Mona,
Thanks for checking on us. We on the SE Florida coast were on the "dirty side" of the 'cane, so we did get a lot of rain and strong wind gusts. Several of my plumies sustained some damage: Scott Pratt lost a limb, a couple others toppled over (couldn't fit them all behind the storm shutters). Nearly all that were exposed to the storm have varying degrees of what must be windburn?

But, in a testament to plumeria being at home in Florida, in the midst of a nasty 36-hour storm, Donna S. started blooming. Love that. Pics soon--she's gorgeous.

Greg

Glad to hear you made it though the storm Greg with out being too hard hit. Now if Louisiana can just do as well. Peg

SFLGPlume sounds like you will have to start a few more plants from those that broke off. So in a way you got a gift of a new start. :)

Wow, I was really out of touch! LOL
Did not know you guys were getting that kind of weather. After they showed it making that westerly movement, I thought all was well.
You can see how much I had the TV and computer on over the last couple of days.

Greg - I hope all you plants recuperate just fine.

Hello EVeryone,

Thinking of all of you in the path of Issac.

Greg and all in FLorida, I hope that your trees recover soon and like the above poster mentioned, its starting a new tree from the break.. Life is good..

I cant wait to see more pics...

Please stay safe everyone...

Keeping tuned to the weather channel and thinking of you all.

Laura

north wind gusting to 28, HOT, muggy, few clouds. Unless it tracks west we won`t even get any rain. No waves either.
NO is getting pounded with rain, well, that whole area but if you watch the news you only see NO, NO, NO. Just like Katrina. So many areas were hit harder but all you hear is New Orleans.
Tally HO!

My broken Scott P limb WOULD have been a new start...but the winds carried it away to Oz LOL That branch was nowhere to be found afterwards. I hope the Tin Man has a taste for purple flowers ;-)

Beachplant, I know you to be a good and generous person, but...1,800 people, mostly urban poor, lost their lives during Katrina, and Isaac is the first storm that has tested the new levees since that horrible event. I for one can see why the media is focusing so much on that city at the moment...no offense intended at all, sir.

I wish all Louisianans well during the storm. Be on the lookout for a plumeria branch in the sky with purplish, pointy leaves! LOL finders, keepers ;-)

Greg

Here in Bay County, Fl. ie Panama City, we have had a few sprinkles and clouds, but no rain. We have 15-25 m.p.h. sporatic winds and the waves on the ocean are running 5-10' today. Yes, we are very blessed that it passed us by!

New Orleans flooded AFTER Katrina had passed, when the levees broke. No offense taken, btw I am female. I, and a lot of others who have been through hurricanes, lost loved ones and our homes get a little tired of nothing but New Orleans.

People died up and down the coast. Ike claimed lives. The 1900 storm almost washed Galveston off the map, it remains the worst natural disaster in the US with death count up to 16,000 people, entire neighborhoods were washed away along with everyone that lived there.

I hope New Orleans does have a much better time this hurricane but I really feel for those in the lower lying unprotected areas with fewer resources.
Stay safe everyone! I`ll keep an eye out for that branch.
Tally HO!

Greg - the wind was blowing the wrong way for me. :(
Seriously, I am so sorry that you had some plant damage but they always seem to come out of it bigger and better for some reason!

kay - I'm glad you were spared. You, too, Tally.

And I'm sorry. After coming back to this thread again, the title just sounds a little uncaring towards the rest of the gulf coast. Of course I did not mean it in that way.

We know you didn`t mean it that way. I am feeling such sorrow for everyone to the east of us. My brother had 14` of water in his house, mom 4`, my aunt water over the roof, cousin 3` in her second floor, 4` in our yard, none in house luckily, it was so creepy when we were finally allowed home 2 weeks later. I had lost my job 2 weeks before the hurricane and didn`t know if the house had survived.

Most of the island has rebuilt, what hasn`t is slowly, the hospital is still in horrid shape, surprise they didn`t have enough insurance. Public housing hasn`t been rebuilt. The house around the corner has never been opened since the storm, our population is still down about 30%.

Hope the high pressure moves so the storm can get out of there.
Tally HO!

