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MrBeast · 09-12-2008, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 66chevy PROSTREET

there will be plenty to clean for sure!

mr beast hows your weather right now?

Dead calm, clear sky, I just had a fire out in the pit going to drive off the skeeters, its really nice.

**BillGent** · 09-13-2008, 12:02 AM

I've got a friend who decided to ride it out in Houston. She said she was told to stay there so that people from Galveston could drive down the freeway. I was on Facebook and she messaged me saying "COME GET ME!" lol. She's afraid because they have several tall pine trees/instant battering rams around their house

I told her I'd be praying for her.

I hope everyone here checks in when they can.

I have no idea how much of this we are gonna get but we've withstood 115 mph winds before. I ain't worried about damage, I'm more worried about electricity going out. Last big storm with 85 mph winds took 4 days to restore it. I can live without A/C but sitting around having my 82 year old dad silently staring at me for 4 days with no TV was quite painful. I'm sure he blamed me for the whole ordeal lol.

anahuac · 09-13-2008, 12:29 AM

power just went off generator came on. dad got up going to lay down for little bit. take care anahuac.

jorgensensc · 09-13-2008, 01:11 AM

Winds starting to pick up here. Lots of rain now. We just had a 2-11restaurant fire downtown hit and our engine just went out on an apartment fire. They just came back from trees on fire (transformer set them off). It's going to be a long night!
Shawn

66chevy PROSTREET · 09-13-2008, 01:16 AM

damn

JoetheMobster · 09-13-2008, 01:37 AM

Be safe everyone in and around Galveston! On another note, came across a neat site for tracking hurricanes:

http://www.stormpulse.com

anahuac · 09-13-2008, 01:56 AM

wind getting stronger here. news said eye is over galveston. we are still getting a north east wind.

**BillGent** · 09-13-2008, 05:23 AM

It's 4:21 am. My Friend in Conroe just Text messaged me and asked me

"r u praying?"

That kinda freaked me out a bit.

I told her I was.

She texted back and said
"Coming prety strong for an hour. I am in hallway journalling, no power. Song in my head is God with us, sing it with me."

That got to me.

My phone rang and it was her but she didn't speak and it went dead. That REALLY got to me, but then I thought, It's a miracle anything is getting through at all.

If it's been going on an hour then they should be just about done with it. I'm hoping so anyway...

6am: She texted again.. said they just lost a huge oak tree. It uprooted and went into the street, didn't hit anything else.

On another note. A reporter for NBC was on air and kept getting blown over a small hedge. he'd struggle to get up and get blown over again.. it was pretty funny.

anahuac · 09-13-2008, 05:30 AM

the eye just came over us. got to go outside for a miniute neighbors oak tree across the road. there is a rv park next door to my dads they have a big pine&oak tree down that i can see.we have some big oak limbs down. sorry for spelling tired been up for about a day and a half. every body north of us take care its headed your way. kenneth.

**special-K** · 09-13-2008, 07:50 AM

Hang tight you all.I`m praying for you.

anahuac · 09-13-2008, 08:06 AM

sun is up got alittle better look my dads neighbor hs about 10/12 trees down. has me worried.i lost my trailer in rita.the house i bought is almost finished after two years o remodling.news said just about every body from houston to the la state line is with out power.the only reason im here is because we have a generator that runs the whole house on natural gas.news still says 20ft storm surge.kenneth

MrBeast · 09-13-2008, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anahuac

sun is up got alittle better look my dads neighbor hs about 10/12 trees down. has me worried.i lost my trailer in rita.the house i bought is almost finished after two years o remodling.news said just about every body from houston to the la state line is with out power.the only reason im here is because we have a generator that runs the whole house on natural gas.news still says 20ft storm surge.kenneth

Glad you made it through, if you need any help with the cleanup or anything else let me know, I also have a welding rig I can drag up that way.

BACKYARD88 · 09-13-2008, 10:51 AM

I'm doing good. Lots of limbs and trees down but most of the houses around here are OK. Went out during the eye and looked around a little. It's blowing like crazy again now so we'll see how it works out. W lost power at 3:00 so I'm running on the generator now. Hope everyone else is OK!

