On 3/10/05, Sid Barras, discombobulated, unleashed: >Hi pentax gang, >I'm back in Lake Charles, actually been back 5 days now, but I also >have a phone line that works with my modem now too. Still no >electricity. > >But I'm much more fortunate than about 50% of the population here in >Calcasieu Parish. (and about 100% of the population of Cameron >parish, our southern, coastal neighbor) > >A full report to follow, with pictures; as soon as I get the trees >off my roof, and tarps laid down to keep the rain out of my attic. >Structure of my house is basically undamaged. The vast majority of >the lovely old live oaks in this area survived. The "water >oaks" (what I've always called them-- a taller oak tree, with a >smoother, whiter bark, and an upright growth habit, and these are >deciduous, though their leaves don't "color" as they drop in autumn) >are what have mainly devestated the area around here. These trees >have fallen over, roots and all (and they seem to share a shallow, >weak root system) and crushed many, many homes around here. Most pine >trees that have not survived "snapped" in the middle of the trunk, as >opposed to simply toppling over as the water oaks have. These oaks >and pines are probably 95% of the trees that fell. Of the others, the >most common "fallen" varieties are sycamores, magnolias, and cedars. >Most of the pecans and other hardwoods still stand. > >Well, I'm blathering on. More to follow, and more to the point, pics >for pentax people to peruse.. > >Sid
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