The official VM fiancee writes:
Thank you for all of your emails and calls this week! The west bank of St. Charles Parish escaped serious damage, so my parents are driving back today to hook up the generator and begin the process of cleaning up. Their neighbor rode out the storm and reported NO flooding or damage to houses in the immediate area. We’re relieved to hear that bit of good news, but sickened by the destruction just 15-20 miles
northeast. News coverage indicates it’ll be at least a month before Orleans and Jefferson parish residents are allowed back and who knows how long before businesses reopen and life takes on some semblance of normalcy. I wish I had some news for you about our wedding plans, but those are, understandably, up in the air for now.
I’m still hoping that we’ll be able to get hitched without a hitch down in NO,LA next March, but the short term looks pretty terrible down there.