Woody2185

Well, my dad, brother and I finally got a chance to get down to Fourchon to check on the camp. We didn't wander around all of Port Fourchon much (i.e., we didn't go down by the marina or anything), we just went down, cleaned the camp, and came back. I did however get lots of pics on the drive down and back and also got lots of pictures of Point Fourchon for anyone interested. Based on the water lines on our camp, surge appeared to be 6-7 feet. Also, the power situation is pretty much a mess. There are lines criss-crossing on the pavement all along highway 1. We drove over lots of them all along the way. Anyway, since I know none of you will read this and everyone will skip straight to the pictures, here you go...



Highway 1 (there and ******: Golden Meadow Floodgates to Port Fourchon:



































Our Camp:

Thankfully, we had almost no damage. Lots of mud and marsh grass to clean up, but that's about it...



















Point Fourchon:

Overall, the area made out much better than I expected. Lots of camps had damage to the lower levels as expected, but everything else appeared to not be very catastrophic. There is definitely lots of work to do before everyone is back to normal, but all in all everyone survived...







































That's all I got. Hope this helps anyone that needed some pictures or info. Also, good luck to everyone on the coast with Ike. I don't think any of us are ready to deal with another one...

Black Water

Thanks for the pics. You didnt happen to get any further down Constantin did you? I wanted to see what our old camp looked like and the neighbor's. I stayed with her a couple of weeks ago actually. We were 207 Constantin, down by Bankston's camp across from that really nice one with the older Donzi, but on the canal side.

I remember that black muck from Katrina....that shit suckkkkks

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Woody2185

We didn't go all the way down Constantin. We didn't go any further than Bourg because that's where we are at, and the bobcats cleaning the streets were piling a lot of mud down that way. Looking across the canal though, everyone on the other side (at the end of Constantin) appeared to have done ok too. Just a lot of muck to clean up and ruined freezers and refrigerators, and whatever else was left on the ground level. The places that got hit the worst were the first row of camps to your right when you drive in. They all had more damage than everyone else.

Ccab

thanks for the picks Woody; what really concerns me now is that Grand Isle no longer has levees to help buffer storm surge from Ike. I just hope and pray that the good Lord spares us this time.

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charl

Woody,
I was looking at all your pictures from Gustav. I was visiting a friend over labor day in the area. We really like this communinty. My husband and I have been looking for a camp to buy in Pointe Fourchon. If you hear of anyone that may want to sell, can you have them contact me.

Woody2185

Sent you a pm charl.

rbhankins001

Thanks for posting that.

I hope everyone is ok down there.

-Rob

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