MrBeast · 09-13-2008, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BACKYARD88

I'm doing good. Lots of limbs and trees down but most of the houses around here are OK. Went out during the eye and looked around a little. It's blowing like crazy again now so we'll see how it works out. W lost power at 3:00 so I'm running on the generator now. Hope everyone else is OK!

Glad to hear you are doing alright. Be safe.

***Liz*** · 09-13-2008, 11:00 AM

glad to see ya'll checking in as you can. lets keep papa and mike in our thoughts, they were way to close to the coastline to stay put as they did (alvin, webster)

the rest of you are in our thoughts as well,

watahyahknow · 09-13-2008, 11:13 AM

just hoping everyone will make it ok

BACKYARD88 · 09-13-2008, 01:10 PM

Still more rain and wind to come but I think the worst of it has passed. Now comes the long wait for power to be restored

gafiredog · 09-13-2008, 03:09 PM

hope all of you and your famlies are ok, after that F#@%in Ike came in. Art

Thumpin455 · 09-13-2008, 04:03 PM

How long can you tread water?

Just kiddin, hope you guys are ok. I have a couple buds who are between Galveston and Houston, their power went off last night and we havent heard from them since.

**BillGent** · 09-13-2008, 04:16 PM

We had a leaf blow across the lawn.. It was terrifying! It all stayed east of Dallas. I made the 4 block trip to 7-11 to buy a bag of ice for nothing.

anahuac · 09-13-2008, 05:48 PM

thanks mr beast. iam going to busy the next few days al lover the county cutting trees. the water got to the to of the 20 ft bluff. trt to post pics soon.7 miles south of me many buildings gone.storm surge. i lost my roof on new remodled home.city of anahuac.hammerd. 40% roofs&trees gone. al we can do is wait.thanks every body.i will try to keep in touch.every body to the north east be careful this one was mean.kenneth

gchemist · 09-13-2008, 06:57 PM

Ya kidding? Not a drop of rain in Austin. Half the city went into hiding!
The coast was hit really hard. Only a catagory 2!! OUCH!! Low casualities so far.

66chevy PROSTREET · 09-13-2008, 08:20 PM

gustav was nothing compared to ike, mother nature is a mother**. take care.

Pyrotechnic · 09-13-2008, 08:22 PM

I know Galveston was hit real hard. Lots of damages there.

Painter D · 09-13-2008, 08:53 PM

All we got in east DFW was wind and rain. Nothing major.

09-13-2008, 12:02 AM	#102
BillGent Pretty But Evil Doggy Woggy. Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ft Worth Posts: 6,302	Re: Texas Prepares for Ike (merged) I've got a friend who decided to ride it out in Houston. She said she was told to stay there so that people from Galveston could drive down the freeway. I was on Facebook and she messaged me saying "COME GET ME!" lol. She's afraid because they have several tall pine trees/instant battering rams around their house I told her I'd be praying for her. I hope everyone here checks in when they can. I have no idea how much of this we are gonna get but we've withstood 115 mph winds before. I ain't worried about damage, I'm more worried about electricity going out. Last big storm with 85 mph winds took 4 days to restore it. I can live without A/C but sitting around having my 82 year old dad silently staring at me for 4 days with no TV was quite painful. I'm sure he blamed me for the whole ordeal lol. Last edited by BillGent; 09-13-2008 at 12:05 AM.

09-13-2008, 12:29 AM	#103
anahuac Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: anahuac,texas Posts: 34	Re: Hey Ike, make 7 UP yours! power just went off generator came on. dad got up going to lay down for little bit. take care anahuac.

