Ike - Houston

dang those are crazy pics

Rescue1 wrote:

some pics in here http://www.tpicks.com/pictures%20people%20have%20sent%20me.html
i like the one with the jeep and the fish

some really show more that just the damage to property, the line of people for gas etc..

Wow those are some amazing pics, I wish we could help, does anyone need us to bring stuff to them? I know there is still no gas, no power no ice in many locations.

i stand corrected. i flipped through them quickly and saw a jeep pulling a tree back up, turns out it's a FJ :duh: . but to redeem myself i did go though all of the other pics and found a wrangler behind some of the people in line for gas. so my orginal post was not incorrect, just misleading

Guess the FJ didn't want to stay in the drive way!

some pics in here http://www.tpicks.com/pictures%20people%20have%20sent%20me.html
i like the one with the jeep and the fish

some really show more that just the damage to property, the line of people for gas etc..

Yeah, its either let the food spoil or cook it.

And I'm not one to set around and cry....so its been grill, grill, grill.

Now I have to find out if you can grill an MRE.......

Thats awesome! You put that thing through it's paces. Can't say I've ever grilled such a fare. Good for you man!

You da man, Adam.

We have had, so far, pinapple shrimp ka-bobs, brisket, grilled shrimp, hamburgers, grilled shrimp, bacon eggs and pancakes, grilled trout filets, elk sausage and more grilled shrimp....LOL. Mom had almost 80 pounds of shrimp frozen that we evacuated to Crosby before the last hurricane. Think it was Gustav or Edourd...they start to run together after ahwile. Anyway, that grill has been getting a work out. Claudina even made flour tortillas and pappas con huevos the other morning on it. Nothing like taquitos in the morning to make you feel better. We didnt have any salsa or pico, so I just used hot sauce.. not the same, but good enuff under the circumstances....

Bet you're enjoying that coleman grill now, huh Skoalman.See, I wouldn't steer you wrong buddy. Glad you guys are doing okay.

Hey Jeff.

Yep, on a well. Its nice having free water, until you dont have free water.....

We have a huge generator that you pull behind a truck, trying to figure out how to hook that sucker into the well pump, so we can have running water. It sucks making a trip out to the pool at 2am....LOL. The good thing is, the last couple of nights it has been a full moon, so you can see pretty good. We have already been visited by looters Sunday night. If they had not run when we hit them with the lights, you would have heard the shots in Newport....
It was good seeing you with your boy riding around the other day.
You can take him to the High School and make him tote some ice or MRE's.
Claudina went down today and picked up both. I told her not to eat the MRE, but she is hard headed and wouldn't listen. Bet she has a surprise tomorrow....bunch of trips to the pool for water....

Todd,

Are you on a well were you are at?

They have power in Crosby up to the railroad tracks now, but I keep hearing two weeks for Newport, so we will see. We have been camping out in the living room with the fans running, and cold showers are really getting old. I don't know when I will be allowed to go back to work, the refinery took a pretty good hit also. I heard we are probably another 2-3 weeks before getting it back on line..

Renee10 wrote:

Has anyone heard from Skoalman?? I sure he boarded up the coast house and headed in but have not seen him post. Who all else has not checked in?

Hi Renee.

We rode that sucker out in Crosby. We still have no lights, no running water, no ice. Flushing toilets by making trips to pool with 5 gallon bucket. But we have our family all staying together on the farm, so we are good. I am up at work tonight and tomorrow night by the Galleria. Sleeping on air mattress......

Just got tv and internet back, they came to our subdivision and hooked a generator up to the server up the street. No sign of power co. yet. Lots of cleaning by the neighbors here.

Yeah, I never lost power and only have minor roof and fence damage. I consider myself very fortunate.

Anybody that needs comfortable lodging is welcome at my place.

Has anyone heard from Skoalman?? I sure he boarded up the coast house and headed in but have not seen him post. Who all else has not checked in?

Power's back on on the east side of downtown, as of 7am. Connectivity is good too.

!c

glad to hear you guys are ok & little to no damage. I know there's a couple ppl who still havent chimed in. Hope all is well with them.

Paul08Wrangler wrote:

Trees down on power lines, people's houses and cars everywhere here. Got the generator plugged into the breaker box powering everything but the central a/c. Have a small window unit for a little relief. Been cutting trees off the
roads from eight this morning till about one. Finally have a path in and out of
the subdivision. Look like no power for a long time.

we are so glad to hear you guys are ok and safe we got a little worried about y'all....tried calling you but phone lines are not woring so well

all ok here lost power for almost 24 hrs.no damage

Trees down on power lines, people's houses and cars everywhere here. Got the generator plugged into the breaker box powering everything but the central a/c. Have a small window unit for a little relief. Been cutting trees off the
roads from eight this morning till about one. Finally have a path in and out of
the subdivision. Look like no power for a long time.

jkx0778 wrote:

glad to hear drone. did ur windows get blown out or did you board them up?

G & Jen you guys ok? Steve?

hey guys, were ok, running on gen-set power. lost a few big trees but thats all

talked to steve a few minutews ago and they are fine but no power

can not get in touch with txrubi(joe)& brandi , been trying all day

jody(terahawk) is fine ......not even sure if he lost power

virtually all of houston and the surrounding area is without power, and some areas recieved some bad damage

if anyone needs any help just shout

glad to hear drone. did ur windows get blown out or did you board them up?

G & Jen you guys ok? Steve?

ok one made it thru how about the rest of you

Glad you made it thru

Still alive - no power, but got food and each other. I faired better than most of the neighbors. Only had about 100 gallons of water enter, everyone else has a few inches inside.

Here're some pics of downtown:

http://picasaweb.google.com/thisdroneeatspeople/DowntownIke#

still uploading -- will go dark for a few hours afterwards, until we need to check the news and run the laptop off the jeep.

!c