We found satellite photos of Metairie last night - we found N&J's house on the photo, and it looks wonderful!!! The roof doesn't look to have any damage, cars are still in the driveway, the shed is still there, and there's NO water around it. You can even see the attic fans on the roof and the little awning on the front of the house. Amazing. We all had a good fit over that. :-) We scrolled down to the 17th Street Canal, and the difference between the Jefferson Parish side and the Orleans Parish side is just mind-blowing. Houses on the Orleans Parish side are under water up to the rooflines, and the Jefferson Parish side is dry as it can be. On the Jefferson Parish side, at least the little chunk we looked at, the worst looked to be some roof damage and trees blown down. It didn't even look like the water went up and then receded - there wasn't any debris or junk like you'd expect to find if floodwaters had been there and then started to go away. So that was happy, happy news indeed.
We also talked to N's sister - N's mother and all her siblings are fine, with the exception of one. No one has heard from one sister, but if anyone can make it through this unscathed, it's this sister - she's wrestled an alligator and punched a cop, so she's no shrinking violet. I know we'd all feel better knowing for sure that she's OK, though. But still - this has been fabulous news!!!!
J is now trying to decide if he likes N&J's pit bull or not. The dog is just as sweet as can be, she's more likely to lick you to death than anything else, unless she thinks you're threatening her people. But J freaks out when she comes close to him. Silly boy. I'll bet by the time they leave, he'll be riding the dog like a pony and crying to see her go.
It's bedtime, more later!
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