Hurricane Katrina - III

[Malissa]

Chris;

The water level at Mack Bayou on the bay is over some of the older docks.
About the same as Dennis. Have not seen any water flooding into yards here.
I think as the day goes on we will see a decrease in the level. Hope Nick's does not get flooded again. Keep dry.

the hutch

I spoke with Carey Nick last night and they were heading over to pick the freezer's up off the ground so they would be ok. They are hoping for the best. Will keep you posted on the Nick's front!
Melissa

 

[RB]

a friend of mine left new orleans on saturday and is staying an my gulf front condo at High Pointe. He called me about 11AM and said the stairs are fine for now and huge waves are breaking a few hundred yards out. As long as it does not get worse he feels most beach accesses should withstand this surge.

 

[wintersbk]

Better safe than sorry.

For those interested I just heard from renters staying at Adagio that they have seen no damage, the pool has not collapsed further and the beach access is--so far--still standing. A property owner at Seagrove Dunes is reporting the same thing with regard to their brand new stairway to the beach. Still early, though.

Thanks SlowMovin!!

Keep me posted. We're supposed to be there (Seagrove Dunes) in 10 days.

 

[ksherman]

My family is suppose to head to Seagrove on Wednesday morning. (Actually our friends are heading down from Boston on a flight late tomorrow evening, Tuesday.) We're staying at a house on Majestica Circle in Seagrove. Any thoughts on whether we should plan to head down tomorrow? Or is it going to be impossible? Any thoughts on traffic getting down to that area from Atlanta?

 

[seagrover]

DH just came back in and said the small bridge around Oyster Lake is out and 30-A is closed from Gulf Place going toward 98. I wonder if the house on stilts is still standing.

Has anyone else been down that way?

 

[lamom]

Where to go?

We were due to go to Gulf Shores in a couple of weeks- looks as if that won't be happening now. So I was perusing the condos in your area- but now after reading this forum am wondering if you also have too much damage for us to vacation there. Any thoughts? How far down the Fl coast do we have to go?

 

[SlowMovin]

lamom,
My guess on this is that there will be little damage to the condos and houses (with the exception of some beachfront ones which had already been damaged last month). The real question for you, then, will be what shape the beaches and the beach walkways are in. There will always be a few places from which you can get to the beach (most notably Grayton, Blue Mountain Beach and Lakeview) so, as long as the beaches are still usable--which I am cautiously optimistic they will be--a vacation here should be okay.

I would suggest giving the rental agencies here 24-48 more hours to check things out, then start calling them. The one which manages our properties is 1-2-1 Vacation Rentals and they can be reached toll free at 866-886-9463. There are many other companies also (Kurt has a list of some of them on this site), plus a lot of the posters here have places which they manage individually. I'm sure someone can help you with something you'll like.

Just my $0.02.

 

[lamom]

Thank you

and to anyone else that can help. After being evacuated due to Ivan last year- this just seems so hard to believe that it has happened again!

 

[Landlocked]

I guess the SoWal boys have lost power.

 

[OhioBeachBum]

I guess the SoWal boys have lost power.

Sure looks that way...