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vott does ziss do?
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Location: Seattle
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fat chance on the cable. I don't remember the reliability of cable when I lived in Texas, but up here the cable goes out whenever the neighbor sneezes. o.k. I'm exaggerating just a bit, but we have lots of cable outages whenever the wind picks up; a problem exacerbated with our large number of coniferous trees with heavy branches hanging over utility lines. we occasionally get storms in the wintertime with winds sometimes reaching hurricane force for hours on end. thankfully they're not all that frequent
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09-23-2005, 08:34 PM
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coulda, woulda, shoulda
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Louisiana
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after a hurricane (sometimes during) I usually drive around checking my parents properties and friend's homes and buildings. Trees down everywhere, electrical wires strung across the road, houses with roofs gone, homes damaged and buildings destroyed. Rain and more rain..I'm usually up all night watching all this happen. No electricity or water for days. no phone. no TV. only the food you stored before the storm. During the storm the wind and rain is unbelievable. the house shakes, things crash into the outside walls. you hear sounds of trees breaking and objects being blown around. it's something you'll remember for quite a while. right now we have 30-40 mph (going to 40-60mph later tonight) winds outside and we're almost 200 miles east of the storm. it's really quite an experience to sit through these things
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09-23-2005, 08:39 PM
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Living in Reality
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Chicago, IL
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09-23-2005, 08:44 PM
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We're going to bed. I'll check in, in the morning, one way or another!
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09-23-2005, 09:00 PM
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vott does ziss do?
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sleep well. see you in the a.m.
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09-23-2005, 09:06 PM
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Well, the wife woke up. So that means I'm up too. Definitely in TS conditions. Looks like sustained 50 and gusts much higher.
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09-24-2005, 12:15 AM
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Oh, and you can barely hear the storm in the bedroom with the plywod up. My office is a completely different story.
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09-24-2005, 12:18 AM
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Join Date: May 2002
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Hang tight, buddy. The news is showing nasty conditions south of you...
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09-24-2005, 12:38 AM
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So far so good. The power is still on, but it has gone off for a few seconds, several times. Looks like we have about 7 to 10 hours more of the TS winds.
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09-24-2005, 05:35 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Chicago, IL
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Whoo hoo!
According to the news, most of Houston still has power. |
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09-24-2005, 05:36 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: ....down Highway 61
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our power went off and on all night. Lots of wind and rain. We were on the opposite side of this storm so we got wind from the other direction. The 80ft section of fence in my yard that got bent due to the Katrina winds has now been bent straight back up.
Ive heard that another I10 bridge collapsed somewhere towards Lake Charles 
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09-24-2005, 06:00 AM
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At least Houston is on the west side of the storm - That's important = Now you just have to have a head's up for rain and the occasional tornado...
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09-24-2005, 06:38 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Houston (The Vintage), Texas
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I am at my ex's house right now and they lost power for liek three hours around 12-3 a.m
My house though didn't lose anything
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09-24-2005, 08:03 AM
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hurricane sex ?
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09-24-2005, 08:18 AM
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Good to see you are keeping your sense of humor Red!
Out prayer go out to you and the poor folks in Louisiana. Hey I spelled Louisiana correctly! Ronin "girlfriend safe with me"... isn't that an oxymoron?
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09-24-2005, 08:22 AM
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Still getting some good gusts, but the sun is coming out at times. Our neighbors are now calling to see how it is and whether to come back yet.
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09-24-2005, 09:47 AM
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we're still having torrential rain and 40mph winds. over 2 inches of rain today and more tonight. it's actually worse right now than when the storm came ashore earlier
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09-24-2005, 09:57 AM
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Good redbeard.
OMG Hang in there john. I hear this horror is supposed to hang too.....it's because some storm heading our way...preventing this thing from moving north.... Damn hang in there... |
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09-24-2005, 10:01 AM
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Location: Louisiana
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electricity and tv out at the house so we're at the wine shop watching tv and cooking ribs. getting ready to crack open a fresh bottle of Vodka. it's hell roughing it I tell ya..
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09-24-2005, 10:07 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: an island, upper left coast, USA
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From the tracking, she looks like she's dying.
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