Tornado damage Ruston/LaTech

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Originally Posted by The Historian

https://twitter.com/FletchWorldWide

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Thanks - can't access twitter from work computer, so I was copy & pasting from phone.

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Originally Posted by sportdawg

@FletchWorldwide: Burroughs: The Love Shack is probably going to have to be replaced. It's blocked off right now to everyone. Locker rooms and offices were cleaned out yesterday. We're grateful to use Ruston High as our practice facility for the rest of the season.

Burroughs: It's not a done deal, but Coach Federico at @ULM_BSB reached out to let us host Western Kentucky at their stadium. It's 95% done, but not quite yet.

Burroughs: They say adversity reveals character. Grant Jones is a young man that has only had one at bat and doesn't travel with us. He took it upon himself to get the valuables out of the locker room to keep in a safe place, and move everyone's cars.

Fletch has some more quotes on his Twitter

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Originally Posted by The Historian

https://twitter.com/FletchWorldWide

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Thanks.

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Originally Posted by stodgdog

Will Tech be able to afford new facilities? What is the range insurance will pay?

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Previous posts to this thread indicate that the state self-insures it's properties. Some other items like the turf and scoreboard may have insurance (speculation). There may be FEMA money available, plus donations.

As others have said, if we have to start from scratch, let's do it right.

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Originally Posted by The Historian

I haven't seen anything official from Tech, but our baseball and softball staffs have been openly talking about it. Coach Montgomery was on the morning drive show on 97.7 yesterday and said that baseball, softball, and soccer had all been deemed a total loss.

I picked up on part but not all of it. Unfortunately, 97.7 doesn't have the ability to stream or archive shows right now. So I can't tell you exactly what was said.

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So, are Joe Aillet Stadium and the football facilities ok?

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Originally Posted by HogDawg

So, are Joe Aillet Stadium and the football facilities ok?

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yes

I say play the games in Monroe -

If Grambling's field was in better condition - I would be all for playing it there but it's not, there are a lot of better HS fields around - if GSU had turf, it would be a NO brainer

Not a time to be petty about where we play our final 3 home games - from all reports Softball went well in Monroe and we know their press facilities will be a lot better than GSU's

I really think next year we could see a split home schedule - first part at the new Ruston complex - second half in our new digs wherever they maybe

The Historian posted a break down of the state's self-insurance program - we should be ok in that area, but remember depreciation and everything kicks in when considering replacement costs and if our costs with the secondary carrier haven't been up graded prior to the storm then we could see less $$$ than we were expecting

As far as FEMA is concerned - I think a Presidential declaration has to be issued before the 75%/25% amounts kick into play - unless I've missed it, I haven't seen one - nor has a PA# been issued

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Originally Posted by Dwayne From Minden

I say play the games in Monroe -

If Grambling's field was in better condition - I would be all for playing it there but it's not, there are a lot of better HS fields around - if GSU had turf, it would be a NO brainer

Not a time to be petty about where we play our final 3 home games - from all reports Softball went well in Monroe and we know their press facilities will be a lot better than GSU's

I really think next year we could see a split home schedule - first part at the new Ruston complex - second half in our new digs wherever they maybe

The Historian posted a break down of the state's self-insurance program - we should be ok in that area, but remember depreciation and everything kicks in when considering replacement costs and if our costs with the secondary carrier haven't been up graded prior to the storm then we could see less $$$ than we were expecting

As far as FEMA is concerned - I think a Presidential declaration has to be issued before the 75%/25% amounts kick into play - unless I've missed it, I haven't seen one - nor has a PA# been issued

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If we're playing on a university facility, yeah, I'd just say GSU, but if their grass is not in shape, ULM is a no brainer.

Here's what Greg Hilburn reported from Baton Rouge:

https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/ne...er/3625409002/

Thanks T-mo

So it appears only the public facility (TECH/RUSTON/LINCOLN/UNION) side will kick in on the 75/25 with not enough damage on the public side to trigger the individual assistance $$$

And BTW - we are still "waiting" for about $400k here at the parish level for pre-2016 damage and mitigation efforts from FEMA...