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Beckie03
Member
07-05-2007
| Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 8:52 am
holy crap annie. hope everything is okay at your house.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 9:05 am
we were up at 3:30 am cleaning off the drains on our back patio so no water in our house. several neighbhors got water in their houses. it was almost over the curbs in the front.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 9:47 am
Dang, Texannie!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 10:57 am
Juju, that's right by the Ihop where we met!!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 9:44 pm
I was afraid of that, Texannie!!! I can't remember if I regaled you with my story of my very first Houston flood, sometime in the early 1990's probably, when I was smart enough to take the side streets, Washington Ave. and Shepherd, home rather than I-45. And as I drove over I-10, I saw a very wide muddy creek with colored stepping stones in it. That was I-10, and the stones were the tops of cars sitting on this major freeway. And up at the tops of the very steep banks of the freeway were all kinds of people wandering around as if in a daze. Those were the rescued car drivers. Very freaky stuff, very freaky indeed.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 4:45 am
I imagine that was strange, Juju! That's usually the part that always floods, it was weird to have it by me as badly. (we get some, but not like this). There are alot of people who are screaming at TXDOT. When they did the Katy Freeway expansion, especially this new part, one of the things they said they fixed was the flooding at the exchange. Well, it was worse.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 6:08 am
Yedsterday was 93 in Boston, today is going to be 60 for a high, but I will not complain the sun is out
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 6:18 am
same here!!! Since I don't sleep well at night I was up a few times and I swear I could actually feel it getting cooler each time. Still a nice day!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 8:56 am
Yep, Texannie, that part of I-10 never flooded real bad when we lived in Houston, 1987-1995.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 9:11 am
w--i--n--d--y....
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 9:16 am
I must have sent you our wind, BR, sorry about that. Our weather is wonderful today, first time in a week. Just a bit of a breeze and nice enough to be outside in a tshirt.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 12:13 pm
We've actually smelled the smoke that drifted into Texas from South America over the last week. Yesterday's and last nights rain helped fix that problem.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Wednesday, May 06, 2009 - 7:35 pm
Santa Barbara area is in big trouble with fires. Twenty houses lost so far. Yesterday, this fire was at forty acres for over seven hours. Why can't California get their fire fighting efforts together??? Prayers for the folks up north tonight.
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Oldtex
Member
03-06-2006
| Wednesday, May 06, 2009 - 8:25 pm
Couldn't take the humidity any longer! Finally turned on the air conditioner today. Perhaps I can actually get a good night's sleep.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, May 06, 2009 - 11:35 pm
Bee, we were watching the fire on the news earlier. It's just awful.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 4:42 pm
Summer & it's 100+ % temps. are here & I absolutely hate it!
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Alwayzmovin
Member
11-06-2003
| Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 6:20 pm
82 for the high today and of course right on schedule it happens! Jeff was just about to read the first vote on Survivor and news stations breaks in with weather warnings! I understand they need to do this, but sometimes I think they do it just to tic me off! lol
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 9:03 pm
I feel so bad for the people in CA watching their homes burn to the ground. Heartbreaking.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 10:11 pm
I've been watching interviews with people in Santa Barbara employing Stay-And-Defend tactics and finding it very interesting. The folks who did this still have homes, while their neighbors' homes burned. Since I live in a fire area (actually, I guess we all do out here, anymore) I am very interested in this. We were told recently at a meeting that the Stay-And-Defend won't work and that we should always leave when told. We left in October of 2007 and were out for ten days. Meanwhile, if a few hadn't stayed behind, our homes would have been left to burn when the Fire Fighters thought there was no back exit and, after lighting a backfire, decided to leave. The info/maps they had were outdated by more than twenty years. I thank God every day that those few brave neighbors who refused to leave were here and able to convince the Fire Fighters to stay. DH and I are taking note of all the stories of the Stay-And-Defend folks. I think that's what we will be doing the next time we are threatened with fire...and, sadly, I know there will be a next time.
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 8:39 am
Not wanting to hijack the thread, but just letting people know that I *AM* ok! We had a "Mesa Cyclone" or "Inland Hurricane" go through a little after noon on Friday. Still 29K households without power....including me. I'm at the University now with newly restored power and internet. I had 14+ trees down in the road, on the roof, on the shed, and littering the back yard, crushing my fence. I'm ok, just shell-shocked and weary. I had to drive over downed wires to play for church. We have had curfew at 8 pm every night. Boil orders for water, but no way to boil it. Land line phones don't work. I'm very lucky that I don't have much damage to the house....many of my neighbors have trees in their living rooms. I am weary. But OK!
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 9:35 am
Good to know Schoolmarm! Scary stuff!
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 9:49 am
Take Care Schoolmarm!!! Glad to know you're ok!!! Keep us posted.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 3:10 pm
Dang, Schoolmarm! I was blissfully unaware of that weather. Bigdog has a relative somewhere in that area, I think. Glad you are okay.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 3:33 pm
Wow, Marm!! I'm glad you are okay and no major damage! I hope you get power back soon!
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 8:09 pm
Power is back on!!! Yippee...and my brother was working with the crew by the HS, so I got to see him and an old friend from HS today. AND the internet is back on at home. Can't wait for the hot water heater to catch up so I can take a hot bath tonight.
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