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Viosca Knolls 917 11 09 09
- From: robperillo
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Description:From a viewer offshore -These pics were taken around 3:00 pm on 11-09-09. I am on the rig Ocean America & we are located in block Viosca Knolls 917. For those of you not familiar with that location, it is South-East of Venice, LA., or approximately 90 miles due South of Mobile Bay, Alabama . We are pretty far out & the water depth is 4,378'. When I took these pics, it was apparent IDA was passing right over us as we were clocking sustained winds of 70 knots (80 mph) & had gusts of up to 78 knots (90 mph). We had steady 20-25' seas with the occasional 35'-40+ rolling through. We know this by counting the 1' markers on the rig structure at the water line as the waves passed through. These are the biggest seas I have seen in the Gulf of Mexico in my 22+ year career working out here. I thought you would all enjoy these. And trust me, these pics dont do those seas any justice! Those waves are HUGE!!!!Regards,
Dennis J. Menard - 1 week ago
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Viosca Knolls 917 11 09 09
- From: robperillo
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Description:From a viewer offshore -These pics were taken around 3:00 pm on 11-09-09. I am on the rig Ocean America & we are located in block Viosca Knolls 917. For those of you not familiar with that location, it is South-East of Venice, LA., or approximately 90 miles due South of Mobile Bay, Alabama . We are pretty far out & the water depth is 4,378'. When I took these pics, it was apparent IDA was passing right over us as we were clocking sustained winds of 70 knots (80 mph) & had gusts of up to 78 knots (90 mph). We had steady 20-25' seas with the occasional 35'-40+ rolling through. We know this by counting the 1' markers on the rig structure at the water line as the waves passed through. These are the biggest seas I have seen in the Gulf of Mexico in my 22+ year career working out here. I thought you would all enjoy these. And trust me, these pics dont do those seas any justice! Those waves are HUGE!!!!Regards,
Dennis J. Menard - 1 week ago
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Viosca Knolls 917 11 09 09
- From: robperillo
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Description:From a viewer offshore -These pics were taken around 3:00 pm on 11-09-09. I am on the rig Ocean America & we are located in block Viosca Knolls 917. For those of you not familiar with that location, it is South-East of Venice, LA., or approximately 90 miles due South of Mobile Bay, Alabama . We are pretty far out & the water depth is 4,378'. When I took these pics, it was apparent IDA was passing right over us as we were clocking sustained winds of 70 knots (80 mph) & had gusts of up to 78 knots (90 mph). We had steady 20-25' seas with the occasional 35'-40+ rolling through. We know this by counting the 1' markers on the rig structure at the water line as the waves passed through. These are the biggest seas I have seen in the Gulf of Mexico in my 22+ year career working out here. I thought you would all enjoy these. And trust me, these pics dont do those seas any justice! Those waves are HUGE!!!!Regards,
Dennis J. Menard - 1 week ago
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Viosca Knolls 917 11 09 09
- From: robperillo
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Description:From a viewer offshore -These pics were taken around 3:00 pm on 11-09-09. I am on the rig Ocean America & we are located in block Viosca Knolls 917. For those of you not familiar with that location, it is South-East of Venice, LA., or approximately 90 miles due South of Mobile Bay, Alabama . We are pretty far out & the water depth is 4,378'. When I took these pics, it was apparent IDA was passing right over us as we were clocking sustained winds of 70 knots (80 mph) & had gusts of up to 78 knots (90 mph). We had steady 20-25' seas with the occasional 35'-40+ rolling through. We know this by counting the 1' markers on the rig structure at the water line as the waves passed through. These are the biggest seas I have seen in the Gulf of Mexico in my 22+ year career working out here. I thought you would all enjoy these. And trust me, these pics dont do those seas any justice! Those waves are HUGE!!!!Regards,
Dennis J. Menard - 1 week ago
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Viosca Knolls 917 11 09 09
- From: robperillo
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Description:From a viewer offshore -These pics were taken around 3:00 pm on 11-09-09. I am on the rig Ocean America & we are located in block Viosca Knolls 917. For those of you not familiar with that location, it is South-East of Venice, LA., or approximately 90 miles due South of Mobile Bay, Alabama . We are pretty far out & the water depth is 4,378'. When I took these pics, it was apparent IDA was passing right over us as we were clocking sustained winds of 70 knots (80 mph) & had gusts of up to 78 knots (90 mph). We had steady 20-25' seas with the occasional 35'-40+ rolling through. We know this by counting the 1' markers on the rig structure at the water line as the waves passed through. These are the biggest seas I have seen in the Gulf of Mexico in my 22+ year career working out here. I thought you would all enjoy these. And trust me, these pics dont do those seas any justice! Those waves are HUGE!!!!Regards,
Dennis J. Menard - 1 week ago
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Cow Island Community Center
- From: JennM
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The Community Center in Cow Island has been the location for District 13 Biddy Basketball for many years. It was also used as a temporary school to the children from Forked Island E Broussard Elementary after Hurricane Rita. In addition it is used every year for Catechism classes for the children in our community. It is the location of the Annual St.Anne Church festival. The sewage tank is cracked and the Vermilion Parish School Board does not want to put anymore money into this. They are in the process of looking for the original owners and Lord only knows what will happen to the Community Center then. What I am saying is there has to be a way to get the sewage system fixed. It would be a loss to the community and to our kids if the buildings have to be destroyed. If there is anyone out there that can help or offer suggestions, please let me know, either here or send an email to bayanne1802@yahoo.com.
