Reporting in from Richmond, just southwest of Houston and on the “clean” side of the storm. Lots of high wind (H1, I assume) and rain all night. It let up a little when the sun came up, and got better around noonish. Lost power at about 10:30pm Friday, then got it back around 3pm today. I was shocked — didn’t expect to get it back so soon. No damage to my home, but I drove to my parent’s home (about a 10 minute drive) and there were a lot of downed fences, debris, and downed trees along the way.
Just heard from Buddy in Lufkin, lots of rain,no electricity , trees down and tore things up but all was well.
Just heard from Buddy in Lufkin, lots of rain,no electricity , trees down and tore things up but all was well.
You are quite a bit from me here in Cypress, but we must be close to the same grid, as we lost and gained power at the same time.
What an incredibly stressful 24 hrs! We though our doors were going to blow out, but amazingly,they held. Trees were at 45 degrees during the height of the storm, but on my street it looks like only 3 people lost trees.
Time to go do some clean up work and have a beer!
Good to hear you’re okay. At the same time you posted, we were looking at helicopter footage of the area around the Richmond water tower. Looked like sort of a mixed bag there.
Reporting from around Univ of St Thomas, I was even luckier: I didn't lose power until about 2:30 AM this morning and regained it by 10 AM. I also have talked 3 times to my parents in Michigan on my cell, so have had no trouble with the cell towers. Spent this afternoon on FR, catching up on this thread.
It didn't get dicey around here (Richmond Ave/Montrose Area) till about 1:30 to 2 AM. I'd been going outside to see what the weather was like about every half hour or so. Till then, there was nothing unusually bad. Just a really bad rainstorm. But when I opened my door at about 2 AM, the wind damn near blew me back into my apt. That's when I really hunckered down. I remember the power going off at about 2:30, then I fell asleep. My mom left a message on my cell at 7:30 AM, but I slept through it. I woke up when dad called at about 10 AM.
After I talked to mom and dad, I put on some shorts and some rubber boots and went outside. It was raining pretty hard and in places there was a foot of water in our parking lot. I went down to my car and started it up. No problem--hoo hoo!! I then tried to remove a big tree limb that was blocking the entrance to our parking lot. It was too big for me to pull alone, but just then a guy came walking in through the gate and we both pulled the big limb away from the entrance and left it by the dumpster. It was still raining, but the wind wasn't blowing too hard. I took a quick walk around the block and the only major damage I saw was a big tree blocking the little road off Richmond that leads to the rear entrance of my apt complex.
As I came back in through the gate, I noticed that the outer lights were on. I thought to myself, "Damn, do we have electricity?!!" I rushed up the stairs, turned on the AC, and wahlah! We had electricity. I fired up the computer, sent out some emails, and since then have been on FR.
I obviously was one of the extra fortunate ones. I'm not only alive and intact--no damage to person or property--but I have air conditioning!! The only drawback now is water; the pressure is low. Thankfully I remembered to fill up the tub with water last night (right after I took what I thought was my last shower here for a few days). So I'm well, and I think most of our Houston Freepers are well too. Nevertheless, prayers up for those we haven't heard from. I trust they will be O.K. one way or another.
And a special thanks to you, NautiNurse, for running this thread. I've got friends and acquaintences here at the apt, but it was great to hear what others were thinking and experiencing! That was a real comfort. God bless you, dear.
Things turned out better than I hoped. I am enjoying a glass of merlot and reading everyone's posts. Hoo Hoo!
Very glad to hear your good report!