Hurricane Laura: Before And After >>> (pics/videos inside)

Ah... yeah, that does make sense now when I think about it...

Personally, I believe that any severe weather/natural disasters etc can be deadly anywhere to anyone, depending on the circumstances, wether it was a Cat 1 Hurricane or a Landslide from heavy rain, for example....

Thank you for your post :-)...

Stay Safe!

That's not accurate due to the sparse nature of the western Louisiana coastline. 123 was recorded around Cameron, but 134 was recorded in Lake Charles right before the gauge gave out, 30 miles inland.

Plus she was still a cat 1 the next day around Natchitoches and Shreveport. In fact the storm had crossed into Arkansas before it was downgraded to tropical status.

Looked like a shithole before.....

It def had better than cat 1 damage - 134 mph in Lake Charles created 400,000 sq feet of damage in the Capital One bldg. You can bet that building was shifting and turning in the wind.

First estimate is 12 to 15 billion overall in damages from Laura.

Yes, I thought so too...

I've never seen a Cat 1 Hurricane cause that much damage before...

I at least would have rated this one a Cat 3-4, easily... but, we don't know that for sure yet, seemingly...

Either way, there is way too much damage that has devastated whole towns/cities,
Families and has cost people their lives...

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How often does one see snapped off palm trees? A commercial bldg's roof completely taken off in one piece coming down in the neighbors yard.

Rita took more houses off their foundations around Cameron but surely those owners built back better. Laura had enough Gustav-o to place houses in the street.

Good topic, good thread OP. These storms are only going to get worse regardless of the naysayers.

Exactly. Yes... :-)...

Things are looking like they're getting pretty heavy now with the Earth changes etc...

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Stay Safe!

They always pic the worst photos for any disaster. In almost any serious storm you can find some significant damage. Often the biggest problem is flooding, not wind.

This must not have been too bad because if it was there would be far more over the top coverage. CNN would have sent Anderson Pooper to stand in a drainage ditch with waders on.

TWC's Dave Markoff did a fly-over of Cameron and Lakes Charles.

Yes, the damage is commensurate with the hurricane's hype/rating. Thousands of lives are upside down and in Cameron it will likely be months before any semblance of normalcy returns..perhaps years as was the case in NO's lower ninth ward.

From the ashes, a bright colorful plumaged bird can emerge..
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Exactly..this has been swept under the rug and not many people even know it happened. Those people are in dire straits but all one hears is Orange Man Bad and BLM.

Most people can't afford better down there. Lot's of mobile homes there. It is surprising that people would live in some so near the coast. I guess they knew the chance they took though. What surprised me was seeing homes built on a concrete slab down there and not up on pilings. If I was living in the marsh I would make sure I built my home on pilings.

Keep in mind though, that some "mobiles" are nothing more than "camps" for some people. Some place to go for hunting, fishing or being by the beach.

Lot's of homes in Lake Charles area that are older homes. Much older so they aren't up to "building code". Not a lot of new housing built in that area anyway.

I have plenty of devastating pics, you just need to know where to look. When the weather channel radar is destroyed and the communication tower of the local tv station folded over and through the roof of the station, you know they had HIGH winds. 140 gusts were reported in Lake Charles. I believe it was 127mph sustained in the eyewall. There isn't a block anywhere in that town that doesn't have large trees down, roofs ripped off and twisted metal everywhere. The airport is destroyed. Businesses are destroyed. Many homes destroyed.

And to top it all off, no power, no water and no idea when it can be restored since damn near every pole in the city and surrounding area is down. Which means months. In hot, humid, mosquito plagued Louisiana. It's mosquito season. You try surviving in those conditions.

Bullshit.

Hell the storm chasers were getting 130+ mph readings with their instruments.

Gosh!

So sorry this has affected you all this way... I didn't know how bad it was concerning the current situation etc...

Is this a wide range disaster or more locally, kept to certain cities/small towns near you, regarding the current damages you have described?

Seriously, this sounds worse than some people have let on in here and judging by the video I saw, it looks like a disaster zone in some areas...

Hope your community come together to try work something out with helping eachother...

Is there help for the worst affected areas anywhere ?

I would imagine that some certain charities/group organisations would come to aid those in the worst areas of the Hurricane...

Ok, well, did a little bit of digging and found this >>>

[link to www.teamdominator.net (secure)]

It appears to be a list of organised charities that help out in the areas most needed...

Thought I'd post incase any hadn't already seen it... hope it helps some...

I saw 140’s maybe a whole lot more pass in front of crazy Jeff’s camera

Laura brought the chainsaw

No doubt about It

Plenty of helicopter aerials showing mass damage