Storm Brewing

[laundromat]

no water

I came home from a bike ride and saw people filling big buckes with water from the pool.I had no idea what was going on until I got into my apartment and wen o wash my hands.NO WATER!!! I don't usualy flush my toilet unless it's solid waste.I know you all are probably faining now but I realy do try to conserve.

 

[laundromat]

MORE FLOODING

Not only do I have no running water,but it is now pouring down rain again!! They're expecting another 4.5 inches!!The beyues are already swolen.More flooding to be expected."AuntyEm!,Aunty Em!"

 

[rp2813]

Hang in there Chuck. I hope you're not without water for too long. Running water in the pipes that is.

 

[Maytagmom]

ramblings quickly posted here from so side of houston

Devasting....we got some really strong 110 winds heres. Lots of trees down, etc. We have curfew for the next week. Pasadena wasn't too bad where I went to check on trailer. It's still there, my storage room is ok. Got a huge limb on top of trailer, but nothing came through.
This could have been so much worse. So I am thankful that it wasn't. No electrical. But since the sun isnt out, that makes life bearable without AC. *sigh*
Neighbor next door is out looking for diesel for the generator. He let my sister's house plug into it. Sis + 3 went to Austin. I was better off here than in that POS Trlr.
It's time to move on.
I doubt anyone here will be going back to work on Monday. lol
Some areas have elect. My niece in Katy never lost power.
This was one bugger to ride out, and even though I have been through more violent ones....I'm getting rather tired of this. Time to move on...
I could write a book on the craziness and things I have seen go on during all of this. Unbelieveable.
Went to check on friends in Friendswood area, and that place looked like a war zone. Galveston is pretty much destroyed along the sea wall. Hooters is gone (LOL) A friend of mine worked at that one and sent me a picture of it yesterday. 4 pilings in the sea. Murdock's is gone, &
the Balanese Room. Somewhat icons for us in the area.
PLEASE keep the thoughts and prayers coming. At least pray we get electricity back soon. I have water, flushing toilets, plenty of food/water, etc...We ate like kings yesterday out on the grill. LOL
They have stated that this is the 4th largest disaster. I can certainly see why from what is laying around out there.
Cell phones are still messed up with msgs getting delayed by hours and calls not going through. Doesn't matter which carrier you use.
Well, I'm going back in for another day of "urban camping".
Wished I would've stayed in Colorado or Omaha another week.
Stay safe to everyone in the effected areas!
My Maytag survived! haha

Blessings to all;
Carol

 

[rp2813]

Re: cell phone service, it's my recollection that after a moderate earthquake here a while back, cell phone service was impacted. The advice was to text, as that's less data to carry for the network than a voice transmission. However, considering how much damage there has been, it could be that even texting is going to be slow.

 

[appnut]

Caro, I'm thrilled everything is relatively safe at your house. Briefly heard from Allen, they're ok. The generator they were gonna use isn't working. I have cousins who live in Friendswood. It may have been hurricane Alicia in 1983 or Allison in 2001 (but I'm pretty sure it was all the way back in the 1980s), their house flooded for the first time in all the years they'd lived there. It left an emotional scar on my cousin so much so that every time a hard steady rain came, it sent her over the edge. This may just completely do her in. 112,000 got power restored yesterday after the storm left. The areas where there is severe flooding, it will be weeks before power is restored. A friend of mine in New Mexico told me yesterday afternoon he started hearing reports of relatives' houses being destroyed and some friends and family were injured, but nothing serious.

 

[polkanut]

I'm not trying to minimize the problems caused by hurricanes, but I'll take a good old-fashioned WI snowstorm to what you guys & gals go through when it's this time of the year.

 

[autowasherfreak]

I agree....

At one time my roommate, and another friend, and myself were considering moving to New Orleans this was before Katrina. I am so glad we didn't. I would rather stay here in the Midwest and deal with the winters, and rare tornado then have to deal with multiple hurricanes. My cousin and his boyfriend live in Houston and I haven't heard anything from him yet. I've tried calling his cell phone, but it goes directly to voice mail.

James

 

[laundromat]

I still have no water but my phone never went out and my electric was out only from 9pm to 6am.I have plenty of bottled water and a tub full of tap water(used to flush solid waste),food and first aid stuffs.My neighbor(she's a true dumb blonde)begged me to go with her to get gas for her car.I went and we waited in line at a H.E.B.grocery store for forty minutes.The entire time there I was explaining to her how there were so many places that still had no power and we were lucky to get ours back so soon.I also said it was unbelievable how many places like McDonalds,Kenucky Fried Chicken,Burger King,and other fast food/drive ins were able to handle their crowds of customers and that just this afternoon, before returning home from church,Ievery one of the four fast food places I past were packed.One had a block and a half long line.After we got her gas,SHE WANED TO GO TO A MEXICAN FAST FOOD RESTARAUNT!!!I TOLD HER THEY HAD NO DRIVE THROUGH SAND SHE INSISTED ON GOING!HAD WE WAITED,IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 1.5 HOUR WAIT IN LINE!!!She is so stupid!As we were leaving to come home,she turned the wrong way into oncoming traffic!

 

[maytagbear]

About to get a little visitor

here in NE Ohio.

Been windy and dark all afternoon, and there have been two power spikes in the last 10 minutes.

