Posted on 09/12/2008 11:29:13 PM PDT by NautiNurse
List of grocery stores already open: (eye roll)
http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou080914_jj_stores_opening_hurricane_ike.76056a88.html
Go look at it..the list is long....LOL..and Mayor White and Sheila Jackson Lee are still screaming about the lack of FEMA PODS in HOUSTON...LOL!!
Post this list of stores that are open in Houston for the dunce:
Grocery stores, hardware stores reopening
Many stores were closed because of Hurricane Ike
06:37 AM CDT on Monday, September 15, 2008
HEB:
Kempwood/Gessner 577, 10251 Kempwood, Houston, TX
Mason 497, 1621 Mason Road, Katy, TX
Riverpark 563, 19900 Hwy 59, Sugarland, TX
Kirkwood 551, 11815 Westheimer, Houston, TX
Bay City 292, 2700 Seventh St., Bay City, TX
El Campo 584, 306 N. Mechanic, El Campo, TX
Wharton 233, 1616 N. Alabama, Wharton, TX
Columbus 256, 2105 Milam, Columbus, TX
Brenham, 2508 S. Day St., Brenham, TX
Grand Parkway 596, 6711 South Fry Road, Katy, TX
Mi Tienda 66, 1630 Spencer Hwy., Pasadena, TX
Bay Colony 28, 2955 S. Gulf Freeway, League City, TX
249/Louetta 99, 10919 Louetta Road, Houston, TX
Pearland 63, 2805 Business Center Dr, Pearland, TX
Fountainview 472, 2660 Fountainview Dr., Houston, TX
West Columbia 271, 110 Brazos Street, W. Columbia, TX
Lake Colony, 4724 Highway 6, Missouri City, TX
Bear Creek 553, 4955 Highway 6 North
Woodlands 1 564, 130 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX
Clear Lake 572, 16811 El Camino Real, Houston, TX
Stuebner Airline/Louetta 576, 7310 Louetta, Spring, TX
Kingwood 578, 4304 Kingwood Drive, Kingwood, TX
Woodlands 3 594, 10777 Kuykendahl Road, Woodlands, TX
Conroe 595, 2108 North Frazier, Conroe, TX
290/Barker Cypress, 24224 Northwest Freeway, Houston, TX
Tomball 574, 28520 Tomball Parkway, Tomball, TX
Atascocita 498, 7405 FM 1960 East, Atascocita, TX
Fry Road 492, 1550 Fry Road, Katy, TX
Woodlands 2 579, 9595 Six Pines Road, Woodlands, TX
Central Market, 3815 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX
KROGER:
Open at 12 Sunday with power:
Grant & Louetta, Cypress, Texas (including fuel center)
17455 Spring Cypress, Cypress, Texas (including fuel center)
Highway 6 North @ Little York, Houston, Texas
22150 Westheimer Parkway @ Mason, Katy, Texas (including fuel center)
11565 Highway 6 South, Sugar Land, Texas (including fuel center)
4825 Sweetwater Blvd. Sugar Land, Texas
6200 Highway 6 @ FM 1092, Missouri City, Texas (including fuel center)
19611 Eastex @ FM 1960 E. Humble, Texas
KROGER stores open at 12 Sunday with generators:
4747 Research Forest @ Gosling, The Woodlands, Texas
19300 W. Lake Houston Parkway, Humble, Texas
11701 S. Sam Houston Parkway @ Sabo, Houston, Texas (including fuel center)
200 Gulf Freeway, League City, Texas
1938 West Gray, Houston, Texas
5150 Buffalo Speedway @ Westpark, Houston, Texas
2222 IH 45 @ Loop 336 N. Conroe, Texas (including fuel center)
KROGER fuel centers/convenience stores open at 12 Sunday
3135 FM 528 @ Bay Area, Friendswood, Texas
9125 W. Sam Houston Parkway @ West Road, Houston, Texas
RANDALLS Stores
Randalls Food Market 3050 Fry Road @ Morton in Katy
Randalls Food Market 1525 South Mason Road @ Highland Knolls in Katy
Randalls Food Market 12312 Barker Cypress Road in Cypress
Randalls Food Market 3346 Hwy 6 South @ Wm Trace in Sugar Land
Randalls Food Market 11711 West Bellfort @ Kirkwood in Stafford
Randalls Food Market 10228 Broadway @ County Road 94 in Pearland
Randalls Food Market 1890 FM 359 @ Plantation in Richmond
Randalls Food Market 5800 New Territory Blvd @ Parkway in Sugar Land
Randalls Food Market 7055 Hwy 6 North @ 529 in Houston
Randalls Food Market 12850 Memorial Drive in Houston
Randalls Food Market 4540 Kingwood Drive in Kingwood
Randalls Food Market 14610 Memorial Drive in Houston
Randalls Food Market 18322 Clay Road in Houston
Randalls Food Market 11041 Westheimer @ Wilcrest in Houston
Randalls Food Market 5264 West 34th Street in Houston
Randalls Food Market 604 Hwy 332 @ Plantation in Lake Jackson
The following Randalls stores are OPEN – ON GENERATOR – NO PERISHABLES:
Randalls Food Market 600 Kingwood Drive @ Loop 494 in Kingwood
Randalls Food Market 9503 Jones Road @ West Road in Houston
Randalls Food Market 2250 Buckthorne Place @ S. Millbend in The Woodlands
