Texas Prepares for Ike (merged)

[fun in dirt]

Yeah, I flew into Houston for a training session that was supposed to be Thur, Fri & Saturday. Get a rental car, and as I'm parking at the meeting place in Deer Park, they call & it's cancelled So I call Delta & catch a flight leaving back out at 4:05 that same afternoon. So I'm WFO in a new HHR back to International Airport...Anyway I was back at home late last night. Didn't want to get stuck there trying to escape with everyone else
I like visiting other places,but I LOVE where I live!...There's no place like home;There's no place like home;There's no place like home

[stope4]

Special K, Gustav was worse than people think. My sister lives in Baton Rouge and she still doesn't have power.

Looks like this thing is going to hit near Freeport. If that happens Corpus will be spared, but Houston will be in the line of fire.

[cameeks]

Originally Posted by fun in dirt

Yeah, I flew into Houston for a training session that was supposed to be Thur, Fri & Saturday. Get a rental car, and as I'm parking at the meeting place in Deer Park, they call & it's cancelled So I call Delta & catch a flight leaving back out at 4:05 that same afternoon. So I'm WFO in a new HHR back to International Airport...Anyway I was back at home late last night. Didn't want to get stuck there trying to escape with everyone else
I like visiting other places,but I LOVE where I live!...There's no place like home;There's no place like home;There's no place like home

Where was the meeting place in Deer Park. Every where in Deer Park is practically down the street from me.

[cameeks]

Hurricane party at my house

[MrBeast]

I am in the crane business, so my world is fixing to get crazy.

[Jtrux]

If you run into SA and need anything, holler at me, i've got a couple tents and a pretty good sized back yard

[MrBeast]

I have decided to stay put, the storm is turning far north, so I am going to just roll with it and camp out here, cook some food and have a good weekend hopefully. At least I get 3 days off, and still got in 47 hours this week with everything going on.

[ChevLoRay]

Yeah, now Ike is heading more northerly and Arkansas will get blessed with the fallout, after Texas has finished with it. To add to the insult, the Texas-Arkansas football game got postponed.

We don't need no stinkin' football when we got a hurricane! Folks got to have a place to go when the water is risin'. Austin is gonna have a lotsa visitors. East Texas (a whole 'nother state) is gonna get soaked.

God Bless all of y'all what lives in the path of these storms. I like Texas (wife is a native Texan) but all my ex'es live there, too....there's only one, but she lives there in northeast Texas, so she's gonna get soaked, too.

Now gitcherstuff and git outta the way!!

[Boog]

Looking at the national weather service tonight it shows that the overall size of Ike is wider across than Katrina by a hundred or so miles. Pretty wide load coming. Batten down the hatches Texans. Especially those of you on Galveston island. Could get deep there and the largest fuel refinery in the US is located in Baytown not far away.
Some Exxon guy was in a gas stop today saying they expect gas to jump up $1 per gallon shortly.

[crawdadfox]

I hope your evacuation is safe and not a c.f. like it was here in New Orleans for Gustav. It took my wife & sister 9 hour's to go 120 mile's!! Be safe and good luck on whatever you decide to do.

[fun in dirt]

Originally Posted by cameeks

Where was the meeting place in Deer Park. Every where in Deer Park is practically down the street from me.

...Houston Area Safety Council on W th Street. Wish I'd had time to look around. Saw an Offroad shop on ?Hwy (between South Houston & Center Street). Would've been cool to check out, but the trucks sitting outside looked like they wouldn't ever dare see the mud!

[tommie]

i am getting ready, boarding up, have gas and generator. need more details on the after storm sale....

[BACKYARD88]

Originally Posted by fun in dirt

Would've been cool to check out, but the trucks sitting outside looked like they wouldn't ever dare see the mud!

There are a lot of those around here

[66chevy PROSTREET]

Originally Posted by MrBeast

I think the general term used here would be BOHICA

not sure what this means???

the weather channel only gives a crap about houston it seems..... now yall texans see how we feel about this new orleans crap

[66chevy PROSTREET]

Originally Posted by Boog

Some Exxon guy was in a gas stop today saying they expect gas to jump up $1 per gallon shortly.

they always say that..

besides can it get any higher than it was this summer?? we ran out of gas all around south louisiana again today just as we did before gustav hit. is it like that in texas too? i still say gas is more valuable than gold now

[big_al_71]

We have been spared here in florida, thank the lord, I feel for you guys.
Hopefully no one gets hurt everything else can be replaced.

[Pyrotechnic]

I go to Texas A&M Kingsville and yesterday campus closed at 5:00 PM and the dorms closed at 8:00 AM this morning. I left for Austin last night.

Good luck and stay safe !

[anahuac]

mr beast looks like you will miss ike. headed strait for us. we are staying. good luck to every body staying. anahuac.

[MrBeast]

Originally Posted by 66chevy PROSTREET

not sure what this means???

the weather channel only gives a crap about houston it seems..... now yall texans see how we feel about this new orleans crap

BOHICA = Bend Over Here It Comes Again

[MrBeast]

Originally Posted by Pyrotechnic

I go to Texas A&M Kingsville and yesterday campus closed at 5:00 PM and the dorms closed at 8:00 AM this morning. I left for Austin last night.

Good luck and stay safe !

You should really say hi, I live in Robstown.

[EdB]

Please evacuate the truck.

Having ridden out Katrina, George, Elana and several
earlier storms, I feel a little experienced. I live about
12 miles north of the Gulf on somewhat high ground.

If you live in a low area close to the Gulf around
Houston, Texas, things are are going to be a lot
different in about 24 hours. If you are planning
on staying , I make this plea: Please evacuate
the truck. We have a good supply of idiots but
they are not making 67-72 chevy trucks anymore.
Save the truck because there are others,
not in your category that could enjoy it.

EdB

[hotrod 80]

House is boarded up and the yard is clean . Winds on and off as of now . Now rain to speak of yet . Probably 5 to 6 foot storm surge , with some low area flooding . I am 26' above sea level . The national guard , city police and city civil services set up a temporary command center just down the road in the junior high . We have 4 to 5 days work of supplies . Gonna be a long night . Both tanks on the trucks are full . Fixin to start BBQ . I'll update till the power goes .

[Brock]

Originally Posted by Boog

Some Exxon guy was in a gas stop today saying they expect gas to jump up $1 per gallon shortly.

Gas went from $3.68 last night to $3.89 this morning to $3.99 at lunch. My ex-uncle runs one of the local gas stations and he called his distibutor and was told tuesday/wednesday at the earliest, a BUNCH of stations are already out and he is rationing to 10gal. Oh, and the distributor said the price would be around $4.50.

I feel for you guys on the gulf with all of this weather, feel free to send some of it up here if you get a chance we haven't had a significant rain in KY for about 2 months. and the weather is saying a 40% chance on Sunday thats it.

[hotrod 80]

Still good here , winds are up , but no rain yet . Lots of flooding on the shoreline though .

[69TowRig]

Originally Posted by MrBeast

I am in the crane business, so my world is fixing to get crazy.

I work for a national electrical service company, I expect to see the phone start ringing off the hook. Good thing I have a job lined up for Oregon starting next week, I can avoid the initial brunt of the fix-up work if things go really bad.