Severe WX Thread, SE LA - 4/27

Lucky here in Lafitte! A few of my cypress saplings needed straightened out, and the deck chairs were scattered about, and aside from the mess the spanish moss made of my lawn, all is well. My best wishes to all of the members of GCWX...

The line is still active - think they last into Louisiana?

The weather today was awful for Texas and Louisiana. I feel bad for all us who had to go through that today. My own experience near Fort Polk was weird. The storm blew in reasonably. I had just shy of two inches of rain after the whole event. However, about 20 minutes after the rain stopped, those strong winds hit. My guess is that the gusts did hit weak hurricane force, judging by the storm damage. A roof or two here and there blown off, so, maybe even a weak tornado hit.

At one point in the morning when the power was already off, the wind outside roared like I think a tornado would sound.

Please tell me that today's weather event is not the shape of things to come for us this spring.

I encourage all new members to consider donating to this website. I did and it made me feel great.

No power since yesterday at noon. Sigh.

Will there be any storms today or are we starting the drying out period?

Entergy reporting still around 78,000 without power in southeast Louisiana this morning.