Randalls Food Market 5219 FM 1960 in Houston
Randalls Food Market 4540 Kingwood in Kingwood
Randalls Food Market 9420 College Park Dr in The Woodlands
Randalls Food Market 1407 S Voss in Houston
Randalls Food Market 2323 Clear Lake City Blvd in Houston
Randalls Food Market 5586 Weslayan in Houston
Randalls Food Market 4800 W Bellfort in Houston
Randalls Food Market 3131 W. Holcombe in Houston
Randalls Food Market 2225 Louisana in Houston
Randalls Food Market 2951 Marina Bay Dr in League City
Randalls Food Market 9660 Westheimer in Houston
WAL-MART:
310 Overcreek Way, Sealy
203 U.S. Loop 290 West, Brenham
2103 Milam St., Columbus
625 Highway 290 East, Hempstead
26270 Northwest Freeway, Cypress
2700 South Kirkwood Drive, Houston
9460 W. Sam Houston Parkway South, Houston
Wal-Marts opening at 12 p.m. Sunday
27650 Tomball Parkway, Tomball
15955 FM 529 Road, Houston
5330 FM1640, Richmond
Other areas where Wal-Mart is open:
Victoria
El Campo
Cuero
Edna
Hallettsville
Port Lavaca
Bay City
Wharton
WHOLE FOODS open at 11 a.m. Sunday:
2955 Kirby Dr.
15900 Southwest Freeway, Sugar Land
11145 Westheimer Rd.
HOME DEPOT:
6800 W. Sam Houston Pkwy
2801 Woodbridge Rd., Brenham
1615 University Dr. E., College Station
6708 NE Zac Lentz Parkway, Victoria
12727 FM 1960 West
20360 Highway 59, Humble
FM 646 and I-45
Fairmont Parkway, Pasadena
SUPER S in Palacios
That’s very true. I didn’t want to leave NO that day. I pitched a fit which is not like me at all. I had reservations at Brigtsen’s that night. But I finally packed up that Sat about 1 PM and we hit the road right after lunch. I was happier when I won a little money in Kinder later that night :-)
LOL
We don’t have any stores open around us yet. But guess what, I prepared in advance and have plenty to eat for about another two months :-)
LaToya wants her FEMA gift card so she can get her a new Gucci purse.
Many people can’t afford hotels and money for gas. I planned to spend about 400 in gas if Ike had headed south. My suggestion though is that Fema give voucher loans that people are expected to pay back. I would rather someone “charge” a tank of gas than try to ride out a storm because of lack of funds.
No Cash!
“.. But guess what, I prepared in advance and have plenty to eat for about another two months :-)”
We prepared for at least a week and we are way up in DFW...LOL!!
Just more proof that conservatives rely on themselves and liberals rely on the Government.
Thank. Glad to be back. Glad Freepers appear to be safe as well.
Anything below 80 is chilly (for me).
Wife said it rained in CC all day yesterday. We got a little last night.
When I read these posts about no food... unless a home was blown away I believe no food is subjective. Kids cry “nothing to eat” if they are out of sodas, chips, lunch meat, cookies etc even though the pantry may be full with staples. No one goes hungry in America unless it is by choice. Even the poor get a Lone Star card. There was no reason for anyone not to be prepared and I would guess these women with “starving” kids have available food. They just need to cook it. JMO.
It’s all about priorities. If someone owns a cell phone and a computer yet doesn’t have enough cash to put gas in their vehicle and wants the taxpayers to pay for that, I have a problem with it.
WalMart especially. I’m told that there are literally fleets of Walmart trucks rolling out of the DFW area Walmart distribution centers/warehouses - and all of them are rolling down to Houston in an unbelievable stream of metal, goods, and manpower.
As we’ve all been telling people, this isn’t going to be another Katrina. Even the local Democrats won’t do that.
Yes! Like when they got off the bus at the Astrodome from NOLA and were handed a Jason’s Deli box lunch and they gave it back and wanted to know where the McDonald’s food was. I don’t hardly ever go to Jason’s because I think they’re too high and these people were given that which was paid for out of my pocket and they had the nerve to turn their nose up to it like they were some kind of royalty and only ate prime filet. That is the kind of attitude that people reliant on the government have. They want everything I have and more, and they want me to pay for it all too. Hogwash!
