Heard from another cousin today. Just to give you a glimpse of life on the ground...
My son and I drove to N.O. last night and picked up my father (no easy feat). We were scared because after leaving Monroe we realized there was a scarcity of gas (absolutely no gas available, stations roped off and guarded by police) in every city thereafter. We drove at 60 mph and with windows down to conserve gas. At Manchac we were stopped by state troopers and told to pull over because we could go no further. My sister and her son then drove my father to Hammond to meet us at 10:30 p.m. We still don't know if they had to get in the line up to enter Jefferson this morning or not. ( Area code 504 isn't working on cells
therefore we text message and can't always hear back right away.) It was like being in Nazi Germany with the checkpoints and not being able to get any further, no gas etc.. All we saw going into N.O. was military vehicles, other state troopers and numerous other work
vehicles. We arrived back in Monroe at 3 a.m. Prayers got us there and back with no major problems. Uncle Budddy was not interested in leaving and is staying put with no electricity or running water. My sister and her family are picking up water and MRE's every two days and delivering it to Uncle B. My sister and her whole family are nurses and are working.
therefore we text message and can't always hear back right away.) It was like being in Nazi Germany with the checkpoints and not being able to get any further, no gas etc.. All we saw going into N.O. was military vehicles, other state troopers and numerous other work
vehicles. We arrived back in Monroe at 3 a.m. Prayers got us there and back with no major problems. Uncle Budddy was not interested in leaving and is staying put with no electricity or running water. My sister and her family are picking up water and MRE's every two days and delivering it to Uncle B. My sister and her whole family are nurses and are working.
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