Tally Ho, where do you live anyway? You talk about an island. Where is this island? Are you on Galveston Island, South Padre? Where?

Just trying to get a sense of where everyone is. '9B' doesn't tell us much. So sorry to hear about all the property damage! I can't even imagine.

Galveston, oh, Galveston!
My sister and I went to see Glen Campbell on his farewell tour in July.

Tally HO!

Tally,
My apologies are due to you. I've only known one other person in my life who went by that name, a college classmate, and, well, HIS name was Tally. Sometimes we make assumptions without even realizing we're doing so.

Also, your point of view is entirely valid, and I think at first I just misread where you were coming from. Believe me, I'm on your side--I'd much rather have a government that prioritized rebuilding devastated coastal communities large and small that lack the resources to do it in their own, instead of handing out tax cuts like lollipops at a kids' party...but if I say any more, I'll tip my political cards too much.

Bottom line: still friends, I hope.

G

My brother tried to get me to marry David Talley so I could be Tally Talley. I don`t know any other Tally`s!

Of course we are still friends! I never take much personally and really love a good argument. Politics! BAH! I wish we were like England, you can`t start until a month before the election, no years of political ads and fingerpointing. Don`t really see much difference in any of them. Like the peasant said, the king taxed us, the dictator taxed us, the socialist taxed us, the commies taxed us, the democracy taxed us......no matter who is in power we pay for it.

Now all our friends to the north are getting flooded by the remnants of Ike. Hope everyone is OK. Floods suck. No matter where you live they suck.
Tally HO!

Ten years ago I said building permits should be denied for any locations in Louisiana south of I-10 and south of I-12. That part of Louisiana is not only sinking, but it is also slumping into the gulf. Sinking (subsidence) is a straight down motion, while slumping is a slow slide to the south. Combine that with global warming and sea-level rise and what we are seeing in Plaquemines, Jefferson, Lafourche, Terrebonne, St. Charles, St. John, St. James. Livingston, Tangipahoa and St. Tammany Parishes will become a common and worsening occurrence during and after each hurricane. There will not be enough money to build the necessary flood control structures, levees and pumping stations. The taxpayers in the rest of the U.S. won't continue to pour money into that swamp either.

Take a look at the bridges and highways that were closed due to a category 1 hurricane Isaac and ask yourself what would happen if a category 5 took the same path as Isaac.

Billions of years ago, the waters of what is now the Gulf of Mexico were at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It appears that the gulf is attempting to reclaim that land. If I were a young person in Louisiana I wouldn't be buying any real estate south of I-10 or I-12.

Agreed! I know we are living on borrowed time on this sandbar we call home. No way I would ever buy or build on the west end of the island, I`ve watched the beach erode year after year.

Glad to hear you are OK over there!
Tally HO!

Thank you, Tally. We have a sandbar island here also (Grand Isle) that the state and federal taxpayers have poured millions of dollars into in an effort to prevent it from disappearing into the gulf. This time the entire island was five feet under water. The storm stalled east of the island, and I'm sure the buzzsaw effect eroded many acres of sand. There will be calls to dredge sand from the gulf bottom to rebuild what was lost. This has been going on during my entire lifetime, and I'm an old man. It's time to let it go or cut the Mississippi River levees and let sedimentation build the delta back up. The taxpayers shouldn't have to keep paying for this fishing hole.

We just built a giant seawall and elevated the whole dang city back after the 1900 storm. The west end isn`t protected and every year there is a battle to "replace the beach!" waste of money. But last year they screwed themselves, some lawyer in CA bought 3 beach houses, knowing full well the Texas open beaches act. They fell into the Gulf in Ike, they were condemned and ordered torn down, the land is now public property. She sued, she won. The dumping of sand on West Beach that was to begin the next day was halted. $20+++ million project. Can`t use public money to fix up private property. All 3 houses had to be torn down due to severe damage. All 3 properties have liens placed by the city. Hope they never reverse that stupid judgement and no sand can ever be dumped again. She is super pissed and threatens to sue everyone all the time. This is gonna be tied up in the courts forever and ever. Waste of time and money, our money!
Tally HO!