Here's what Katrina did to my fishing camp... pictures

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Here's what Katrina did to my fishing camp... pictures

#1 Postby TSmith274 » Sat Oct 08, 2005 2:52 pm

Well, I had the place for 10 months. As the debate rages over what category Katrina was at landfall... I know this... Katrina was a bad mother. The camp was located in Buras, La., the point of first landfall.

BEFORE KATRINA
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AFTER KATRINA
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BEFORE KATRINA
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AFTER KATRINA
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#2 Postby Anonymous » Sat Oct 08, 2005 2:55 pm

The grass is even gone...WOW
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#3 Postby truballer#1 » Sat Oct 08, 2005 2:55 pm

wow, thats crazy!
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#4 Postby Marilyn » Sat Oct 08, 2005 2:57 pm

Unbelievable :eek:
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#5 Postby cjrciadt » Sat Oct 08, 2005 2:57 pm

:crazyeyes:
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#6 Postby TSmith274 » Sat Oct 08, 2005 3:00 pm

Forgot to mention, notice the remains of that metal building.

A waterline can be seen at the peak of that roof, from the inside, with seaweed and grass stuck in the rafters. Gives you an idea of the surge. And, this place was behind levee "protection".

Also, the direction of the wind is indicated by the telephone pole in that last picture.

Lastly, the dark appearance to the ground isn't only a result of dead/gone grass. That is mostly crude oil from busted tanks in the area. Every step leaves a pool of oil squishing up through the soil.
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#7 Postby TS Zack » Sat Oct 08, 2005 3:03 pm

I don't think we will ever see just how strong she was. The worse was at the mouth of the river and that recording station went bye bye.

Have you seen it yet? That thing was huge too.
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#8 Postby Tampa Bay Hurricane » Sat Oct 08, 2005 3:03 pm

HORRIFIC :eek:
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#9 Postby Brent » Sat Oct 08, 2005 3:12 pm

Just WOW... :eek:
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#10 Postby f5 » Sat Oct 08, 2005 3:26 pm

that mobile home was in a beautiful setting and look what Katrina did to it
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#11 Postby HURAKAN » Sat Oct 08, 2005 3:35 pm

HORRIBLE.
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#12 Postby simplykristi » Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:22 pm

Unbelievable. :(

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Very glad you were not there

#13 Postby hurricanetrack » Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:28 pm

Goes without saying- we are all glad you were not there at the time. Excellent job of capturing before and after.
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#14 Postby aerojad » Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:31 pm

Considering even the grass is gone, at what wind speed does grass start to fly away?
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#15 Postby vacanechaser » Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:37 pm

Wow!! That is just unreal!! Glad you were not around for that.. between the wind and surge, nothing could have survived that...


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#16 Postby Wpwxguy » Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:42 pm

How terrible, yet so awesome to see the power of Katrina.
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#17 Postby krisj » Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:50 pm

Wow, that is worse than I could imagine. Everything is just gone. Not even flattened, but gone.
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#18 Postby LaPlaceFF » Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:00 pm

WOWZERS!!!!!!
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#19 Postby Wacahootaman » Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:22 pm

LORDY! :eek:

And that was a double wide too!!!!
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#20 Postby cajungal » Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:57 pm

Amazing. And yet the fence still stayed standing while everything else did not. Our first fishing camp was lost to Hurricane Andrew. It was in my family before I was a baby. It was located on Bayou Dularge (below Houma). Near the entrance of the Gulf. You had to take a 45 minute boat ride to get to it, it was so far out. Only 2 walls were left still standing.
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