So finally I am home. My house sustained no damage and we came back to power and running water. I have to say that I am VERY excited about that. While I had a great week with some good friends and better than amazing hosts in Shreveport it was nice to get back to reality and continue to pick up the pieces from the last storm. What I really want to focus on in this blog is my trip home today which was rather interesting. Up in Shreveport we had nothing more than a rainstorm and lost power for a few split seconds. It made it seem like nothing really bad happened anywhere. But all this changed as we drove further down I-49 towards Lafayette, LA. We had heard that they had gotten hit harder down there than we had (particularly in Baton Rouge), but never really thought much of it. As we drove we got hungry so pulled over at a Burger King/Gas station 2 hours south of Shreveport. When we got there we found that the gas station was open, but had just gotten power this morning and the Burger King was still closed. So we kept going and pulled over at a Subway/gas station which was the exact same scenario. We finally found a Wendy's about 3.5 hours from Shreveport that was a mob scene (it took almost 15 minutes to place an order). It also would take us several gas stations to find regular gas and a restroom as we headed even further along. As we kept driving we noticed signs and billboards that were destroyed. I also noticed a large swamp, but am not sure if it was there on our way up or if it was a result of the storm. Finally as we got into Baton Rouge and then all the way into New Orleans, the only thing on the radio were single songs followed by DJ's taking peoples calls about info they needed. Things people were asking for were when schools were opening, which grocery stores had meat, and where they could get military rations from the Red Cross. It was all very shocking.
To all my Northeast people good luck with Hanna this weekend.
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