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14 September 2008
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If you care to look, I've got a few photos up on my site on the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. I may add more later today if I venture out in the neighborhood, though I'm still extremely tired and may end up taking a nap this afternoon.
I "hunkered down" for the storm in the NW part of the city with a group of friends. We stayed up all night and watched the news. We lost power around 11, but one couple brought a generator with them and the satellite dish stayed intact. Power is still out in that part of town. I called my neighbor and came back home as we have power, water and phone service in my neighborhood. My iPhone works in town, but not here - however my work cell phone has a signal.
There was a lot of damage in this area, though I was extremely lucky and my home survived with minimal damage. Some of my neighbors were not so lucky with large sections of the shingles gone and their ceilings inside collapsed due to the amount of water that came into their homes. Shingles are missing from sections of my house and water got into my study - weird thing is that even though my computer desk got wet there's no water showing on the ceiling - I suspect it made it's way in through the light fixture. I may have lost some peripherals but my MacBook and work laptop were with me so they're fine, though my desk is starting to swell up as it's made from particle board. Part of the fence was blown down. A window broke in my master bedroom but surprisingly little water got in, the carpet was wet in an area the size of a dinner plate. I put a fan on it last night and it's nice and dry today.
<rant>
I've been watching the news today and seeing people in Galveston complaining about lack of food/water/etc. I don't have any sympathy for them as they were under a mandatory evacuation and yet 23,000 people (40% of their population) didn't leave. Idiots.
I've also been seeing things around (even here at Atari Age) about people upset with gas prices - well 20% of the nations gas is refined here and is offline and who knows when it'll be back online as that part of the area was hit hard. Doesn't matter if we can get oil if it can't be refined and due to NIMBY you're now paying more because you wouldn't let the refinery capacity be built elsewhere. And don't forget, a lot of refinery was also knocked out in Louisiana just 2 weeks ago due to Gustov, and some of that isn't even back online yet.
</rant>
Update: more photos online and now I'm pissed at Nagin - after all Houston did for New Orleans after Katrina, his response for Ike - "ask for the Nagin Special at our hotels", a special which did not even exist.
I "hunkered down" for the storm in the NW part of the city with a group of friends. We stayed up all night and watched the news. We lost power around 11, but one couple brought a generator with them and the satellite dish stayed intact. Power is still out in that part of town. I called my neighbor and came back home as we have power, water and phone service in my neighborhood. My iPhone works in town, but not here - however my work cell phone has a signal.
There was a lot of damage in this area, though I was extremely lucky and my home survived with minimal damage. Some of my neighbors were not so lucky with large sections of the shingles gone and their ceilings inside collapsed due to the amount of water that came into their homes. Shingles are missing from sections of my house and water got into my study - weird thing is that even though my computer desk got wet there's no water showing on the ceiling - I suspect it made it's way in through the light fixture. I may have lost some peripherals but my MacBook and work laptop were with me so they're fine, though my desk is starting to swell up as it's made from particle board. Part of the fence was blown down. A window broke in my master bedroom but surprisingly little water got in, the carpet was wet in an area the size of a dinner plate. I put a fan on it last night and it's nice and dry today.
<rant>
I've been watching the news today and seeing people in Galveston complaining about lack of food/water/etc. I don't have any sympathy for them as they were under a mandatory evacuation and yet 23,000 people (40% of their population) didn't leave. Idiots.
I've also been seeing things around (even here at Atari Age) about people upset with gas prices - well 20% of the nations gas is refined here and is offline and who knows when it'll be back online as that part of the area was hit hard. Doesn't matter if we can get oil if it can't be refined and due to NIMBY you're now paying more because you wouldn't let the refinery capacity be built elsewhere. And don't forget, a lot of refinery was also knocked out in Louisiana just 2 weeks ago due to Gustov, and some of that isn't even back online yet.
</rant>
Update: more photos online and now I'm pissed at Nagin - after all Houston did for New Orleans after Katrina, his response for Ike - "ask for the Nagin Special at our hotels", a special which did not even exist.
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Nathan Strum
Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:56 AM
Glad you managed to weather the storm relatively intact, and moreover, that your family is safe!
Take care!
Take care!
shadow460
Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:08 PM
Glad your house wasn't damaged too bad, but I'd still be worried about the carpet pads in the master bedroom.
Best wishes, though. I hope everything goes well.
Best wishes, though. I hope everything goes well.
SpiceWare
Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:45 PM
Thanks!
I drove down to my folks' house in Lake Jackson and it survived better than mine, only a chimney pipe fell over. Those photos have been added to my site.
I've double checked the carpet and it's fine. When the window broke only a piece about 1 foot square came out, and it was at the very top of the window so the eves prevented most of the water from coming in, and what did come in was probably absorbed by the curtains and the towel I've got hanging over the curtain to make the room even darker.
I finally got ahold of my roofer (had some roof work done by them a couple years ago) last night and am in queue. Thankfully there's no rain in the forecast as tarps are hard to come by at the moment. Since the missing sections are not that large I think I'll be able to do something with the roll of large trash bags I have in the garage, though I'm still pretty wore out and don't plan to attempt it for another day or two.
Thankfully for those without power a cold front blew in. We have a low of 61, high of 79 today. A week ago it was 73/93.
Today we got mail and my cell phone once again has a signal, so things are starting to return to normal.
I drove down to my folks' house in Lake Jackson and it survived better than mine, only a chimney pipe fell over. Those photos have been added to my site.
I've double checked the carpet and it's fine. When the window broke only a piece about 1 foot square came out, and it was at the very top of the window so the eves prevented most of the water from coming in, and what did come in was probably absorbed by the curtains and the towel I've got hanging over the curtain to make the room even darker.
I finally got ahold of my roofer (had some roof work done by them a couple years ago) last night and am in queue. Thankfully there's no rain in the forecast as tarps are hard to come by at the moment. Since the missing sections are not that large I think I'll be able to do something with the roll of large trash bags I have in the garage, though I'm still pretty wore out and don't plan to attempt it for another day or two.
Thankfully for those without power a cold front blew in. We have a low of 61, high of 79 today. A week ago it was 73/93.
Today we got mail and my cell phone once again has a signal, so things are starting to return to normal.
SpiceWare
Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:42 AM
Hurray! Household trash was picked up this morning.
They don't have an ETA for the removal of the storm debris though, too much debris and insufficient fuel.
They don't have an ETA for the removal of the storm debris though, too much debris and insufficient fuel.
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