I have flashlights and batteries, a charged cell phone, bottled drinking water, food for Boris T. Catt.......

And I am going to go to my Sunday evening discussion group.

I am hoping that everything gets back to normal, or close, soon, everywhere!

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[autowasherfreak]

Hasn't been to bad here.

It's done nothing but rain here for the past three days. The sun tried to come out a couple times today, but didn't quite make it.

"I am hoping that everything gets back to normal, or close, soon, everywhere!" I agree with you Lawrence 100%.

James

 

[Maytagmom]

Hi Bob
I spoke with Venus this morning. Landline is reliable. Sun finally coming out, its not too bad here. Glad you're fine and hopefully Glenn too. I'm kinda tired. I am going back and forth watching over 2 households. Mine & the Sagemont house. Checking on a few friends who are back at H camp too.
Friendswood took a beating hard with trees/wooden fences.
The available gas here have lines of 100 cars.
Curfews are strickly in effect. I think with so many ppl staying, they drove their cars around afterwards instead of staying put,now they are in the long lines with folks coming back. When in Pasadena today saw many return home, survey and leave. Reliant had a couple of trucks out too.
Cops really show up out in force near dusk.
Relatively smoother than the trauma of Rita. But if folks to come home, are planning to come & go...really they shouldn't! Else you will wait hours in line for gas back!
Some groceries open for certain hours. We have all we need here...I feel so blessed right now, compare to what others are going through. This is another one for the history books.
I can finally get back online wirelessly to see news/emails/updated notices.
Take care,
C

And I too would rather endure the snow.
*Colorado*

 

[appnut]

I finally got to talk with my dad this evening. He found an old non cordless phone in the closet. He still has no electricity. He lives in a sr. citizens apartment complex, the type below assisted living. They have been bringing him 3 meals a day of fruit, sandwitches, milk. He's on the 3rd floor and has both hsi doors open. But getting down the stairs with his walkerr would be just too much. Well, Ike took a more north easterly track. I only got 0.02 of an inch yesterday. My sister in Dallas got 1/2 an inch.

 

[DADoES]

A near miss

Wharton County is outlined in red. Matagorda Bay is the red X. Early tracks had Ike aiming for Corpus, then Matagorda Bay, and finally Galveston.

Matagorda County (to the south) had a mandatory evac. A friend and his mother who live near where the upper-right arm of the X points stayed with me Fri night.

We had some wind, very little rain. The cable wire to my house came loose from the pole but didn't break. No power outage at my house, although there was one up the road for a short while. Towns toward the east side of the county did have some power failures.

The big convenience store at the intersection (you guys & gals who have been here know which one) ran out of gas and closed Fri afternoon, which was an unsettling sight being as it's 24/7 and I've never seen it closed. They were closed again Sun night, not sure why. A large caravan of ambulances camped-out at the Civic Center on Wed, which I'm sure they all headed off to Houston/Galveston by Sat morn, if not right away Fri night.

My sister near Jersey Village (northwest Houston) had a neighbor's tree fall on the garage but apparently not through it, and a couple panels of the patio roof flapping, but no serious damage far as I've heard. Power was out but back by Sunday afternoon.

Awaiting the next one ... and keeping thoughts of our neighbors toward the east.

 

[Maytagmom]

Hey Glenn,

I am right under the "OU" about 1/8-1/4 inch. ;-)
Thank god for cooler tempz. today.

Keyboard on laptop iz mezzed up. Can't uze one ro diagionally....bizarre.

Glenn, Bob, vve need another T>< vvazhin! I've got many Bob loadz for offer....LOL.

Ha - get thiz: I zent a mg. to one of my covvorkerz lazt night, and zhe juzt got it...11 hourz later...FEH!

Glenn, I heard there vvaz another ztorm???? Pleaze tell me it ain't zo.

I'm going to give V a call later.

Zorry for the German typing...LOL

 

[iheartmaytag]

Were you building the Ark?

We survived a little wetter but living.
I had a little water in my basement, but my brother's house really got it. His back yard was swamped, and was starting to come in the house when we found a pump to rent. He had a pump going for 16 hours pumping 7,500 gallons an hour. Now we just have to get the carpets dry in the basement. Hopefully this is over for this year.

I just can't imagine those poor people that live by the shore. We are thousand's of miles inland and got heavy rains. Kansas floods when the dog goes pee, so about 25% of Wichita was serious Friday. They filled in the wetlands west of town to build a new Lowe's. Thus the water had no where to go so Maize road looked like a river until Sunday. Someone needs to rethink the water control I'm guessing.

 

[maytagbear]

Everything ok

in my neck of the woods. Very little rain. Winds are over....according to a friend a mile east (with a full home weather setup), we had straightline winds gust up to 50 miles per hour.

Again, I hope and pray that things get back to as normal as possible soon.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[appnut]

I've heard from Whirlcool. They won't have power for 10 days. The cooler temps have helped. He and Karen are like camping out in the house.

 

[launderess]

Thanks For The UpDate On Whirlcool

Was wondering if he and his were ok, and glad someone was to find out something.

Launderess

 

[washoholic]

I’m glad to hear that everyone is okay (Carol, Glenn, Chuck, Allen, Bob, Venus! In Austin we only got a little wind (18 MPH) and not a drop of rain.

Carol your German is hilarious, that made my day. I hope your keyboard starts working again.

Take care ya’ll,

~Jeff