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PlacentiaSoccerMom · #51 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:56 pm

Good luck to all of you in the storm's path!

themanintheseersuckersuit · #52 Post by **themanintheseersuckersuit** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:30 am

The Surge certainly has a different meaning today.

I've having Hugo flashbacks and praying for the Gulf Coasters.

Beebs52 · #53 Post by **Beebs52** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:25 am

Well, we're in clean out the pantry and all that mode. Assuming the storm conforms to the models, that have all pretty much held for the last while, Ike comes up I-45 right over us. I think this one is the real deal. Weather should start deteriorating around here this afternoon, I guess.

BiT, AJ and everybody else around here, I'm sorry, but my fingers are nervous, so I can't type everybody, please hunker down and stay safe. I pray for all of us.

Those of you up norther please be on the lookout-prayers for you guys as it heads away.

Galveston is an indescribable nightmare looking scenario. I was up at 5:30 watching the seawall get mocked. It's horrible.

Anyway, talk at ya on the backside.

I love you guys!

MarleysGh0st · #54 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:29 am

Stay safe, Beebs!

Are you in one of the areas that have been told to hunker down instead of evacuating?

All-Purpose Merry Man · #55 Post by **All-Purpose Merry Man** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:30 am

Beebs, I hope you have a large stock of shelf-stable melange! The coastline is hosed, but you guys are probably going to have electricity issues for a while. That's the suckiest part, when the storm passes and the temps go back to the upper 80's and there's no AC.

I vote for Seattle, personally...

Jim Cantore · #56 Post by **Jim Cantore** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:32 am

Don't worry, me and my cameraman will stand out here and take the brunt of it for you.

If I do get washed up in your yard, though, please throw me some non-perishables from your pantry....

All-Purpose Merry Man · #57 Post by **All-Purpose Merry Man** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:34 am

Jim Cantore wrote:Don't worry, me and my cameraman will stand out here and take the brunt of it for you.

If I do get washed up in your yard, though, please throw me some non-perishables from your pantry....

Go rescue Stephanie Abrams--she's in Galveston, poor thing. I like her better...

Bob Juch · #58 Post by **Bob Juch** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:35 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:Stay safe, Beebs!

Are you in one of the areas that have been told to hunker down instead of evacuating?

Actually everyone's been told to hunker down now. They're afraid people would be caught on the roads. Since I-10 turns into a canal with even a mild thunderstorm, that's a good idea.

Beebs52 · #59 Post by **Beebs52** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:36 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:Stay safe, Beebs!

Are you in one of the areas that have been told to hunker down instead of evacuating?

A hunkerin' we are. We're 70 miles inland so no storm surge for us. Just hurricane winds and rain. We also aren't called The Woodlands for no reason...yikes.

silvercamaro · #60 Post by **silvercamaro** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:38 am

Good luck, Texas friends. Stay safe and dry through the whole mess. My prayers are headed south for you.

Bob Juch · #61 Post by **Bob Juch** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:38 am

Beebs52 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:Stay safe, Beebs!

Are you in one of the areas that have been told to hunker down instead of evacuating?
A hunkerin' we are. We're 70 miles inland so no storm surge for us. Just hurricane winds and rain. We also aren't called The Woodlands for no reason...yikes.

I hope the wood stays where it's supposed to.

Beebs52 · #62 Post by **Beebs52** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:39 am

All-Purpose Merry Man wrote:
Jim Cantore wrote:Don't worry, me and my cameraman will stand out here and take the brunt of it for you.

If I do get washed up in your yard, though, please throw me some non-perishables from your pantry....
Go rescue Stephanie Abrams--she's in Galveston, poor thing. I like her better...

We know we're hosed, cause you, Jim, aren't here...yowzers.

Also, the electricity thingie. Good thing we've been sitting outside acclimating to suffering while doing crossword puzzles.

Two of our neighbors have generators so maybe we'll be able to take showers if the power goes out.

And, AND, Jeff woke up thinking this was Saturday and he could watch the game after all even though all the channels are hurricane central. It's going to be on ESPN. I told him, "Dear. It's Friday. Saturday morning is when the storm hits. So, if you have power, why, yes indeed you can watch the game."

Wait. Is Cantore here? If he is maybe Ike will go away. I've just been watching the local channels.

