about 7 am. Good thing it is fed by the city's > natural gas and I don't have to keep refueling... > > We have much damage to our wireless infrastructure. Not sure of the extent, > but all towers have damage needing to be addressed. Don't know about the > subs since they don't have power for us to see their end, but am expecting > may problems with CPE's and mounts. > > The whole area has much wind damage. On the bright side, it appears > flooding > was only in the southern most part of the Parish from what I can tell. > > If you have watched the weather channel, St. Francis School that was > ripped apart on TV is where my girls attend. The local State Trooper's > office had its roof torn off, as-well-as many homes. Trees and power line > down everywhere. They are forecasting three weeks with no electricity. > > They are not letting people back in until Friday from what I hear. I do > have a pass permit to re-enter. Now that I have the family situated, > I'll head back tomorrow. It's a damn having the mixed feelings of whether I > should have stayed instead of leaving, but I guess the family is a little > more important to me these days than the business...Maybe I'm finally > growing up AND feel fortunate enough to be able to have been able to make > that choice for myself. Not everyone IS so lucky! > > I'll provide more information when I can. > > Thanks, > Cliff > > > On 9/2/08 12:52 PM, "Mac Dearman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Jeff & List folk, > > > > > > Gustav didn't pack the punch that Katrina did, but part of that > is/was > > due to the Southern States having a plan in place to evacuate > MANDATORARILY > > before the storm came ashore. This will be a huge factor in the amount of > > aide that will be needed today and in the weeks to come. The bad thing > about > > the mandatory evacuation (from what we are seeing/hearing today) is that > > Gustav did roll in and destroy everything thus all the folks that > evacuated > > this time will not leave next time a hurricane comes along. I personally > > feel like the next time a hurricane comes through Louisiana - - it will > be > > devastating and many lives lost. > > > > The last account I heard was 1.2 million without electricity in the > > southern part of the state and we lost power here (up to 3 days out) 360 > > miles North of landfall at 11:30am this morning. The NOC and our offices > are > > powered by generators so we are ok - - -short of no air-conditioning in > the > > office and the mosquitoes will be out in full force about dark:30 We > have > > gotten a lot of rain through all this and the wind has been howling here > > since the hurricane came ashore. We haven't lost but one AP (cable > flopping > > up the tower in the wind) but have talked with Cliff LeBoeuf (Houma La,) > > this morning (CSSLA & Triparish.net) who is a WISPA member and he lost a > > 400' tower as well as numerous APs and Back haul radios due to lightening > > and wind damage. He is currently in Mississippi with his wife and baby > girls > > and all are doing fine in their RV. He is very concerned about his > network > > and we are working with him to see that he has what it takes to get > > everything back up and running. Cliff's network admin rode the storm out > and > > says all is fine with their NOC, bandwidth and offices, but the power is > > going to be the issue as they too are running on propane fired generators > > and may be three weeks till power is restored. That will take a few > gallons > > of propane! > > > > I will try to keep everyone informed as things progress and more is known > > about the situation. I personally want to thank those who have > volunteered > > to come down if there be need - -and to thank the vendors who volunteered > to > > send gear. You folks are great! I personally want to set up a board of > > advisors for the next hurricane and all of you who volunteered will be on > it > > if you are willing to assist me in setting up a formal relief strategy. > > > > (I am glad outlook saves a copy of email in progress - generator died > while > > typing this) :-) > > > > Thanks again, > > Mac > > > > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >> Behalf Of Jeff Broadwick > >> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 10:34 AM > >> To: 'WISPA General List' > >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Good Golly Gustav > >> > >> How did the Gulf folks weather the storm? > >> > >> Jeff > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >> Behalf Of Joe Laura > >> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 7:02 PM > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List > >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Good Golly Gustav > >> > >> Stay safe you guys! Very well said Mac. You took the words right out of > >> my > >> mouth. I am planning on staying downtown in the data center but > >> watching > >> things very closely. I will make my decision tomorrow. This time > >> Homeland > >> Security has given us re-entry passes ahead of time so if we do have to > >> leave reentry will not be as hard as before. I pray that Gustav looses > >> steam > >> somehow. Hopeing for the best. Any and all prayers are appreciated! Joe > >> Joe > >> Laura Superior Alarm/Wireless New Orleans,La. > >> www.superior1.com > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Joe Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 5:30 PM > >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Good Golly Gustav > >> > >> > >>> Mac, > >>> > >>> I could not have said it any better. It has been a long 3 years for > >> me and > >> my family. While my company and a group of volunteers worked hard to > >> get the > >> Misissippi gulf coast Internet and VoIP phones, a lot of people never > >> knew > >> that I too lost everything in Katrina except what we could carry in our > >> vehicles. I do not think that I can rebuild my home again. > >>> > >>> I cannot say enough about the volunteers that were here to help after > >> Katrina. Some people of whom their names I may have forgot, but I will > >> never > >> forget their faces. They worked damn near around the clock for weeks on > >> end, > >> without any complaints. > >>> > >>> I've spent the last week trying to harden my system here. It will be > >> made > >> available to any group that may need it. I owe a lot to WISPA and to > >> Part-15. I'm pretty sure that Joe Laura in New Orleans feels the same > >> way. > >> We have to work together to get things back up as soon as possible. > >> Although > >> it is tracking to south west Lousiana, it is still too far out the > >> detimine > >> where the eye will hit land. We just have to be prepared no matter > >> where it > >> hits. This storm is getting large enough to do a lot of damage to a lot > >> of > >> areas. > >>> > >>> As I sit here in south Mississippi, I will be praying that people > >> make the > >> right decision and get out of harms way. There is no reason why we > >> should > >> have any loss of life. They know a storm is approaching. > >>> > >>> I will keep this list updated on how things are progressing on the MS > >> gulf > >> coast. > >>> > >>> Best Regards and God Speed, > >>> > >>> DSLbyAir > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> --- On Sat, 8/30/08, Mac Dearman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> ----- > >> ---- > >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! > >> http://signup.wispa.org/ > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> ----- > >> ---- > >> > >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > >> > >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >> > >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > >> > >> > >> > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> --------- > >> WISPA Wants You! 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