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TAQuickness
September 12th, 2008, 10:12 PM
we've had afternoon shower dump more water, but I don't ever recall storm winds like this. iPhone rocks. Been without power for many hours now.
Bruce Melton
September 13th, 2008, 12:09 AM
Looking for you on the news-
Send us some pictures with that fancy phone.
mr.prick
September 13th, 2008, 03:18 AM
look on the bright side,
at least you will get rid of some of the Louisiana refugees. http://smiliesftw.com/x/yumthefuckout.gif (http://smiliesftw.com)
TAQuickness
September 14th, 2008, 10:31 PM
Ike was a big ol' boy. The good news is we're all alive and still have 99.8% of our roof over our head. Power has been out since ~2300 Friday. I haven't taken many pictures. Everything from Houston to about lake Charles look the same. All of it can be seen on tv or the www. Been in line for an hour now for gas.
TAQuickness
September 14th, 2008, 10:49 PM
look on the bright side,
at least you will get rid of some of the Louisiana refugees. http://smiliesftw.com/x/yumthefuckout.gif (http://smiliesftw.com)

Lmao. Actually I saw a refugee on tv yesterday saying he was not leaving because FEMA responded in less than 48 hours. I don't suppose he ever considered it's because Nagin is NOT running these cities.
Bruce Melton
September 14th, 2008, 11:44 PM
Glad to hear you are a survivor. Some folks really got messed up. Now, if you can just get some V AC soon.
I have a nice little Honda generator you can use. Haven't used it since moved to WI, the land of frozen tundra and buried power lines.
TAQuickness
September 15th, 2008, 12:10 AM
thanks Bruce. I have a generator we are using to maintain the freezer. Not enough fuel though to run continuous.
Chevy366
September 15th, 2008, 03:04 AM
If you get tired of roughing it and can make it to FW , we have a couple of upstairs bedrooms you could use for a few nights .
GMPX
September 15th, 2008, 10:43 AM
I have a nice little Honda generator you can use.
See, Civic's are useful for something afterall :hihi:
TAQuickness
September 16th, 2008, 12:55 AM
TGM - Thanks. The cool front has made life much more bearable. I'll keep the offer in mind though.

ROSS - best laugh I've had in a while.

Ironically, we didn't get as much rain as you'd expect for a storm this size. In the last 5 years we've had a half dozen (6 for the metric folks) or so afternoon showers that dumped almost twice as much rain in half the time. What got us was the wind. I've talked to a few compadres and it appears Ike was felt significantly from Houston to New Orleans.