Tomorrow I'm gonna get up and remove more downed trees from our property

[BOSSHOG]

and me and the neighbors are gonna make our spot on the planet a little better for all of us after that bitch Katrina strolled through, and I'll logon to redcross.org and give them a few bucks and I'll continue to look forward to the day in the not so distant future when I can head southwest to the French Quarter and have an ice cold beer at the Tropical Isle on the corner of Bourbon and Orleans and at that time I'll logon to DU and tempt and tease my fellow DUers to come on down.

[Wilms]

1. n/t

:toast:

[Team44Car]

2. We will join you!

(And I will buy.)

Never been there, can't wait to go.

[KyndCulture]

3. I'm in!!

We've already said that we want to spend our next tourist dollars in New Orleans...

I've been but my partner never has.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. good to hear from you

taht you are safe too Chief

[BOSSHOG]

5. Thank you very much

I'm tired and I'm sore and (trees are heavy) but we will be fine. I'm sure there is a song about it but each day is better than the last. Your post is greatly appreciated.

[kestrel91316]

10. Make "lemonade" out of all those downed trees. Get ahold of

a good chipper/shredder and turn them into mulch for your garden (and your neighbors').

Keeps all that nasty CO2 tied up for a while longer............

Idea for post-Katrina moneymaking scheme, teeheehee: Hire out your chipper/shredder services.

[cwydro]

6. and darlin'

I live here in the Florida Keys and that bitch Katrina knocked down ALMOST all my trees too, flooded my yard...but hell, not my house or my town, so we were lucky. (We call her Katrina 1 here). Scared the hell out of my dogs, she did, and one of them is still freaked when a storm comes...I was here for Georges and he was still not nearly what y'all have been through. Never been to N'awlins and would love to go...and I hope it will be this year...would be a blast....would join anybody who wants to go...Wishing y'all all the best. Hang in there and keep going.
And I'll buy you that ice cold beer! :toast:

[BOSSHOG]

7. 28 February 2006 - MARDI GRAS

Mark your calendar Dahlin. They ain't a town on the planet like Nawlins. And it will return, I gar-on-tee it. Please take care of them dogs. Thanks for your post and you are way to close not to let the good times roll.

[choicevoice]

8. Already have plans to attend Mardi Gras 2006

I'm in Baton Rouge. We had a back yard wedding the Saturday after Katrina. Had to call in all the friends to clear trees and large limbs to make the back yard wedding happen. We were lucky to get our electricity back rather quickly and had friends and guests bring items that were in short supply, like ice. We pulled it off and had a great wedding.

Glad to hear your family came through healthy. Best wishes from Baton Rouge.

[cwydro]

9. awrighty then

here in Key West we have a pale imitation of Mardi Gras called Fantasy Fest...last week of October...beads, boobs, and booze...
Let me know if Mardi Gras is gonna happen. Got some friends and we want to come spend some money there and let the good times roll...

And damn...after Georges, the cleanup was a nightmare, a month without electricity, lost my car, hot as hell every day, no AC, no fans, having to go to work without a hot shower in the morning, washing with the hose, the never ending sound of generators and chainsaws, oh brother...I feel your pain...
and watch out...there is more in the Atlantic...scares the shit out of me...

[cwydro]

14. well damn

now we got Rita...we are in a Hurricane Watch right now...shit shit shit. I am so over this...and it's bike week down here...hundreds of bikers here and they just issued the mandatory tourist evacuation..
my nerves are shot

[CottonBear]

11. Mardi Gras! We are there! I can't wait to make the drive to NOLA!

Be careful with the chainsaw. Tree removal is dangerous work. At least, you'll have decades worth of firewood or some incredible lumber for home projects and rebuilding. Has anyone thought of using the live oak (and other tree species) timber for building homes and boats? Surely, with 100,000+ downed trees in St. Tammany alone, they could set up portable sawmills and make lumber for the homes and other buildings that need to be rebuilt? Live oaks were used to build the first US navy ships.

We DUers shuld plan to meet at Tropical Isle for a DU Mardi Gras!

Take care BOSSHOG.

Peace, CB

[Suich]

12. What DO you do with all the downed trees?

Just wondering...

[PDittie]

13. I'm looking forward to that

Together we can drink the New Orleans economy back to prosperity.

:beer: :puke: