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Storm Photo Blog: Hurricane Ida
Just for my own historical archive, I’m going to share some of the details and pictures from both before and after hurricane Ida. We live in Hammond, Louisiana — which saw some significant damage during this storm. OK, let’s get started. I will post a picture and then give some type of narrative each photo.
Yes, my garage is a mess. But this shows you some of the things we do before a storm. If you have time, you need some supplies: water, beer, wine, dog food, batteries, gasoline. My wife got most of this stuff. Most of the cars had more than half a tank. I had maybe 3 gallons for my generator. Looking back, I should have grabbed some gasoline — but I didn’t want to be a hoarder.
Other important things to do before the storm:
- Take pictures of everything — just in case there is damage, a before and after photo is useful.
- Clean up the yard. You don’t want a bunch of stuff sitting outside that can get blown all over the place (and maybe cause more damage).
- Charge your phones and electronic devices.
Once you are as ready as you are going to be, it’s time to have your neighbor over for a drink or two.
This isn’t directly related to the storm, but it sort of is. My oldest son broke his finger (pinky finger) at judo practice. He went to the doctor and they took x-rays. The next step was to see a hand specialist so that they could determine if he needed surgery. Well, guess what — he wasn’t able to get an appointment.
We had a finger splint that he had been using, but it wasn’t really working well for his small finger. The solution was to download and print a splint made for pinkies.
It was starting to storm, but we ran up to the university and printed out this thing. It…
