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Say a prayer for the pig. She's siting out in the driveway waiting for Ike's arrival. I put a bit of 2" wide clear tape over the top of the barn doors to keep the rain out. The house is stocked, the pertinent windows boarded, and now we wait.
Most likely I won't be here for few days, as the power is sure to be out. See you guys in a few.....

Take care brother

Get back as soon as ya can, stay safe.

Bad one coming in for sure. You guys hang on and hope you got out of there. It's already got our gas prices up to 5 bucks a gallon and they say we'll be out by Monday for a week.
Take care.

Local news here in Roch stated the weather service down there told people who stayed should write their S.S. number on their arms.Man-that sounds real bad.

Bad may not begin to describe it...my son lives in Clear Lake (he's in Austin now) and our family has seen our share of big storms..this one is flooding MY marina (in Slidell La. 6 hours from Houston) over 6 feet. I hope to god the surge estimates for the Galv-Houston area are overstated. IF not, this could be the worst since Katrina..

getting rather blustery up here on the NW side of houston, but no rain yet which is weird. the storm surge started building this morning, I don't know if any of you have watched the weather channel, but they had some great shots of the waves breaking over the seawall - +17 ft above sea level. heard something crash a block over earlier tonight, we think it was a tree branch hitting a neighbor's house. I wonder how HoustonAstro is making out, haven't seen him on the board for quite a while. He's inside the loop, about 20 miles from where I am. My cat is freaking out. We are stocked, food, water, batteries, coleman stove, tons of propane, plenty of soft drinks, beer and a bottle of glen levit. Clear lake is in for some flooding due to the storm surge. My sister lives in Nassau Bay, right across Nasa Road 1 from Nasa, same issue there. She's up here at My Dad's house. Pam and I drove down to Sargent yesterday morning at 4 am to get our gear from the family house on the coast. The kayaks are safely ensconced in our garage in the racks. The house, boat house, boat barn...I don't know. May not be there after this. As I'm typing I can hear the wind starting roar down the chimney like a bad bearing.
What a pain the the boot. Thanks for the well wishes, much appreciated. See you guys in a few.

Hope you're safe Mr kings-x59.,,
I just turned on the news & it's saying 4 & a half MILLION people without power!! Holy CRAP!
Please everybody, say a prayer for those poor folks.

power went down pretty early in the storm, got the generator running late yesterday after the wind subsided. the good news is a cold front is rolling in so it should cool off some. The bad news is a cold front is rolling in and it rained another 7" in the wee hours of the morning. Galveston, Bolivar Peninsula and Surfside beach went completely under water. The storm stripped the houses off surfside beach with exception of a handfull. Looks like I'll be filing a claim for my roof on my homeowner's insurance, lost a lot of shingles, had a few leaks. Had one dripping from the second floor ceiling in the foyer above the front door. In true astrosafarian fashion, I grabbed some plastic garbage bags, a step ladder and some tape and redirected the drip into a bucket on the floor to save my laminate floors.
Had some other minor water infiltration during the storm, but since the wind died down that seems to have subsided. It is dead calm outside right now. The chase building in downtown houston looks like someone blasted it with a giant shotgun.
If you are curious, check out the website of our local NBC affiliate - good site for weather down here.
http://www.click2houston.com/index.html

All considered, we are doing great here on the NW side.

kings-x59 wrote:

true astrosafarian

I'm new here okay so if the term "Astrosafarian" has been used before I missed it. But that's awesome. Jah Astrosafar I!

What's left of Ike rolled over St. Louis this morning, lots of rain, flash flooding--

But listen, I've got room here for any Astrosafarians (and/or their families) who suddenly find themselves homeless, seriously--

Good to hear Steve

Glad to hear you're OK. It's a bit heart wrenching seeing all of the devastation. There's a lot of people that have nothing to come home to. There's a convoy of Progress Energy trucks coming your way. That's an electrical service provider here.

It kind of amazes me how far this storm had a effect.All the states in it's path where effected.Even here in Roch NY lost trees and power due to the storm passing thru last night.

GEJ wrote:It kind of amazes me how far this storm had a effect.All the states in it's path where effected.Even here in Roch NY lost trees and power due to the storm passing thru last night.

yeah and this one was only a category 2 storm. The storm surge set a record. that's where most of the flooding in houston came from. It backed up the bayous and rivers. The runoff from the rain had nowhere to go.
Over a million homes and businesses without power (mine included). Rescue / Recovery crews and power crews are coming in from all over the country. Last I saw, the death toll was around 208 on Galveston Island. The comment about writing your social security number on your arm was no joke, I forget who said it, but I saw it on the news and they weren't kidding.
just prior to the storm making landfall, one of the newscasters was interviewing 10 people or so having a party out on a deck down in galveston waiting for the storms arrival. - buncha fools.