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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Monday, September 01, 2008 - 11:56 am
Personally, I don't CARE if they think they're invincible. If Andreson Cooper has his head chopped off with a wayward piece of street sign, I'm OK with that; it was his choice to go in and report from a dangerous area. But if a house isn't saved, or they are minutes too late to catch the looters of a person's house, I think CNN (and other news agencies) have tampered with the law and order that is trying to be upheld in the region. Just stop interfering with the folks who are trying to work on damage control.
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Ddr
Member
08-19-2001
| Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - 5:12 pm
I'm back! Rock and I made it through. Of course my nerves are pretty shot right now. My power, cable, internet came back on about an hour ago. Half the town is still without power. My brother and mother also got their power too (they are with a different electric company). This is the first time I ever get power back first, lol. Doing a happy dance here. We are just having problems with water, were under a boil alert and now it's shut off. Not that I would drink that stuff anyway, lol. Haven't been able to catch up how much damage is in the surrounding areas. Storm was scary, worse than Lili and Rita by far. My neighbor had a tree fall on her house. Lots and lots of trees down and minor structure damage but the areas I've seen so far looks great considering. Funny story: one of my friends evacuated with her cat and two dogs. Took her 20 hours to get to Dallas. Well cat needed to go potty while we were talking on phone. Friend started gagging from smell and had to hang up. Well she stopped at a gas station to clean up. Had to hose down cat cause she was full of poo poo, got it on her clothes, so she had to grab new clothes and change in bathroom. Bathroom had a line of people waiting and she was antsy with her animals in car. So she said excuse me and changed in front of everybody. AND she goes commando. LOL That kept me laughing all day. Thanks for your prayers all!!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - 5:29 pm
Lol and whew D!
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - 6:02 pm
glad to see you, ddr
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - 6:18 pm
Good to hear you are safe. The friend story is pretty crazy!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - 9:05 pm
Aw, the poor kitty. Glad you weathered the storm.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, September 03, 2008 - 7:26 am
Ddr, so glad you are safe! And what a story about your friend. She'll be dining out on that story for years to come. LOL
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Emeraldfire
Member
03-05-2003
| Wednesday, September 03, 2008 - 8:11 am
Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers! We made it through with no problems this time. It was quite a difference from Rita. However, the place where we normally would evacuate was hit hard and still has no electricity and are still dealing with flooding and tornadoes. My prayers are for all of Louisiana still dealing with this and the people in Mississippi.
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Ddr
Member
08-19-2001
| Wednesday, September 03, 2008 - 5:41 pm
Well I started doing assessments on our tourism businesses in the parish today. Three of my major attractions received severe wind/roof damage (imagine peeling a can of nuts open). I cried at all three. It's seriously depressing to see my friends who have worked so hard for so many years having to go through this. Will continue to assess tomorrow, I'm hoping I found the worst of it today.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Friday, September 05, 2008 - 8:08 am
today is nice here in Boston. Tropical Storm Hannah expected Saturday night into Sunday morning.
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Saturday, September 06, 2008 - 8:36 am
Ddr and all who experienced Gustav, all of my thought are with you. To everyone in the path of Hannah please stay safe. We had very little damage in our area. Some downed trees, a few roads washed out, minimal property damage, we had a few rocky hours with tornado's, to the best of my knowledge none touched down here. Sadly a Harrison county man lost his life while trying to help people secure their boats. Now we have to keep another eye on Ike. I swear 3 storms in as many weeks is almost more then I can take. I just don't think mentally, emotionally and physically I can take another storm only 3 years after Katrina hit us. We are still missing entire towns and seeing empty lots with only slabs on a daily basis here.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Sunday, September 07, 2008 - 8:18 pm
((((Biloxibelle, Ddr, and all affected)))) I'm so sorry for all you've already gone through and that you have to worry about another storm on its way. Stay safe all.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 2:45 pm
To everyone in Ike's path, I send my prayers!!! Please be safe.
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Cherkitty
Member
03-11-2008
| Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 2:47 pm
Thanks Twiggy... we have a mandatory evacuation here, but I think were going to stick it out. Stocking up on vienna sausages 
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 5:44 pm
rained all day here (central TX)
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 6:34 pm
Please, please be safe Cher and Deb.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 6:35 pm
Ditto what Twiggsy said! Please stay safe, everyone in harm's way, and let us know, if you get a chance, how you are doing.
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Oldtex
Member
03-06-2006
| Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 8:40 pm
Geez Louise! My local weathermen are scaring the beejeezers out of me. I'm in central Texas. The weathermen are predicting that after Ike makes landfall near the Houston or Galveston areas, Ike will make that sharp turn to the north and all of central Texas is right in the path. We've have remnants of hurricanes and tropical storms before, but they are predicting 8-10+ inches of rain, 40-75+ mph winds, possible tornadoes. It's the wind that has me most worried. My house has a lot of glass and we are surrounded by trees. At times even a regular rain storm knocks the power out because this area has so many trees. Hubby cleaned out the rain gutters this evening and we made a trip to the grocery store and all of our outside furniture and stuff will be put in the garage. But dang, I've never had such a sense of dooming as I do this time. I can only imagine living on the coast. I pray for all of those people and their property. Our area is already receiving evacuees and the people setting this up seem to have all the bases covered. I just don't like feeling this way and could use a few good thoughts and prayers to protect us and our property. FYI, I've been afraid of strong wind since I was about 3 yrs old when a huge tornado did major damage in the town I grew up in. My wonderful dad helped in the rescue then, many died, and he just never talked about it. But I do remember being afraid. Ok, now you all know what a scarrdy-cat (sp?) I am!
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 9:03 pm
Good luck, Oldtex. I'll be thinking about you and totally understand your sense of doom--it's very frightening when one of these things is bearing down on you. Stay safe everyone in Ike's path.
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Oldtex
Member
03-06-2006
| Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 9:08 pm
Holly, thank you for your kind words of support. It really means a lot to me.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 11:01 pm
Oldtex, being scared is no fun, but you can only do the best that you can do, and it sounds like you have done all the right things so far. You "could" get plywood and put it over your windows, but the effort might outweigh the benefit. You have done the right things in getting supplies and putting away anything outside that could be a flying hazard. Go ahead and fill the bathtubs with water for flushing toilets. Unless you have a swimming pool in the backyard, in which case, don't worry about it. Have a bunch of bottled water, flashlights and batteries, candles, weather radio, but don't go out now to get one if you don't have one. Plan on having the power out for about three days and how you will get through that. With a plan, you will be fine. When we lived in Miami, we once had 17 inches of rain in 24 hours. Some places were flooded, but we were not.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 12:30 am
((OT)) Stay safe my friend, and keep us posted, when you can!
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 5:08 am
We've gotten rain this week, but our major thing is opening up the evacuation centers for those coming up from the coast. My sister and her grandkids may be coming up from just east of Houston. They tell us that we may get some 50mph winds this weekend and rain, but we'll see.
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Oldtex
Member
03-06-2006
| Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 8:40 pm
Thanks everyone! I think I was just having one of those panic attack episodes. We've done all the preparing we can do and the rest is left in God's hands. Our local weather forecast looks "a little bit better". But we won't be out of the woods as far as wind and possible tornados and possiblity of power outage. I'm praying for all those along the coast and the evacuees. Our area is also receiving lots of evacuees. Ladytex, not sure where you are but will keep you and your family in my thoughts.
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Cindylou
Member
07-11-2002
| Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 8:59 pm
Expecting a Category 2 Hurricane (Ike) to hit just west of my home on Saturday morning. We made it through Rita 3 years ago, but we're not evacuating this time around, I hope that's not a mistake........
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