So as if it were not enough to evacuate New Orleans now while trying to get the services hooked up to start work on my properties, Issac came a knocking. Knowing I could do nothing to protect the church from the "Cone of Discomfort" we (my girlfriend) and I fled to Baton Rouge to ride it out. We stayed 3 days while though slow Issac pounded rain and wind on New Orleans for days.
Friday we returned to our house in Uptown to find we had no electricity and they did not expect us to for at least 6 days so we immediately went to the French Quarter to stay because of course they never loose power. My first drive to the church was a little scary because of the drive over was filled with damage on so many properties I could only think of the worse for my own.
Pulling up I noticed 3 Plexiglas windows had broke but did their job and protected the stained glass. I found a gable laying on the ground which was good because I wanted to make new ones and now I did not have to get them off the upper part of the church. I did notice many pieces of slate as well as clay hurricane caps that line the roof the the building. for the most part not too much damage.
The building has sustained 6 major hurricanes with the bell tower falling in 1965 and then replaced with solid walls to keep it from happening again. It has survived the Civil War, riots, fires, hurricanes, and life in general. Now, on to the repairs....
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