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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 2:41 pm
i think her mom had a B&B in the Strand. i hope she evacuated! that area had almost 2 feet of water by 1 today.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 2:41 pm
My thoughts for a good outcome going out to all of the TVCHers and their families who are facing the hurricane.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 3:21 pm
Live TV news from various cities in Texas. Just thought someone might want a variety of stations to choose from. http://wwitv.com/portal.htm
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Cherkitty
Member
03-11-2008
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 3:23 pm
Texannie ... r u waiting it out too?
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 3:36 pm
is this close to Houston? Dylan's dad and Godmom are there
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 3:43 pm
yes, Pamy. Apparently headed right through there.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 3:44 pm
cher, i am on the west side of houston. we will get wind and some rain but no storm surge.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 3:54 pm
here is a good link for expected winds http://blogs.chron.com/sciguy/archives/2008/09/what_to_expect_2.html
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 3:59 pm
They just said on the news that most of Huston was advised not to evacuate due to not enough notices compared to what happened when Huston evacuated when Rita hit. Said that if the number of people evacuated like Rita, there would be so many still on the highways in their cars when it hit and they would be safer to just stay home. They did evac some of the lower lying areas. Be safe Texannie and all others in Ike's pathway!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 4:06 pm
Houston? where did it say that? we had plenty of notice of the storm coming. they did rolling evacuation and evacuated the areas in danger first. what happened with Rita was the people in areas not in danger decided to evacuate too and got in the way of the people who needed to evacuate. there was never a call to evacuate all of houston. it's not necessary to.
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Hooters
Member
08-26-2006
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 4:10 pm
Keep us all here in Texas in your prayers. I'm in North Central Texas, we're expected to have Catergory 1 winds all the way up here.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 4:12 pm
Annie, the news programs are reporting that most of Houston is under order to "shelter in place" rather than evacuate.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 4:20 pm
just saw the news story at CNN. that doesn't make any sense. all of our rodes are clear, wind is just picking up. if people wanted to leave even now, they could. it's not even raining on my side of town! LOL now, if you are in Galveston and are still there; they aren't coming to rescue you. and you are an idiot!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 4:21 pm
Kar, it was 'shelter in place' if you are not in an evacuation area. most of Houston isn't in low lying areas.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 4:21 pm
Sending the best of hopeful thoughts to all of you in the line of the storm. Take care!
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 4:24 pm
That's how I understood it also, Annie.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 4:27 pm
double post...oops!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 4:28 pm
i think it's important to realize how large geographically Houston is. (600 square miles) and that Houston is 60 miles from the coast. people on the south and east sides of town closer to the coast were ordered to evacuate. but there is no reason to mandatory evacuate everyone. that type of panic is what caused the traffic problems with Rita. cnn is giving a slightly skewed version of the truth. majority of houston is in no danger of the storm surge, even with the bayous.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 4:37 pm
I think all the news stations seem to be a bit off. I heard one of them imply that all of Houston "should" have been evacuated, but it's just not feasible. So those who are only in danger of hurricane force winds are being asked to shelter in place; while those who are in danger of storm surge were ordered to evacuate. And they go on and on about the dangers of broken glass in the rest of Houston. So I think that's why people are trying to figure out what's real.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 4:40 pm
i have only been watching local stations. i was talking to my husband right after i read these posts. he has been watching cnn (he's in Austin) and was starting to panic too. if i were watching cnn, i would too! LOL yes, we will probably have broken glass, trees down and maybe even lose electricity but there is no reason to evacuate. we are only in danger of being inconvenienced. they should be focusing on Galveston. that's going to be sad.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 4:45 pm
We belong to the Escapees RV Club based in Livingston, TX, north of Houston. They just sent out e-mails saying they were shutting down office and mail service. Lots of rv's there that could get blown away, I hope they were able to get out of danger. There are also about 250 deeded lots with mobil or modular homes, plus 180 rv sites.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 5:00 pm
if anyone just saw Anderson Cooper's report from Houston, that's how nice the weather is right now and then the report from Galveston shows the difference. fun fact about the hotel the cnn reporters are staying at in Galveston is built upon a gun embankement from WWII.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 5:11 pm
Dylan's dad and his Godmom are in houston and I cant get ahold of them, says phone lines are too busy. prayers to everyone in that area
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 5:15 pm
just talked to her, could barely hear her. She is at the refinery, it has been shut down but she has to stay there and babysit it. Please pray for her safety too.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 5:17 pm
Houston? where did it say that? we had plenty of notice of the storm coming. CBS news. They said that because of the turn Ike took Houston had 48 hours warning that Ike was going to hit direct. Based on Rita evacuations they said that it would take at least 96 hours to get everybody out safely. CBS also said there were some low lying areas that were evacuated and the rest of Houston was to take precautions at home. People could leave, but if the masses left it would be a cluster like it was in Rita and roads would get backed up and people could be stuck in traffic in their cars which would be more dangerous than staying at home.
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