09-13-2008, 01:11 AM	#104
jorgensensc Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cypress, Tx Posts: 4,005	Re: Hey Ike, make 7 UP yours! Winds starting to pick up here. Lots of rain now. We just had a 2-11restaurant fire downtown hit and our engine just went out on an apartment fire. They just came back from trees on fire (transformer set them off). It's going to be a long night! Shawn __________________ 1972 C20 Suburban- Big Blue Betty '56 Chevy Bel Air Sedan- Frame up Restoration -What would you attempt to achieve if you knew you could not fail?- -I Refuse To Tiptoe Through Life, Only To Arrive Safely At Death's Door- R.I.P. EAST SIDE LOW LIFE

09-13-2008, 01:16 AM	#105
66chevy PROSTREET SOLD Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Poorest state in America(Breaux Bridge,Louisiana) Posts: 370	Re: Hey Ike, make 7 UP yours! damn __________________ 1966 CHEVY FLEETSIDE SOLD 11-29-9 TRUCK THREAD- http://http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=301368&page=2

09-13-2008, 01:37 AM	#106
JoetheMobster Listening since '86 Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 1,799	Re: Texas Prepares for Ike (merged) Be safe everyone in and around Galveston! On another note, came across a neat site for tracking hurricanes: http://www.stormpulse.com __________________ 2007 Saturn Aura - hey it WAS a GM product

09-13-2008, 01:56 AM	#107
anahuac Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: anahuac,texas Posts: 34	Re: Hey Ike, make 7 UP yours! wind getting stronger here. news said eye is over galveston. we are still getting a north east wind.

09-13-2008, 05:23 AM	#108
BillGent Pretty But Evil Doggy Woggy. Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ft Worth Posts: 6,302	Re: Texas Prepares for Ike (merged) It's 4:21 am. My Friend in Conroe just Text messaged me and asked me "r u praying?" That kinda freaked me out a bit. I told her I was. She texted back and said "Coming prety strong for an hour. I am in hallway journalling, no power. Song in my head is God with us, sing it with me." That got to me. My phone rang and it was her but she didn't speak and it went dead. That REALLY got to me, but then I thought, It's a miracle anything is getting through at all. If it's been going on an hour then they should be just about done with it. I'm hoping so anyway... 6am: She texted again.. said they just lost a huge oak tree. It uprooted and went into the street, didn't hit anything else. On another note. A reporter for NBC was on air and kept getting blown over a small hedge. he'd struggle to get up and get blown over again.. it was pretty funny. Last edited by BillGent; 09-13-2008 at 06:57 AM.

09-13-2008, 05:30 AM	#109
anahuac Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: anahuac,texas Posts: 34	Re: Hey Ike, make 7 UP yours! the eye just came over us. got to go outside for a miniute neighbors oak tree across the road. there is a rv park next door to my dads they have a big pine&oak tree down that i can see.we have some big oak limbs down. sorry for spelling tired been up for about a day and a half. every body north of us take care its headed your way. kenneth.

09-13-2008, 07:50 AM	#110
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: Hey Ike, make 7 UP yours! Hang tight you all.I`m praying for you. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

09-13-2008, 08:06 AM	#111
anahuac Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: anahuac,texas Posts: 34	Re: Hey Ike, make 7 UP yours! sun is up got alittle better look my dads neighbor hs about 10/12 trees down. has me worried.i lost my trailer in rita.the house i bought is almost finished after two years o remodling.news said just about every body from houston to the la state line is with out power.the only reason im here is because we have a generator that runs the whole house on natural gas.news still says 20ft storm surge.kenneth

09-13-2008, 10:51 AM	#113
BACKYARD88 On the fast track to nowhere.. Join Date: May 2006 Location: Splendora, Texas Posts: 5,316	Re: Texas Prepares for Ike (merged) I'm doing good. Lots of limbs and trees down but most of the houses around here are OK. Went out during the eye and looked around a little. It's blowing like crazy again now so we'll see how it works out. W lost power at 3:00 so I'm running on the generator now. Hope everyone else is OK! __________________ -Mike Owen- Support the board here! 71 Chevy short fleet build thread Double D Norwood, Houston, Cecilia, Jackson, Monroe and counting

