sandi_travelnut

I may not have the name right, but was wondering if the beautiful plantation with the ancient oak trees lining its path, withstood the hurricane? It's been in dozens of movies including Interview with a Vampire and many, many more. Any word?

sandi_travelnut

It's called Oak Alley, sorry. Did the Oaks make it?

MaxwellSmart

Here's a photo:

http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/katrina/KATRINA0000.HTM

sandi_travelnut

So, how do I know which of the dozens of boxes to click on? I have no idea exactly where it's located.

fehgeddaboudit

Here's a recently-created central source of info. Maybe it's here; I didn't search for you.

http://www.hurricanefamilyhelp.org

GoTravel

sandi, chances are good many of the trees lived if they were healthy. The big problem with those old Live Oak Trees is that many can get diseased in old age.

TheWeasel

From www.oakalleyplantation.com

"We are grateful to have been spared by the wrath of Hurricane Katrina.  
We are fully operational and welcome your visit!"

sandi_travelnut

Funny..I didn't even check the website!! Thank you.

Jocelyn_P

I just checked the website and oh my heavens what a beautiful place.

Jocelyn_P

After looking at this some more, we may need to reconsider our spring break plans. Utah doesn't need our tourist dollars, but Louisiana sure does.

Scarlett

I remember the Oaks Plantation from Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte! What a beautiful place. I would go there in the Spring, when all the flowers are blooming, without a doubt!

sandi_travelnut

I haven't been there since 1983 but actually think of it often. The plantation house itself is nice and has a cafe on the grounds (or at least it used to) but the trees....oh my, the trees...

J_Correa

Yeah - the trees really do steal the show, don't they?

DixieChick

So much of their business is dependent on bus tours from NOLA so I'm sure they are desperate for tourists. It is a lovely place. Those trees....

Barbara

sandi, I came across this article about Oak Alley today.

http://www.houmatoday.com/apps/pbcs....RBLOG/50907003

vivi

I dont know where Oak Alley is in relation to Destrehen Plantation....but my aunt spent her childhood living at Destrehen (about 8 miles from NO). The plantation house survived KAtrina as did the outbuidlings, however the giant hundreds-year old oaks were destroyed.

JJ5

Does anyone know if Beauvoir made it in Biloxi? Or Mary Mahoney's. I saw pictures of the Beau Rivage so I pretty well doubt that they did. But both lasted through 18 hurricanes before this.

Sorry, to switch the thread but the OP already got an answer.

JJ5

It took a couple of trys but I got my answer.

Beauvoir is completely destroyed, it's just a pile of wreckage with only part of the frame standing. It lasted from 1854 until Hurricane Katrina.

The Presidential Casino crushed a Holiday Inn and transported itself across 90. I think I'll wait a couple of more days to search for Mary Mahoney's.

Gretchen

Actually the frame standing at Beauvoir also kept the art on the walls after the hurricane. It will be restored. The preservationists said the reason it wasn't levelled was due to its ingenious structure that Jefferson Davis apparently designed.
Unfortunately the live oak trees have taken a terrible toll in NOLA. And those that are still standing are standing in that awful water and may be drowning or suffocating.

JJ5

Thanks, Gretchen.

My guy is an engineer and we got to go under the house and survey the stilted framework that let the water through and stopped more damage than a couple of broken window panes so many times in the past.

I am glad to heard that restoration is in the plan.