Posted on 09/12/2008 11:29:13 PM PDT by NautiNurse
I here ya. They were still lined up earlier today to get the freebies at DPHS stadium. About 20% of the vehicles idling on Center for over an hour were suburbans and 1-Ton trucks. LOL
Hey stupids, Food Town is one block south and open with ice for $1.00, no waiting. I’m betting y’all are buring way more than that in fuel idling for over an hour.
Now just when is my Walmart going to open? I really need my Walmart. Actually, I can’t imagine what I’d buy if it opened today because I don’t need anything but it’s just like a security blanket for me anymore.
I know, right? I feel bad...... that I have no sympathy for the guy that got shot.
They were stringing a line so they could get power to the other side I-10
You really got stop talking about shrimp!
I would kill for about 5 pounds fresh caught jumbos
In my small town in the Midwest all we get is that frozen toxic china shrimp that I refuse to eat.
Yeah that’s what I heard. I was thinking rush hour but that’s probably not a problem right now, huh?
You are right. It wasn’t like we found out Thursday that a storm was coming Friday. We’d all been following it for 5 or more days and it was pretty much a sure bet where it was going to hit. Rita jogged slightly east leaving Houston in good shape so many thought it would be another Rita (I hoped it would but you don’t get that lucky every time one is pointed right at ya so I figured Galveston or a little west). But even if they said it’s going to be another Rita, Bolivar to High Island would still be in grave danger. I think the problem with Ike was the surge was earlier and stronger than anyone thought.
When you are in an area that is basically cut off except for one road in and out, you leave early. You do not wait until the last minute. You leave WAY early. I would have gotten out of the area BEFORE the ferry closed whether I went east or west. The announcement of the ferry closing would be my sign that it’s time.
Now THAT’S good! LMAO
Under a local wood embargo - some silly bo weavil spotted elm disease.
You can’t get a tree removed in Northern VA.
Fortunately, I have a woodstove, for just such an occasion.
Plus, I save a fortune on heat.
Tree guys will come to your house, cut the tree down, and leave it nicely sawed into 16” lengths on your yard.
The will not remove it - forbidden by law.
So I pay college kids to follow them around with a log splitter.
Got about six cord stacked up.
;)
The tree and branch aren’t that big to me but hubby says it’s a bigger job than I think...and he’s getting a plan together...I told him what all y’all told me. The wheels in his brain started turning I guess.
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Sounds like a man with a plan to me,,,
A very good thing,,,
Mite be able to save the shed too...;0)
http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/07/templates/listpop.html?vid=1785350375
Kids are getting stir crazy. Hope school starts back soon.
“Kids are getting stir crazy. Hope school starts back soon.”
I’m a school teacher and trust me, being in school does not stop the “stir craziness”...hhahahahaha
Our school doesn’t have power yet..I refuse to teach without AC...call me spoiled, but I can go without power and I can teach teenagers, but I cannot do both.
Huffman has a downtown?
Is that the Chevron or the dirt yard? ;-)
Me, I'm camped out at work tonight, nursing our new generator.
Just heard that Clear Creek ISD won’t start untill Monday.
Stay AWAY from the air intake.
The suction is incredible.
MOST of the schools aren’t starting until Monday, including ours. I think it is wreckless to try to do otherwise. With the gas and food shortage, they are just asking for MORE problems if they do. I teach at a private school, so we can be a little more flexible. The public schools have to deal with parents wanting to send their kids back so they can get the free lunches and get them out of their hair.
Hopefully most of the schools will be able to start Monday though so the kids don’t have so many make up days.
Less impressive — we lost our power again 30 minutes later, and just regained it this afternoon. Oh well.
Will do!
Welcome back! Great to see you again.
Those big oaks are sure tricky,,,
Tree guys must cut off the limbs as they go up,,,
Rope off the top and take them down in sections,,,
Local news showed 5-6 that fell during IKE,,,
On houses,,,No Mo’House...
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