09-13-2008, 11:00 AM	#115
*Liz* Catchy title goes here.. Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Rockwell, NC Posts: 39,767	Re: Texas Prepares for Ike (merged) glad to see ya'll checking in as you can. lets keep papa and mike in our thoughts, they were way to close to the coastline to stay put as they did (alvin, webster) the rest of you are in our thoughts as well,

09-13-2008, 11:13 AM	#116
watahyahknow Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: the netherlands europe Posts: 4,335	Re: Texas Prepares for Ike (merged) just hoping everyone will make it ok __________________ i got a job again and having fun at it too idea's for the trucks and the order of things to do are taking shape and get closer to being realized , a few more months and i be able to start building for real i complete 2 of the trucks intoo running fashion one custom and one basicly stock the thirth will be sacrificed for parts

09-13-2008, 01:10 PM	#117
BACKYARD88 On the fast track to nowhere.. Join Date: May 2006 Location: Splendora, Texas Posts: 5,316	Re: Texas Prepares for Ike (merged) Still more rain and wind to come but I think the worst of it has passed. Now comes the long wait for power to be restored __________________ -Mike Owen- Support the board here! 71 Chevy short fleet build thread Double D Norwood, Houston, Cecilia, Jackson, Monroe and counting

09-13-2008, 03:09 PM	#118
gafiredog Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: metro Atlanta, Ga. Posts: 196	all the Texas guys hope all of you and your famlies are ok, after that F#@%in Ike came in. Art __________________ Art 1975 c-10 stepper 1978 single cab dually 1987 crewcab dually 1986 crewcab single wheel 1948 anglia- (the dixie twister super gas)



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09-13-2008, 04:03 PM	#119
Thumpin455 My truck is an alcoholic Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Marquette Mi Posts: 303	Re: all the Texas guys How long can you tread water? Just kiddin, hope you guys are ok. I have a couple buds who are between Galveston and Houston, their power went off last night and we havent heard from them since. __________________ Too much stuff, too many projects to list everything. my 454 urged 76 swb beater

09-13-2008, 04:16 PM	#120
BillGent Pretty But Evil Doggy Woggy. Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ft Worth Posts: 6,302	Re: Texas Prepares for Ike (merged) We had a leaf blow across the lawn.. It was terrifying! It all stayed east of Dallas. I made the 4 block trip to 7-11 to buy a bag of ice for nothing.

09-13-2008, 05:48 PM	#121
anahuac Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: anahuac,texas Posts: 34	Re: Hey Ike, make 7 UP yours! thanks mr beast. iam going to busy the next few days al lover the county cutting trees. the water got to the to of the 20 ft bluff. trt to post pics soon.7 miles south of me many buildings gone.storm surge. i lost my roof on new remodled home.city of anahuac.hammerd. 40% roofs&trees gone. al we can do is wait.thanks every body.i will try to keep in touch.every body to the north east be careful this one was mean.kenneth

09-13-2008, 06:57 PM	#122
gchemist BAD BOW-Silverado XST Join Date: May 2000 Location: Senior Member from Austin, TX Posts: 6,431	Re: all the Texas guys Ya kidding? Not a drop of rain in Austin. Half the city went into hiding! The coast was hit really hard. Only a catagory 2!! OUCH!! Low casualities so far. __________________ Gerardo a.k.a. Mad Chemist Silverado XST videos

09-13-2008, 08:20 PM	#123
66chevy PROSTREET SOLD Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Poorest state in America(Breaux Bridge,Louisiana) Posts: 370	Re: Hey Ike, make 7 UP yours! gustav was nothing compared to ike, mother nature is a mother**. take care. __________________ 1966 CHEVY FLEETSIDE SOLD 11-29-9 TRUCK THREAD- http://http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=301368&page=2

09-13-2008, 08:22 PM	#124
Pyrotechnic Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 3,930	Re: all the Texas guys I know Galveston was hit real hard. Lots of damages there. __________________ 1977 GMC Sierra Grande

09-13-2008, 08:53 PM	#125
Painter D Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: DFW (Forney) Posts: 1,529	Re: all the Texas guys All we got in east DFW was wind and rain. Nothing major.

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