G’morning :) Yes indeed- the whole Geraldo thing is a modern-day phenomenon..
Your post reminds me of a time I went to court to try to get a traffic fine dropped or reduced. There was a young girl ahead of me that said she couldn't pay her ticket. The judge said he would wipe out the fine if she could prove this was true. He told her though that if he could find a way to see that she could have come up with the money though, she was going to jail. He recommended she take a few minutes in a room off to the side to think about if she had anything she could sell, pawn or borrow. She came back in a bit and paid her fine. I paid mine too:')
If there were an unbiased (IE: Non-liberal) news source in Houston, one would imagine the first thing they'd be looking up is seeing how many billions have been poured into Houston emergency services, and ask the obvious question: How come Houston couldn't handle a relatively minor emergency?
And yes, alas, Houston will get FEMA aid right now, not because they particularly need it, with standard groceries opening up, and more food and ice on it's way from market distribution centers across the state, but because there's a whole load of television cameras watching.
Well, a tad bit disingenuous. There would be more aid for Galveston and Bolivar Peninsula, but right now, there isn't a whole lot of methods of getting big rigs there, so they'll have to rely on what aid can be brought in immediately on boat and by helicopter.
What with all the stories of people holing up in churches trying to ride out the storm, some followups. While KHOU has reported some people walking out or getting rescued, here’s an unusual one - there’s an audio clip at the link:
http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou080915_tj_ike_shelter_lion_crystal_beach.7a72aecc.html
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Five shelter from Ike in church with a lion
07:21 AM CDT on Monday, September 15, 2008
By TJ Aulds / KHOU.com
CRYSTAL BEACH, Texas—As if holing up in a church as Hurricane Ike was doing its worst to the Bolivar Peninsula wasn’t bad enough, Robert Reed had something else to contend with: a 500-pound African lion.
When Ike’s storm surge made the peninsula’s only main road impassable, Reed assisted in getting other residents onto helicopters so they could be airlifted to safety. Reed figured the Coast Guard would be returning to pick him up, but as the weather deteriorated, it became too dangerous for further rescue efforts.
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That left Reed and five others stranded in the Seaside Lumber Store on Highway 87 in Crystal Beach. With the water rising and Ike only hours away from landfall, Reed and the band of survivors waded through waist deep water to the Baptist church next door.
The church was built at a higher elevation.
As the storm raged, Reed—along with his friends, Larry and Crystal White—were praying the church would be just high enough to keep them from drowning in the massive storm surge.
If they could keep their heads above water, then all they would have to worry about were the hours of pounding rain and winds – and getting cozy with the king of the jungle.
“This guy had his cat in a cage in the back of his truck and he wouldn’t leave it,” said Reed.
As the storm got worse, the big cat’s owner opened the cage and brought his lion inside.
“It was no big deal; he is real good with big cats. Been raising them a long time,” said Reed.
Lion or not, Reed’s friends grew worried Friday night when they didn’t hear from him.
Rev. Robin Huber, the pastor of the Full Gospel Lighthouse Church on Bolivar, said she talked to Reed at about 4 p.m. on Friday as he waited to be airlifted off the peninsula. That was about the time tropical storm-force winds were making their way ashore, and the Coast Guard decided it was too dangerous to fly.
Two hours later, Huber got another call from Reed. His cell phone signal was weak at best, but she managed to get the message.
“He didn’t think they were coming for him, it had been two hours,” said Huber, who called KHOU desperate for help to rescue her friend.
Repeated attempts to reach Reed failed, and Huber started to pray.
“The battery on my phone fell out into the water and it just wouldn’t stay powered,” said Reed.
KHOU.com sent Reed a text message, and eventually he was able to get a call through.
It was less than ideal – we could only hear every sixth word he said.
That’s when someone in the church with Reed had an idea: They sent a text-to-land line message to KHOU.com.
Text-to-land line messages are delivered by a computerized voice, based on the text typed into the user’s phone.
The cryptic message to KHOU.com was as follows: “We are in Crystal Beach. Five men and one (inaudible) and an African lion at the Baptist church.”
We didn’t believe the part about African lion could be real.
But it was. Reed called back Saturday after he and his friends were finally airlifted out of Crystal Beach and taken to a shelter.
He confirmed his miraculous survival story.
While Reed and the Whites were willing to get off the peninsula, the lion’s owner wouldn’t leave without his big cat.
“We would have stayed too if we had enough food,” said Reed.
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I can only imagine what the poor lion was thinking. Hurricanes don’t normally come visit the African veldt.
“For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.” Ecclesiastes 3:19
Can you imagine....the rescue helicoper comes in and a man says “I’m not leaving without my cat” and was told to “grab your cat and let’s go” :’)
Question: Where do a man and his lion can stay during a hurricane?
Answer: Anywhere they desire
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