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- 2 months ago
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VIEW OF HURRICANE BILL
- From: sillykajn
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VIEW OF HURRICANE BILL FROM EI-327 --8-23-09--CLAYTON COURVILLE
- 3 months ago
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Marvels and Murder at the Worl
- From: agentriff
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Description:Erik Larson ("Isaac's Storm: A Man, A Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History") brings to vivid life the true story of a serial killer who stalked tourists at one of the greatest world's fairs in American history.
In "The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America," Larson brilliantly weaves the building of Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition with the madness of a seemingly charming physician who was one of America's first serial killers.
While the great Chicago architect Daniel Burnham was designing and building the fair---popularly known as "the White City" because it was dazzingly illuminated with tens of thousands of new-fangled electric light bulbs---the sinister doctor had designs of his own: a macabre plot of mayhem and murder in a house right at the edge of the World Expo.The book has the suspense of a page-turning thriller and the"you-are-there" vividness of the best historical re-creation. It's as close to attending this great World's Fair as we are likely to get. The fair featured the likes of Thomas Edison, Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley and Susan B. Anthony. George W. Ferris built his Ferris Wheel for this fair which was held in Chicago to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus's landing in America.
Court of Honor and Grand BasinColumbian World ExpositionChicago, 1893The Chicago Fair's organizers wanted something that would rival the Eiffel Tower. Four years earlier, Gustave Eiffel had built the tower for the Paris World's Fair of 1889 which honored the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution.
Although Ferris was initially ridiculed as "a man with wheels in his mind," he did bring his giant wheel to fruition. It was an engineering wonder: two 140-foot steel towers supported the wheel; they were connected by a 45-foot axle, the largest single piece of forged steel ever made up until that time. Thirrty-six wooden cars held up to sixty riders each. The ride cost fifty cents and made $726,805.50 during the fair's run.
The Exposition drew nearly 26 million visitors. It left a remembered vision that inspired the Emerald City of L. Frank Baum's Land of Oz and Walt Disney's theme parks.
While the book reads like a novel, the story is true. As world expos tend to do, the Chicago Columbian Exposition exemplified America's optimism for a fast-approaching new century. But while tourists from around the country and the world descended on Chicago to see the fair's--and the future's-- marvels, Chicago's burgeoning population provided cover for the sinister Dr. H.H. Holmes.
This was the beginning of a phenomenon: an expanding nation of people in ever-growing metropolises which provide anonymity to sociopaths in our midst. The story "feels like" the novelized fiction of E.L. Doctorow ("Ragime") meeting "Sweeney Todd."Cinematic in its vivid and detailed re-creation of a nation on the brink of a New Age---and killers hiding in plain sight---this is one of the best non-fiction books I have ever read. I highly recommend it.
--Hoyt Harris - Blog post
- 6 months ago
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Hurricane Ike, hi and dry
- From: Nateyes
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- 9 months ago
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At the edge of the flood
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- 9 months ago
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Hurricane Ike, for boats only
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- 9 months ago
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Hurricane Ike, turn over what
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- 9 months ago
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In Dallas for Hurricane Gustav
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- 9 months ago
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Hurricane Gustav coverage Sept
- From: agentriff
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- 1 year ago
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davnbarb
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Hurricane Ike
- From: segura1966
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Description:Delcambre Louisiana
- 1 year ago
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Hurricane Ike
- From: segura1966
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Description:Hurricane Ike Delcambre Louisiana
- 1 year ago
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w hwy 82 esther
- From: kjnsweets
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Description:pictures of esther post hurricane ike. if you look close you can see the new pets i acquired after the storm.....two louisiana yard dogs (alligators)
- 1 year ago
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