Took me a trip down Grand Isle way to see the area where Gustav landed. The area did not look as bad as I expected it to look, but I'm not sure my devastation meter is normal anymore. It has been a few weeks so a lot of the downed trees, signs, etc have been put into piles, hence the debris is orderly which makes it look less menacing. I didn't get the entire way down to Grand Isle, there was a sherrif's checkpoint and they were only letting people who lived there get past a certain point. Lots of utility work still going on. The cel site shelters are put waaaaaaaaay up in the air, with generators, so they are prepared for some power outages. Chevron has their own heliport which had a lot of traffic coming in and out, even in inclement weather, which I hit off and on during the drive.
The utility workers have super-cool air boats with lift buckets and drills on them that they use to re-set the poles that are in the water. How neat is that? I've been on an air boat tour once since being here and it is such a fun thing to do...I want one! The noise they make is unbelievable though...you hear one of them start up and you swear you just heard Crockette and Tubbs go by.
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