Posted on 09/24/2005 7:28:28 AM PDT by Howlin
Okay, now that the worst of the storm is over, it's time to start counting heads. If you were in the path of the storm, please check in on this thread.
And yes, we'd LOVE to hear your experiences!!!
I am just catching up on the news..I think Jasper was one of the hardest hit..I knew if we dodged the bullet someone else sadly wouldn't..so I just prayed for the storm to weaken..
Our subdivision's entrance's are being guarded by police lest anyone decides to take advantage of those who evacuated my daughter's neighbor said.
There is no gas so the same situation that existed still exists..I hope people stay where they are until supplies can be replenished. I will never forget the scenes along 45 N.yesterday from very early morning until we finally cut off at Buffalo...
We had filled up early in the week and driven 11 miles only on that tank in order to have a full tank to leave. Our normal 3 hour drive took 6..no problem.
I once heard a guy on the radio in NY, NY say "today is San Jack See Nito Day in Texas." It took me a full minute to figure out what he was talking about.
I had a great uncle and aunt who owned an antique shop there for many years. It is one of the nicest towns in Texas. I hope all is well.
If they really think that people with homes that were unaffected in NW, West, and SW Houston are going to wait until Sunday or Monday to come home they are nuts. Further the distribution centers for food and gas in this area are SOUTH of town so once whatever convoys they are bringing in are here I just don't see a problem if you live west of downtown.
ROTLFMAO........He's gonna hurt ya for that one . But that was really funny !
I haven't heard from leapfrog but I know where he lives and I'm sure he is fine.
He has my chainsaw during a hurricane.
Folks don't get closer than that.
;<)
I think that we were really triplets and he was so ugly Mom kept him out of the picture!
Never left town. She made the turn to north as she was supposed to and now we are baking in 105 degree heat here in South Texas. Is it fall yet?
I think you can come out now. I'm several miles from you - Braeburn Valley. Things are looking good.
Glad you're Ok, welcome aboard.
I am back, no damage to my house. Lucky.
I think what they're trying to do is make sure there is fuel all along the route and to get folks to come back on an even scale so there isn't the huge traffic jams. In addition to the jams being aggrivating, they would also tie up the roads so the trucks to restock the stores and service stations wouldn't be able to get through.
Howlin is going to be off the thread for a bit. Glad to see you're all OK.
LOL, thanks for the offer. I'll keep it in mind for any future "emergencies".
For those of you in SW Houston and in need of Bloody Mary fixins'(or whatever), Bigwick Liquor Store at 6719 Bissonnet is open. (Bissonnet and Beechnut)
I feel so much better now. I might even take a nap this afternoon.
I'm here with servantboy777. we never lost power and saw very little action. thanks for the prayers ..
deb
From Snopes:
http://www.snopes.com/katrina/photos/crocodile.asp
"No, a 21-foot crocodile has been not been found swimming around the flooded streets of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. These photographs were taken in a very different part of the world over two years ago, and someone has simply altered the text that originally accompanied the pictures in e-mail forwards and changed the locale to New Orleans:
Monster in Pointe Noire
This crocodile was on the beach in front of the Petroleum club, Plage Sportive In Pointe Noire. 21 FT long, 4,500 lbs, around 80 years old minimum.
Specialists said that he was looking to eat humans because he was too old to catch animals. For the past few months in some villages close to Pointe Noire people were complaining that some people in their villages have been disappearing, could be this crocodile. This crocodile was killed by the army last Sunday at 3:00 pm, currently he is in the freezer at the Azur hotel.
These photographs actually show a crocodile that was shot and killed on 6 July 2003 at Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo. According to an article in allafrica.com, the reptile was a Nile crocodile whose vital statistics fell a bit short of the claims made above: he was estimated to be 50 years old, about 16 feet in length, and about 1,900 lbs. (not quite the 80-year-old, 21-foot, 4,500-pound monster described in e-mail). The local mayor reportedly insisted on preserving the crocodile's carcass against the efforts of locals who wanted to eat it and arranged for it to be shipped to a taxidermist.
Last updated: 16 September 2005"
If he would have turned off some of the lights he would probably still have some left. He needs to learn how to ration his electricity.
Wow. We were without power a few times, but it always came back on in just minutes
Thanks for the thread, Howlin. Power never went out here. I know at least parts of the Heights (to my south) have power, but just less than two miles to my west they lost it about 2 a.m. We got a moderately strong rain band and some gusty winds about 5 a.m.
The old oak trees in the front only shed a few small branches. Thank goodness there was no real damage here. My thoughts and prayers are with those further east.
I posted the correction prior to your post.
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