It Sure Was Windy!

As everyone knows, Louisiana was recently hit by Hurricane Gustav. While some chose to evacuate, Brandon & I, along with most Brandon's family decided to stay. We were all prepared and hoped for the best. Luckily we had a generator to get us through the uncomfortable times of no electricity. And it turned out nicely! We actually had some amazing meals thanks to Mr. Ronnie. Brandon and I especially loved the filet mignon! Anyway, there were a few damages from the storm. Here are a few pictures!

This is MawMaw & PawPaw Richardson's house. Brandon, PawPaw, and Mr. Ronnie were just about to walk out of the front door to go check on Ms. Allison (an elderly woman who lives next door) because a tree fell on her house. If they would have gone 30 secs sooner, they would have be crushed by this tree! What a blessing that they didn't! It covered the entire front side of the house and branches were within inches of breaking through the windows. But amazingly enough, no real structural damage occurred!


Here's a picture of where our mobile home would have been. Now there's just a huge pecan tree! Not getting our trailor was a blessing after all!

Brandon and I were both really sad to see it fall because it was such a beautiful tree... almost 100 years old!

And just so you can get an idea of how HUGE this tree was, here's a pic of me
standing beside it! I think the root behind me is as tall as I am!


A special thanks to those who helped chop up these massive trees!!! And good luck to all those about to withstand the forces of Hurricane Ike!