Hurricane Ike Live Thread IV

NOAA/NHC ^ | 14 September 2008 | NOAA/NHC

[NautiNurse]

Katlyn has not checked in yet. Lives in La Porte, evac 100 miles inland.

[Aggie Mama]

I was watching the local news and the Farmers rep. said that the Katrina devastation pales in comparison to Ike. Basically what all of us in the Houston area know—Houston/Galveston is densely populated and tremendously spread out, and since Ike was a huge storm, the damage is huge.

I’m not sure if anyone else has seen the pictures of the oil tankers lined up off Galveston, but that sure would be a great picture to use in some campaign video as to why we need more refineries.

[LA Woman3]

Rollover Pass Texas

[sweet_diane]

"There is a builder on my street who bilds like that -"

My Husband builds like that. He built our house himself over a three year period (we lived in a trailer on the property). When the framing inspector came he said "I know where I'm going during the next hurricane!".

There is a smart way to build houses and there is a cheap way. Since your home is,for most people, your largest investment, it should be your priority to have it built to withstand whatever nature tends to throw to your neck of the woods. Hubby builds 'code plus' whether he's building from ground, remodeling or even just adding a deck... only way to do it down here, IMHO.

[Uncle Ike]

bump for later....

[txhurl]

There you are!

[STARWISE]

Praise the Lord. We’ll “talk to you” in
good time. So heartened to hear from you.
Keep hangin’ in there .. you’ve already had
the most important huge blessing. Thank God.

Wonderful news.

[WillVoteForFood]

Just checking in. I live in NW Houston. Got power back yesterday afternoon. Running water has been available for good stretches since landfall.

Infuriated with some of the irresponsible reporting from people like Miya Shay (13), Wayne Dolcefino (13) and Greg Hurst (11).

[Enosh]

Dubya’s in the house.

Great to see ya’, jpsb.

[onemiddleamerican]

Good news to read that you are OK. I’ve said it before on this thread (perhaps too much for some other posters’ to stomach), my prayers continue for all affected by Ike; and that prayer list now includes the states beyond TX and LA who are dealing with Ike’s aftermath.

[CindyDawg]

Thanks for checking in. Take care.

[STARWISE]

Ohmylord ... how starkly dramatic and ominous. Totally stranded on the 13th .. an island. It still stuns me. Keep wondering, who is the builder, the owner?

[STARWISE]

Awesome site .. the whole thing.

And in your pic, there’s that GeoTube.

[STARWISE]

A thread here? Thank you!
Hope you’re doing ok today .. hugs.

[CindyDawg]

Yeah. My husband built our house too. The inspector was looking at all the hurricane ties he added to the roof and said if our house blew away the whole city would be in trouble.

[Deaf Smith]

09/16 bump

[STARWISE]

I posted a video from Oak Is last night.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2081430/posts?page=2907#2907

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Current KHOU videos

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[penelopesire]

OMG! That’s unbelievable.

[STARWISE]

***FEMA: We Will Pay Your Hotel Expenses

http://www.kfdm.com/news/fema_27846___article.html/texas_housing.html

[STARWISE]

Lots of updates here

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http://www.kfdm.com/news/fema_27846___article.html/texas_housing.html

***Monday’s Open Businesses and Restaurants (including Salvation Army Soup Kitchens)

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