This is a long text post... there are photos of the Cougles' house at the end. If you are one of those people with no patience for the written word, by all means, scroll on down!
Well, as you all probably know, about 4 1/2 years ago, we moved from Slidell, LA. Thank God! I sure would not have wanted to be anywhere near there for this hurricane! I'm sure the house we used to live in flooded. Our cul-de-sac flooded to the point of not being able to drive down it after a heavy rain.
Josh's parents still live there... Their address is Pearl River, but their subdivision is pretty much right at the Northern part of Slidell. They decided not to evacuate for the storm, but to stay home. We talked to them Sunday, before the hurricane, but then lost contact for the next 2 1/2 days. That was so scary. There was no way to reach them (no phone lines... cell or land lines), and it drove us nuts. I spent those days scouring the Internet for any news of their neighborhood. We dialed their numbers over and over, knowing that we wouldn't be able to get through. Finally, on Wednesday, they drove to Baton Rouge to get gas for their generator, and were able to get a cell signal there, and called us. What a relief to finally hear from them!
They are alright... no flooding or major damage to their home. They continue to stay there, with a generator and their 6 (I think it's 6... I've lost track) basset hounds. Josh's mom celebrated her birthday Saturday. I asked her how it was, since I knew they couldn't go out to eat or anything like that to celebrate. She said it wasn't too bad, because that was the day they got their satellite tv back! :)
Dr. Cougle's Slidell office had some flooding, and their Gulfport, MS office (which was about 1/2 block from the beach) isn't there anymore. Pray for them as he tries to rebuild his practice. He also saw patients in New Orleans East (which isn't a possiblity for now) and in Hattiesburg, MS.
Well, here are pictures from their house. I'll try to post more pictures of the girls soon, too... Since that last post with Emmi's missing tooth, she's had the top two knocked out in an inflatable jumpy thing at VBS! Josh has been busy remodelling the new youth room at the church (the original sanctuary), so the girls and I have been at the church a lot over the last couple of weeks, trying to help out. It's looking great! Maybe I'll get some pictures of that posted, too.
Love to you all!
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Of the numerous trees that fell or were totally uprooted, this is the only one that damaged the house. In addition to the twisted gutter you can see, there is a small hole in the roof of the bathroom (the bathroom they redid to include a shower when they put in the pool). That's amazing to me. The trees all fell towards the street, otherwise the trees in their front yard would have all ended up on the house.
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