My backyard pond New Orleans La.

motarz9

12 years ago

Just a picture of my back yard pond in New Orleans. Rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina.

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annedickinson
12 years ago
Great pond. What kind of fish do you have?
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motarz9
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12 years ago
goldfish. I'm not sure of the breed. But Mamma is about 9" long and is now six years old and I have about six other goldfish.
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sleeplessinftwayne
12 years ago
Are you going to bring the fish in before Isaac hits? We had several postings here about fish that got lost due to flooding during hurricanes.
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annedickinson
12 years ago
Motar.. my thoughts are with you and everyone else in New Orleans. Stay safe
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motarz9
Original Author
12 years ago
I lost all my fish after Katrina. Had to redo my pond.
Most of my neighbors and I are staying for Isaac. So far it seems that Isaac will be a low category 2 storm when it hits.
All the gas stations were out of gas by late last night but I was able to fill up the family cars and four gas cans in case we have to leave. Traffic to get out of New Orleans is terrible right now. A lot of people were freaked out from Katrina so they leave for any storm now. We'll be ok. If I have power after it passes I'll post an update.

David
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sleeplessinftwayne
12 years ago
Have you had a chance to access the damage yet?
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motarz9
Original Author
12 years ago
I didn't lose any fish but I do have to clean out the pond. A good bit of debris got into the pond. To me it seems we did not get a lot of rain. My street didn't even flood. Maybe they were manning the pumps better this time. No damage to the house but we were without power for two days. A neighbor did lend us her generator to keep our refrig cold.
David
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annedickinson
12 years ago
WHEW.. glad you are okay. Some of the tv reports coming out of LA were pretty scary.

Welcome back to the world of electricity!!! (and the pond forum)
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Calamity_J
12 years ago
Nice looking pond! Glad you are okay!
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