Bit of cell service, in and out, looking like no power for weeks, still no sign of equipment to begin restoring power, water just a trickle but brown, living in mre and church groups, gas very hard to come by, stay in a line for 6 hours yesterday, only allowing 10 gallons per vehicle. Not looking like food will be avalible soon, all and every grocery store within hours drive destroyed, same with gas stations. Situation dire,

Roads in now cleared somewhat but drive slowly, still poles and electrical lines hanging all over highway. Mre meal, same dang box menu, same 4 meals, nasty, heaters in mre dont work. Finally gathered enough tarps to cover my roof somewhat, black mold beginning to grow in ceiling tiles, sprayed with clorox to deter

Buzzy, I'm got your message, cant call out , hopefully might get mailing or shipping services soon but it's only a prayer that this would happen

Yesterday I hit the end, been a nut case with only thoughts is keeping my wife and kids as comfortable as possible, yesterday I dropped, fell asleep and thought I'd die, after some rest I'm about to get out of this chair and get back to survival mode to find more gas and food,, once I run out of gas for the little generator power I have I'm screwed. So I'm off to find food and gas, if I lose gas for truck I'm screwed to, I put 10 gallons yesterday in my truck, thank god for church groups handing out cleaning supplies and food, some org gave out free 20 gallons of gas yesterday straight from a tanker truck but we missed it, because of spotty cell service you get news of things delayed.

I'm amazed I. Able to post this now, I guess god said today I'll give you abit of comfort
I'll post more later if I can

Hang in there Bud. Prayers sent

I had been collecting camping gear for years, good equipment, some mountain house meals, you have no idea how this stuff comes in handy in situations like this, mostly the cooking stuff, lights, any kind of light source. But buy alot of batteries, some things we have are usb, we charge them when we do run gen. Phones, some lights some power banks, my yard around my home is a mess, I've not the ability to even begin cleaning up, when I look around I cry. Knowing I'm not able to do it and at this time I wont ask my wife and daughter to try, they are able physically but mentally we are beaten, neighbor not disabled have began clearing abit but it's slow, we have our street cleared with 3 chain saws I luckily owed, some kids came by and borrowed them to clear us out so we could get out to find gas and food, theres still good people in this world but very few, in the past eight days I've seen the idiots taking over the gene pool, despiration brings out stupidity and greed. Its heartbreaking to witness some of the things I've seen this past week. Looting is a constant threat, pitch black at night, the methheads are in paridise, my wife and I caught 3 people twice in my driveway under my carport in the dead of night, sadly first four nights we have to have one person up to gaurd what we have here. Sad I have to keep a 12 gauge loaded with buckshot near my door and sleeping with a nine at arms reach

My baby girl hooked us up a dvd player to our tv last night, we got to watch a movie , it was amazing to watch a movie on tv while we ran generator a few hours, when you've been in complete darkness and silence for a week watching ridiculously paid people playing make believe on a tv screen becomes entertianing. been hot here, in the lower 90,s , it's not easy but we are surviving,

Still praying for you all...

They should pass a law that homeowners can legally shoot anyone low enough to be looting at times like this. They don’t need to be in the gene pool. I’m sorry to hear about your conditions.

Dang Bud I'm sorry to hear things are still rough but I'm glad you are doing ok. Prayers continue.
Vinegar also kills mold and mildew. I'd send you some camping stuff but I doubt it would get to you soon. I have a led lantern with USB ports

Bud, I know your internet is spotty, but if you can do it, there's a form here to request assistance from the Cajun Navy.

https://form.jotform.com/9201628922...pOBTAfEsONp8FJKcDowh64JRFK1ialrkiQ3hF9wA

I wish yall the best!

Hang in there, Bud.
Having been through an F5 tornado that took out my childhood home I understand some of the overwhelming emotion but hang on it eventually gets better. Slow and steady wins the race, take care of your people because at the end of the day that's all that truly matters.

Meanwhile have faith that there are folks working to get you help.

All the things that come to my mind....I surely hope the state, county, focuses help, even the Guard, on this .

Don't let any family member go outside for anything alone. Day or night. Go out by twos....always be armed.

Keep the updates coming.

In our prayers Bud. If I didn't live clear across the country, I would try to get there and lend a hand or at least get you some supplies.

Bud, sent you a PM. Gonna have some relief coming your way about Wednesday or Thursday. You need to let me know what you need or want to help you out and make things a little better. Gonna start shopping and getting it together today and tomorrow. Gonna try and head your way Wednesday. Anybody else that has dealt with hurricane aftermath, post some things that he could use in case he can’t get back to me. Thanks

I would think things like ready to eat canned goods would be useful. Vegetables, meats like tuna or spam, jerky, stuff like ravioli or spaghettios.... I know Bud said water is an issue so I don't know about things that require water to cook like rice or beans.

Whitetrash, is there somewhere we can paypal you money?

Hey Bud! I've got an extra place here in central PA if you need a place to stay. Pretty private and good neighbors, me and the animals.

Maybe a Coleman stove and some propane ??