Hurricane Ike
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Hurricane Ike
I know there are forum members in the Galveston and Houston areas who are in for a long night,I am up here in Seymour,Indiana and cannot be of any help to you,I would just like all members to remember these folks in prayer tonight,best of luck my friends and God Bless you all!
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From: Pearland Texas
St. Jude Donor '09
I know there are forum members in the Galveston and Houston areas who are in for a long night,I am up here in Seymour,Indiana and cannot be of any help to you,I would just like all members to remember these folks in prayer tonight,best of luck my friends and God Bless you all!
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St. Jude Donor '08
Thanks for your thought and concerns. I live just south of Houston and should be safe from any flooding. And with winds only around 100MPH, hopefully there will be no damage. The Corvette is safely inside the garage and covered with a car cover.
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I've got 87 year old parents and 2 sisters in NW Houston, close to Cypress, hunkering down. Don't think flooding will be a problem there but those winds are going to be scary. My folks lost their house in Punta Gorda ,Florida during Hurricane Charlie 4 years ago and we moved them to Houston to be with family so they are thinking deja vu all over again in Texas. You Houston folks take care and our prayers are with you.
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St. Jude Donor '05
Please keep my family and our home in you thoughts and prayers. We live in Seabrook, TX less than a mile from Clear Lake and Galveston Bay. May of you are seeing news reports from Reporters at Hilton hotel (Some of the side has blown off it) that is less than a mile from me. We are hearing reports of potential 6 to 12 feet of water possible in most of all the homes in our city. Storm surge up to 22ft and street level is 12 ft.
Luckily for me as many of you know my Pace Car is safe and sound at LittleJake's body shop being painted in Nashville TN.
My Family and I are safe and sound in Central Texas, but I am very worried about what we will find when we return!
It is going to be a very long night.
Luckily for me as many of you know my Pace Car is safe and sound at LittleJake's body shop being painted in Nashville TN.
My Family and I are safe and sound in Central Texas, but I am very worried about what we will find when we return!
It is going to be a very long night.
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Please keep my family and our home in you thoughts and prayers. We live in Seabrook, TX less than a mile from Clear Lake and Galveston Bay. May of you are seeing news reports from Reporters at Hilton hotel (Some of the side has blown off it) that is less than a mile from me. We are hearing reports of potential 6 to 12 feet of water possible in most of all the homes in our city. Storm surge up to 22ft and street level is 12 ft.
Luckily for me as many of you know my Pace Car is safe and sound at LittleJake's body shop being painted in Nashville TN.
My Family and I are safe and sound in Central Texas, but I am very worried about what we will find when we return!
It is going to be a very long night.
Luckily for me as many of you know my Pace Car is safe and sound at LittleJake's body shop being painted in Nashville TN.
My Family and I are safe and sound in Central Texas, but I am very worried about what we will find when we return!
It is going to be a very long night.
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Hope the morning finds you all safe,my wifes mother and step father lost their home in Port Charlotte,Florida about 3 yrs. ago to a hurricane,it was huge blow at the time but have rebuilt and carried on!
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From: meraux LA
Having been thru Katrina, I'm praying for the best for everyone over in TX and west LA. That's one big storm, we are having some flooding over here in St. Bernard parish. One of the lower leeve's was topped/failed. Not to bad. Good luck in TX
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I'm here in Lake Charles, LA.....southwest louisiana.....just got our power on....I think we got some steady 50-60 mph winds and some pretty hefty gusts above that....the vettes in my grandparents garage and just a few shingles off the house.
The strom wasn't that bad here in L.C. compared to hurricane rita a few years ago......but the flooding is another story around here. It's a weeker storm than Rita and hit further away than Rita, but at the same time the waters over here are up 2ft+ where Rita flooded us at. Of course lake charles is a lake and has a bunch of rivers/waterways running off from it so alot of peoples homes got flooded.
I have a cousin in Houston that works at the hobby airport and ha dto work during the storm. No word from him yet and how stuff is.
Good luck to the guys over there that got hit worse than us.....oh and the poor people in Galvaston....
The strom wasn't that bad here in L.C. compared to hurricane rita a few years ago......but the flooding is another story around here. It's a weeker storm than Rita and hit further away than Rita, but at the same time the waters over here are up 2ft+ where Rita flooded us at. Of course lake charles is a lake and has a bunch of rivers/waterways running off from it so alot of peoples homes got flooded.
I have a cousin in Houston that works at the hobby airport and ha dto work during the storm. No word from him yet and how stuff is.
Good luck to the guys over there that got hit worse than us.....oh and the poor people in Galvaston....
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St. Jude Donor '05
Here is a video a news crew did from my neighborhood. It looks like a bomb went off.
http://www.khou.com/video/topstories...ml?nvid=282560
http://www.khou.com/video/topstories...ml?nvid=282560
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From: New Albany IN
St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'06-'08-'09
I know this is super minor compared to what they have gone through down south but IKE made it to Indiana and we suffered 85MPH winds and lots of damage. 300,000 w/o electricity and they say it may be another week before we get it back on. This is the first time I have ever heard of a hurricane making it this far North.
My prayers out to those that have lost more than just power......
My prayers out to those that have lost more than just power......