United Fire & Water Damage Restoration Inc is proud to have served both Advanced Office Systems & Pittsburgh Paints to restore their facilities after Hurricane Gustav. We were employed to remove water damaged content and structure from both sites, and to return atmospheric conditions to normal levels. The process also involved making the property water tight until permanent repairs can be made as well as drying the interior of structure. Humidity in both structures exceeded 90% and as of Sunday September 7th we now have levels in the 30% - 40% ranges. These locations will have a great chance of being open for business in the coming days.
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Posted 1 year, 6 months ago at 11:53 am. Add a comment
We have equipment and man power available for Hurricane Response.
Please note that cellular service after Katrina was limited. If you are having problems getting through to any of our numbers, and I have listed all of them below, please either send a text message to the cell numbers listed below or send an email and copy all of the addresses below.
We will be available just as soon as the storm has blown through for any restoration needs you may have.
Thank you, and be safe.
Kevin Hussey CMR/WRT
President, United Fire & Water
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago at 11:29 am. Add a comment
Wunder Blog : Weather Underground: “Comparing Gustav to ‘Billion-Dollar Betsy’
Gustav’s track and expected intensity at landfall are similar to those of Hurricane Betsy of 1965. Betsy was a strong Category 4 hurricane as it crossed the Gulf of Mexico, which then weakened to a Category 3 at landfall, right where Gustav is predicted to make landfall (Figure 3). Betsy brought a storm surge of up to 15 feet to Louisiana (Figure 4). According to wikipedia, levees for the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet along Florida Avenue in the Lower Ninth Ward and on both sides of the Industrial Canal failed. The flood waters reached the eaves of houses in some places and over some one story roofs in the Lower Ninth Ward. These levee breaches flooded parts of Gentilly, the Upper Ninth Ward, and the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans as well as Arabi and Chalmette in neighboring St. Bernard Parish. Seventy-six people died in Louisiana, and ‘Billion-Dollar Betsy’ became the first billion-dollar hurricane ($10 billion in 2008 dollars). As a result of the hurricane, the Army Corps of Engineers was tasked with the job of upgrading the New Orleans levee system to withstand a future hurricane of Besty’s strength–but no stronger.
Figure 3. Track of Hurricane Betsy of 1965.
Figure 4. Simulated maximum storm surge from Hurricane Betsy of 1965, as modeled using the ADCIRC”
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago at 8:19 am. Add a comment
Tropical Storm Gustav may regain hurricane status - CNN.com: “The story
Tropical Storm Gustav’s squalls battered Haiti on Wednesday, and forecasters warned the storm could regain its hurricane strength before reaching Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.
Forecasters said Gustav may dump more than 2 feet of rain in parts of those countries, possibly sparking life-threatening flash floods and mudslides. Expected total rainfalls over Hispaniola, eastern Cuba, Jamaica and the Caymans range from 6 to 12 inches, they said.
‘Coastal storm surge flooding of 1 to 3 feet above normal tide levels along with large and dangerous battering waves can be expected,’ said the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida. Read full article »
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To see what Gustav is doing right now click here:
http://www.stormpulse.com/
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago at 9:31 am. Add a comment
