Daily Archives: Monday, September 1, 2008

Alexandria: Still catching the brunt of the storm, but relief seems to be pretty close. Barometer reading is up 5/100s of an inch of mercury. Radio reception lost… TV reception lost… Ruston: Still raining. Total 0.66 inches. Baro 29.26 trend … Continue reading →

Update from Alexandria: Localized power outages, worst wx from 1800-2000 hours. Trees are down, notably one at the intersection of Jackson St. and Petrus St. Numerous limbs are down. Power outages growing more severe. Curfew is in effect from 1700 … Continue reading →

We are now 1:10 into the power outage in Alexandria. All equipment is still operational and appears to be functioning normally. Data is still being logged in 5-minute increments. From Ruston: Baro: 29.29in Hg/992mb trend stable Temp: 76.8deg Hum: 81% … Continue reading →

The inevitable happened, and we lost power in Alexandria. With storms, especially at our house, it’s more a matter of “when,” not really “if.” Per protocol, within 5 minutes of power failure, all ancillary and noncritical services were shut down. … Continue reading →

I awakened this morning to find that Gustav has weakened significantly. Of course, it still poses a significant threat to southern Louisiana, but not quite the rampaging and ruthless destruction that a Category 4 hurricane can do as it marches … Continue reading →