avman Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 and I am O.K. sorry for the L-O-N-G absence anyone hear from Shelty Dave? if so, please have him contact me I stayed at my house for Katrina, 1 1/2 miles on the DRY(er) side of the 17th street canal levee breach that had a large part to play in N.O. flooding. wow, what a ride-my wife was on hurricane duty at University Hospital, and she was finally evacuated by boat from the hospital the Friday after the storm. Before that, the last time I talked w/her was 5:30 a.m. tuesday morning-then no contact until that friday night when I found out she was o.k. During the storm, I stayed put, as i always do, and took video and still pix before, during, and after. the first week after the storm passed was surreal-kinda like one of those sci-fi movies of some devastating event, but this was real. no communications for the most part available-cell phones are useless for an event like this, and most all land lines were down. Very few people anywhere. part of my house flooded w/about 3-10" of water (the theater room got water, but I had dragged the red-leather Natuzzi couch out along w/the RSW-15 and rope lighting before the water got all the way in, and my 'stage' where the electronics and KLF-30's are stayed about 1/8th of an inch above the water,the movie theater-themed carpet is history. the cabana in the back got 7-10" of water, and the garage got about 7" of water. the pool looks like some creature is due to emerge from it at any moment.the bedroom carpet got wet from seepage thru the brick walls and is gone too, but the rest of the house is dry) overall, not bad, especially considering so many others' losses. all of my Klipsch speakers made it. in fact, I used my Heresys, a karaoke machine, a stereo receiver, and 2 stands to hire myself out to the clean-up operations for a P.A. address the other day for a nice price. the devastation is impossible to fathom w/out being here and seeing it first hand. areas that had 7-12 feet of water for DAYS are all monochromatic brown. the water lines on many houses go up to the roof. flooded vehicles and downed trees,etc. are everywhere. I did what I could to help others the first several days after the storm,then started cleaning up the house once I recovered my wife. I have been getting some service calls for LiveWire-my A / V biz, and I am writing tree removal and sheetrock/carpet removal estimates for a commission. there are many jobs available in this recovery effort to do, and many financial and personal opportunities to help others. Thanks to all of my Klipsch family, especially mOOn who e-mailed me to see how I was doing, and I pray that all of the bb'ers in the affected area are O.K.-please check in w/us. sincerely, avman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avman Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 here's some pix-not sure about the new forum way to do them-but here goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 AVMAN, Thanks for posting. Glad you guys came through as well as you did. People who have been to NO tell me that there is no way you can tell how bad it really is... on TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avman Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 thanks-I appreciate that the 17th street canal breach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avman Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 another view of the breach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1101 Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Avman, Glad that you and the wife are OK. I know the whole thing is just too much to handle and even believe. But of all you mentioned, it must have been a hard pill to swallow to not know about your wife for those first few days (and her not know about you). I just don't even know what to say to people who went through that, especially with everything shown on TV. It's just unbelievable. At least you have a bit of a better story than some others. I hope things come back together for you in some reasonable manner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avman Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 talk about a drop in the bucket... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 It's just good to know that you and your wife are ok. I forgot about Shelty Dave. If you hear from him let us know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avman Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 thanks mark- that was really rough, especially w/reports of armed gangs robbing hospitals at gunpoint for drugs. I knew my parents were o.k., but didn't know about hers-they were in New Orleans in a 2-story office building they had evacuated to and had to be evacuated from there to the convention center because the whole first floor flooded-people at the convention center were literally dieing after a few days from lack of food and water, and there was 'un-lawful' behavior by some of the people who were there. I can tell you from my personal experience that the VAST majority of the people I encountered were only interested in coming together to help one another-not to see what they could 'get away with'. One of the stranger experiences was looking up at the night sky and seeing stars and the milky way IN THE CITY just like I was in some remote country location- without any power being on for lights, the city was COMPLETELY dark at night. here is a picture of boats launching from the main street going into New Orleans close to where I live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avman Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 Shelty Dave doesn't live down here, but his '53 shorthorn does...unfortunately it was in storage on Canal street, which lived up to its name thanks rick for checkin' on me another picture-trees and water everwhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikjohn Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Glad to hear you are OK and on the right side of the levee. Thanks for posting, It's nice to hear some positive news from that area. Erik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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