Estee's Blog
Silver lining over Lake Pontchartrain
| It's Thursday evening and we just got the Internet back. We are cleaning and packing to move mom out to California. We came home to electricity and an intact house. We are very lucky because many people are suffering in the heat with no power. I have to get back to work and keep mom focused. I will continue to post on my blog with more details of what's happening here. There is plenty of news that is not making it out to the national media. Estée |
We got some of the rain and wind up here, but nothing serious. There were tornadoes north and south of us. The eye of the storm has traveled north and the bands have stayed over the Gulf Coast. It's weird.
We are leaving in a few minutes to attempt the drive home. There are still severe weather warnings along our route. None of us want to stay in the hotel room another day. Many parishes are closed including ours, St. Tammany, but we are going to try anyway. If we can't get through we will go to Tangipahoa Parish where King lives. King is a good family friend and he has a generator.
I know there will not be electricity, internet, or phone service, but I am not sure how long that will last. I will be filming and interviewing as much as I can. I'll be in touch.
Estée
Happy Labor Day! I hope everyone is having a good day. I am exhausted but relieved the storm has hit land. We decided to stay in our air conditioned second story hotel room and not drive towards California. In the mornings we're going home to check out the house.
New Orleans is safe and reports from the Northshore sound good. Baton Rough got hit real badly, and the bayous as well. I may end up going down the bayou and filming some. I have a lot of family down there and a piece of land on Bayou Dularge.
I am tired of Hurricanes. I wish my mom's house would sell so she can move out to California. I don't want to have to go through this again.
There will not be electricity when we get home, but I will try to post again with details of the region.
The three other storms in the Atlantic better stay far away.
I am a documentary filmmaker currently living in Monterey, California. A full-time student attending California State University at Monterey Bay, I will be graduating next spring. In September 2005, I returned to my home state of Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina to film the aftermath and record the stories of the people affected by the storm. Two years later, it's shocking to see how little progress has been made towards recovery and rebuilding; I continue with my efforts to help the Gulf Coast.
