Hurricane Gustav--Footage of the Aftermath

Hurricane Gustav, being a category 2 hurricane when it hit Louisiana, was considered by our nation as a false alarm. Sure, the levees held, New Orleans really didn't get the damage it was expected, and we all moved on with our lives.

Except for the state's capitol, Baton Rouge.

Most of this footage was taken from my house, my neighbor's house, my neighborhood, and the city in general.

With wind gusts over 90 miles an hour, Hurricane Gustav surpassed the deathly hurricane Betsy and long surpassed hurricane Andrew.

Hopefully this footage will open the eyes of our nation to show the damage that occured in our state's capitol. Every 100 yards, there was a huge tree down, and every 200 yards one was crushed atop a house.

We, fortunately, only had one tree in our house and it was in the breakfast room. It could have been so much worse.

Thank you for all your concerns. We still don't have power and aren't expected to get it back for another 21 days or more, seeing as the whole city was wiped out during the hurricane, they have to get the essential places up and running first.

Pass this video on to tell others that Hurricane Gustav was NOT merely a "false alarm". It is very much a tragedy to our city and is still impacting our lives today.

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[happyaday01]

wow! so glad you are ok.... just curious.. if you dont have power, how did you upload this?

[iluuvme]

Ack, that description is old...ignore the bottom part. We just got power today, nine days later.

[caravelle42]

sorry to hear you took damage :o( but glad you are all ok

[dannye60]

that's pretty bad damage

[blissfulgarden]

FYI, power was lost to 1.4 million homes... your numbers are just the Entergy customers, but there was Demco too... so about 3 million people altogether (more than 1 person in most households). Your video's well done. Thanks for posting it!

[VampBella515]

Hey elizabeth! I hope that everything tuns out okay. I am praying for you. It will turn out okay! :) Stay safe for for the rest of the season! We need more heart stopping laughter!!!!!!!!

[sarahsnotebook]

i didn't know you lived in baton rouge. hang in there! we live in houston and are waiting for ike to come barreling through here soon. a couple of my coworkers are evacuating, but they live near galveston.

[alcon835]

I've been praying for you Liz, I'm sorry you had to go through all of this. I hope you are starting to feel better. People love you and are praying for you and your town. I can only hope you are getting relief too =/

[shadowhuntere]

Hey,

Its the nature u cant do mutch to it only thing is to support each other , i will think about you ppl here, we dont have much of these issues here at the netherlands,

U have my support,

[randomfgm1]

Wow. I definitly will pass this on. Being on the West Coast, We thought it was small and nothing really happened. I'm so sorry about your breakfast room. Please pass on best wishes to friends and family that were a part of this. =]

[cullengirl21]

Wow. I hope your ok! I'm prying for you! Hey everyone, please pray for me and the rest of my people, cause i live in kingsville and the eye of Ike is headed right for us. I hope everyone stays safe this hurricane season!

--Andrea

[dontforget1456]

yeaaa so you stayedd wow!

i live in new orleans

and we didnt get much damage

but my uncle lives in baton rouge and a tree fell ontop of his house

his moving to kentucky now

but yea im praying for you and your home

[CarlislesAngels]

yay you're okay! :)

[peachywish]

Such a sad video =[ I'm really glad you're ok though and that you and your family pull through =]