I Like Ike

Well our school district just canceled school for tomorrow and Friday. West end of Galveston island (20 miles south of me as a crow flies) has mandatory evacs starting tomorrow morning. We're trying to figure out whether to stay or go. Jim_in_Houston is even closer to this than me and so is BobEd. Crap! Erstad just got thrown out at stealing second! Pirates suck!

I'm expecting to have power at least through Friday night...will keep you posted.

Good luck Dave, we'll be thinking of you. Even tho we live in the midwest we know what your going thru, Dad has a place in Key Largo and was on pins & needles over the weekend so hopefully it will miss you too.

Dude, Like others have said, our prayers are with you. I'm confident you'll get out of harms way and may the carnage be minimal.

Gary, we pulled our little Shamrock out of the Keys this past Sunday AM, as I wasn't gonna sleep good otherwise, insurance or not.

Hey Dude,

Keep us informed about how you're doing, prayers are with you and the people of the coast.

Chuck

The Dude wrote: Just realized: even if I have power and cable, the local NBC will be doing hurricane coverage instead of ND vs Michigan. Crap again!

Now thats ironic, here you are living it,and your local station has to have someone standing around telling you how bad it is! Good Luck, keep us posted.

We're pulling for you The Dude, but not too sure about the ND vs. MI!

Dude
Stay safe.
I heard this morning on the radio, a warning went out to those deciding to stay in Galveston. It said people deciding to stay will be facing "certain death". Now that seems a little harsh but it tells you the severity of this storm. Make good decisions.
I hope those boards on your house are stronger than ND's defence.

GO BLUE!!!!! (sorry Dude)

Steve

Good luck Dude , looking forword to hearing from you SOON !

here we go    round #2

Dont seem bad yet,   but thats what I said for Gustav and we got HAMMERED. Worst anyone has seen around here.

All the debris from the first one is still piled up on side the roads,    not enough time to get it picked up.    and its gettin thrown around again..   

I have a pic of my shop,   is photobucked the only way to put the pics up or is thier a new way.

8:05pm central. The Dude abides.

Hi all: this is Mrs.Dude posting from Dallas for the Dude. He wants you all to know that he is safe and okay. But there is no power in Houston and the surrounding area. We had one tree fall on our house, but fortunately, it didn't penetrate our roof, so we didn't have any damage inside the house. Another tree fell away from the house. The creek got high but our home didn't flood. All good. He says he will post pics later. And wants to thank you all for your care and concern.

Root, glad your OK, what a mess.

Dude, good to hear the news through Mrs Dude.

Me too Brian, wondering about JIH.

Chuck

Best wishes to all who are going through hardship from Ike. I know we aren't getting it like some areas but up here in the Chicago area it's even talking it's toll. Yesterday we had the most rainfall in one day than any other day in recorded history. It's been raining for 3 days now and lots of flooded streets and basements. Our deep tunnel storm water retention system filled up more than 24 hours ago and all 3 locks have been opened up on the Chicago river dumping untreated water into Lake Michigan.

I'm ok with my basement but I just got back from my divorcee neighbors basement wading in 18" of water. She has some major cracks in her old house foundation and with her sump pump pumping out into her back yard, the water was just coming back in via these cracks. She had the not so bright idea of rerouting the sump pump discharge into the floor drains in her basement. She thought this would discharge the water into the sewer not understanding that she has a overhead sewer. Well, after the water got to the 18" she called me!!!

I was out tracking down a missing Malibu today with a friend. The water on our lake is about 3 er 4 feet up. You can see alot of canopies, but no lifts. I've never seen it this way at this lake. I've been around it for about 23 years.

Glad to hear all you guys made it thru. I remember '04 when me and Patti had just moved here. Three storms passed right over Lake Wales. Pulled off some of our new house's roof and gave us a little trouble.

We were up in Cleveland watching Weather Channel and thinking about Root, Dude, J_I_H and the dr. Glad all made it thru ok.

Can't mess with Mother Nature!

john