Hurricane Ike.

[rhipsher]

Hurricane Ike is comming right up our back door. All of the gas stations in my area are emty. So I'm just going to jack the car up as high as I can in the garage and hunker down. We are still 68 miles from the coast but fema says that Ike is no joke. We are looking at 85mph winds. I just hope I don't regret staying.

[jonszr1]

have faith you will be ok .i hope

[Jeffvette]

All of my years in Houston, the worst of the hurricanes was the lack of drainage. That being said we never had a problem with flooding in either of the houses we had.

Jack it up and ride it out.

And beware of the cottonwood trees.

[rhipsher]

All of my years in Houston, the worst of the hurricanes was the lack of drainage. That being said we never had a problem with flooding in either of the houses we had.

Jack it up and ride it out.

And beware of the cottonwood trees.
Luckily our nieghborhood is only 8 years old so the oak trees are still small and all of the utility's and phone lines are under ground. I was born and raised in earthquake country San jose California. And now live in tornado/hurricane country. It will be interesting.:happy1:

[USAFPILOT]

Do you have a generator etc. You are still very likely to be without power for a while, even with underground utilities, all of the main power grid are on High Tension Lines all over the city, they will be subjected to the wind at its greatest strength. Power companies will be coming down from the north after the storm to get everything going again, but the last time I went through one, it was Aleisha in 1983 I think, and we lost power for a week or so. I remember my mom taking us up to Conroe just to get Ice and a Coke. I was just a kid then. You neighborhood isn't likely to flood but stay away from I-10...it is usually turrned into a river. Or, if you want some insurance money get your car out there and flood that sucka.

[rhipsher]

Do you have a generator etc. You are still very likely to be without power for a while, even with underground utilities, all of the main power grid are on High Tension Lines all over the city, they will be subjected to the wind at its greatest strength. Power companies will be coming down from the north after the storm to get everything going again, but the last time I went through one, it was Aleisha in 1983 I think, and we lost power for a week or so. I remember my mom taking us up to Conroe just to get Ice and a Coke. I was just a kid then. You neighborhood isn't likely to flood but stay away from I-10...it is usually turrned into a river. Or, if you want some insurance money get your car out there and flood that sucka.
Do you remember during tropical store alice I-10 got so flooded people were riding there jet skies down it? That was hilarious. In some spots it was 15 feet deep.

[USAFPILOT]

yeah...i rememeber that...its happened a few times

[HADI-ZR1]

before hour i was talking about that hurricane with my brother, he said it should hit southeast after about 24 hours!
God bless you and be safe ,you and your Zee!

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/TWC_Images/southeast_sat_440x297.jpg

[WB9MCW]

GOOD LUCK

[tomtom72]

I'll keep you guys down Houston way in my thoughts....good luck & be safe!:thumbsup:

[USAFPILOT]

I guess Galveston is already starting to get whacked by IKE this morning and it is still 250 miles of shore. Its gonna be a bumpy ride!

[Sgreg]

All of my years in Houston, the worst of the hurricanes was the lack of drainage. That being said we never had a problem with flooding in either of the houses we had.

Jack it up and ride it out.

And beware of the cottonwood trees.

Speaking of back doors !!!!!!! Can't help but notice new avatar. :D

[rhipsher]

I guess Galveston is already starting to get whacked by IKE this morning and it is still 250 miles of shore. Its gonna be a bumpy ride! I just saw Geraldo Rivera get knocked off his feet by a huge wave that came over the sea wall.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLZ7lK7-G_A The sea wall is 17 feet high and the waves are already comming over it and destroying businesses that are on piers. The winds are starting to pick up where I am.

[90EXPVette]

Good luck brother!

[GOLDCYLON]

Crap I bought my Z from Houston!!! Good luck!!!

[USAFPILOT]

Nothing in the Woodlands yet...the grocery store closed but I got a case of beer just in time.

[rhipsher]

Nothing in the Woodlands yet...the grocery store closed but I got a case of beer just in time.
We are stocked up on food beer and red wine. The Z has been put to bed. And until its over I think the wife and I will play doctor. hehe!:dancing

[threestar40]

We are stocked up on food beer and red wine. The Z has been put to bed. And until its over I think the wife and I will play doctor. hehe!:dancing

Way too much info.

:stop:

[Hammer]

Keep us posted if you can. This does not look good. Hope everything turns out OK for you and all the others down there.

[xlr8nflorida]

We are stocked up on food beer and red wine. The Z has been put to bed. And until its over I think the wife and I will play doctor. hehe!:dancing

Probably too late now but why not park your Z on top of a parking garage?

[LGAFF]

We are stocked up on food beer and red wine. The Z has been put to bed. And until its over I think the wife and I will play doctor. hehe!:dancing

If your playing Dr. make sure to put on the latex glove. :D

LGAFF
92 ZR1
#234

[rhipsher]

If your playing Dr. make sure to put on the latex glove. :D

LGAFF
92 ZR1
#234
She's sleeping very well right now. :mrgreen: Wow! that was a serious hurricane. I've never been through anything quite like that before. About 3:00am it was rockin and rollin out side. It didn't matter how air tight the front door was. Any wind that passed through the cracks of the door sounded like somebody was blowing through a Kazzoo really loud. My garage door was breathing in and out. There were about 6 toads and a bunch of gecko lizards taking refuge inside the garage. Any store front roofs that were sheetmetal were tore up or just gone. Quite a bit of damage to strip mall roofs and store front signs just blown away. Quite a few oak trees ripped out of the ground. And can you believe through all that we didn't loose power once. Our house came through without a scratch.:hello:

[LGAFF]

How does it look with regard to flooding?

LGAFF
92 ZR1
#234

[72ZR1]

hope every things ok let us know

[gbrtng]

The Woodlands has no power. The west side of the storm missed New Braunfels by 50 miles; it's sunny and breezy here now.

[rhipsher]

How does it look with regard to flooding?

LGAFF
92 ZR1
#234
No flooding. Just wind damage.

[Hammer]

No flooding. Just wind damage.

=D> Glad everything went OK for you.

[WB9MCW]

Good news glad to hear all OK.

[tomtom72]

No flooding. Just wind damage.

Yes! Glad to hear that you & your family came thru without injury.:dancing