Beebs52 · #63 Post by **Beebs52** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:41 am

Bob Juch wrote:
Beebs52 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:Stay safe, Beebs!

Are you in one of the areas that have been told to hunker down instead of evacuating?
A hunkerin' we are. We're 70 miles inland so no storm surge for us. Just hurricane winds and rain. We also aren't called The Woodlands for no reason...yikes.
I hope the wood stays where it's supposed to.

Isn't that a good sentence regardless? It has so many applications!

Tocqueville3 · #64 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:42 am

Beebs,

Y'all are all in my prayers. I know what it's likle to ride out a hurricane. It's really scary, huh? Here comes the hokey (but true!) part... you hafta ask God to protect you. He will. I am praying that he will.

Let us know if there is anything else you need.

Don't be scared.

Beebs52 · #65 Post by **Beebs52** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:44 am

Tocqueville3 wrote:Beebs,

Y'all are all in my prayers. I know what it's likle to ride out a hurricane. It's really scary, huh? Here comes the hokey (but true!) part... you hafta ask God to protect you. He will. I am praying that he will.

Let us know if there is anything else you need.

Don't be scared.

Prayers all around, ma'am. Sometimes folks can be living prayers.

Tocqueville3 · #66 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:46 am

Beebs52 wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:
Beebs52 wrote: A hunkerin' we are. We're 70 miles inland so no storm surge for us. Just hurricane winds and rain. We also aren't called The Woodlands for no reason...yikes.
I hope the wood stays where it's supposed to.
Isn't that a good sentence regardless? It has so many applications!

On a non-hurricane related note...I've got a friend whose husband is in the timber business. He has a bumper sticker on his car that says "GotWood".

I kid you not. They are the most naive people in the world. He thinks the sticker is about timber. He looks at me strange whenever I giggle at his car.

Oral B Roberts · #67 Post by **Oral B Roberts** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:47 am

I was wondering why I was getting a busy signal this morning on my direct hotline to God. I guess it's better than when He just ignores me when I show up on His Caller ID....

Four Hour Stiffy · #68 Post by **Four Hour Stiffy** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:48 am

Tocqueville3 wrote:On a non-hurricane related note...I've got a friend whose husband is in the timber business. He has a bumper sticker on his car that says "GotWood".

I'm a lumberjack, and I'm OK!

Tocqueville3 · #69 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:49 am

Four Hour Stiffy wrote:
Tocqueville3 wrote:On a non-hurricane related note...I've got a friend whose husband is in the timber business. He has a bumper sticker on his car that says "GotWood".

I'm a lumberjack, and I'm OK!

Goodness, that was quick.

Four Hour Stiffy · #70 Post by **Four Hour Stiffy** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:49 am

Tocqueville3 wrote:
Four Hour Stiffy wrote:
Tocqueville3 wrote:On a non-hurricane related note...I've got a friend whose husband is in the timber business. He has a bumper sticker on his car that says "GotWood".

I'm a lumberjack, and I'm OK!
Goodness, that was quick.

And it lasts 4 hours!

Or were you talking about something else....

Tocqueville3 · #71 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:50 am

Oral B Roberts wrote:I was wondering why I was getting a busy signal this morning on my direct hotline to God. I guess it's better than when He just ignores me when I show up on His Caller ID....

Shouldn't you be in the frivolity thread?

#72 Post by **littlebeast13** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:51 am

Tocqueville3 wrote:
Oral B Roberts wrote:I was wondering why I was getting a busy signal this morning on my direct hotline to God. I guess it's better than when He just ignores me when I show up on His Caller ID....
Shouldn't you be in the frivolity thread?

Frivolity has a way of infiltrating all kinds of threads....

lb13

Beebs52 · #73 Post by **Beebs52** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:53 am

And Bix! I saw where she posted. She was going to a less treey/glassy house, right?

Tocqueville3 · #74 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:57 am

Beebs52 wrote:And Bix! I saw where she posted. She was going to a less treey/glassy house, right?

Yes. I think she said she was going to a relaltive's house.

She was worried about being in a house with glass and such with trees all around. She is smart.

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andrewjackson · #75 Post by **andrewjackson** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:59 am

So far so good!

Here in downtown Houston we just started getting the first cloud-banks moving quickly north to south.

Local conditions in my part of Houston

83F
70% humidity
Wind 10 mph from the north-northwest