Catherine Vincent
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Mon Sep-08-08 03:42 PM
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Texas DUers! Are you Ready? |
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Mon Sep-08-08 03:44 PM
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1. Crap. No. Still can change direction. |
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I'm getting new windows installed Wed. I wonder if we should postpone that.
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Mon Sep-08-08 04:03 PM
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11. I don't think it will be here by then. Get the windows. I bet they'll hold |
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Edited on Mon Sep-08-08 04:04 PM by Ilsa
up better than old ones.
If it gets here by Wed, then it won't be a strong hurricane. If it gets here over the weekend, it may have stronger winds.
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Mon Sep-08-08 03:45 PM
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2. The blue line (The one in the middle) brings IKE straight to my house. |
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Mon Sep-08-08 03:47 PM
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in Missouri City/ Sugarland? I hope you avoid a direct hit. Good luck to you and babylonsister.
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Mon Sep-08-08 04:10 PM
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We're in Richmond. The past few storms and hurricanes didn't do much to us out here, but a direct hit would hurt...
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Mon Sep-08-08 05:24 PM
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25. I now live in RIchmond |
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I am more worried about flooding than anything else.
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Mon Sep-08-08 05:55 PM
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28. I'm in Missouri City /Sugarland |
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and I just booked my reservations for Austin today
going to keep an eye on it for tommorrow but I'm in a voluntary evacuation zone
the surge goes to Alvin and I'm real close
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Mon Sep-08-08 03:53 PM
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Of course, I'm somewhat inland, so it won't be full-force by the time it hits me, but still pretty :scared: nonetheless.
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Mon Sep-08-08 04:15 PM
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15. Hey, Wolvie! Long time, no see! |
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:hi:
This/next week could get interesting.
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Mon Sep-08-08 05:09 PM
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Mon Sep-08-08 03:55 PM
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7. Vincardog, you are just up the road from me. |
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You can come down here if you want to to get out of the rain, which tends to be in the NE quadrant.
Of course, it may straight to our house, especially since hubby is out of state this week.
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Mon Sep-08-08 04:09 PM
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13. Y'all might do better to come here. I have a 5 br house. Unfortunately I moved most of the furniture |
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Tue Sep-09-08 06:25 PM
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33. yep, right after it drowns mine. Unless it poops out like one of the earlier ones |
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or veers off in a different direction
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Mon Sep-08-08 03:49 PM
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4. Might as well get ready |
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Not much you can do to make him turn around. Sigh.
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Mon Sep-08-08 03:51 PM
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Now T. Boone Pickens will have some wind to drive all those turbines he's puttin up!
I hope it blows every damned one of them down so he has to put them back up!
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Mon Sep-08-08 03:58 PM
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8. LOL. He'll make 'nuff 'lectrissty to run Texas for a year! |
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Edited on Mon Sep-08-08 03:59 PM by Ilsa
But really, if this hurricane parks its proverbial ass in the middle of the warm gulf for a few days, there'll be hell to pay around here.
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Tue Sep-09-08 05:23 PM
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32. Wrong part of the State |
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Boone's turbines are located in the Panhandle. We won't be seeing any hurricane activity. We'll get a lot of rain - which is good, considering that what Boone really wants to do is drain the Ogallala Aquifer.
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Mon Sep-08-08 04:01 PM
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9. I could use some rain. Gustav didn't give me any. |
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Mon Sep-08-08 05:50 PM
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Tue Sep-09-08 07:47 PM
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36. Rained here in San Antonio today. Nice downpour for a short time. |
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Mon Sep-08-08 04:02 PM
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10. Oh no. I hope we don't have to go stay with my Palin-loving mother-in-law. |
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Hubby may want to stay there just because she has a generator. I guess I should go look for one.
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Mon Sep-08-08 04:48 PM
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And buy it on credit if you have to. Beats the alternative.
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Mon Sep-08-08 04:05 PM
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12. I'm far enough inland that it will be a TS before it reaches me. But, |
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a big shout out to my fellow Texas citizens along the Gulf Coast...STAY SAFE!
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Mon Sep-08-08 04:15 PM
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16. This one is from the NAtional Hurricane Center: |
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Mon Sep-08-08 04:36 PM
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Mon Sep-08-08 04:43 PM
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20. Actually, that is pretty southwest of Galveston. The CNN link looks |
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like a hit to El Campo directly, maybe as far north as Wharton.
I'm glad it has slowed down to Cat 1. It could easily rebuild to 2 or 3 though over the next four days. Looks due to hit Saturday afternoon, ruin my college football viewing.
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Mon Sep-08-08 04:48 PM
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23. If that's all it ruins, that's okay! |
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Mon Sep-08-08 04:37 PM
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18. Austin may get some rain, but far more refugees... |
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Folks here did a good job housing Katrina refugees and will do so again; only there may be far more.
Some good news: from what I here, after a hurricane the red fishing is good on the lower coast!
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Mon Sep-08-08 04:45 PM
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21. Remember, they're not refugees. They're called evacuees. |
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Mon Sep-08-08 05:45 PM
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26. I'll go with that, but they sure looked like refugees (nt) |
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Mon Sep-08-08 05:57 PM
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29. I felt like a refugee driving 9 hours in 110 degree heat with |
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no airconditioning ...luckily I traveled most of it at night no gas going bumper to bumper
it was HORRIBLE
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Mon Sep-08-08 04:39 PM
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19. Holy crap, that's heading right towards us. |
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I'm in Dallas, though, so probably just rain.
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Tue Sep-09-08 05:16 PM
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31. Yup...we're gonna get wet. -nt |
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Tue Sep-09-08 07:00 PM
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35. Forecast track for Rita at about the same stage |
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Edited on Tue Sep-09-08 07:01 PM by loindelrio
Look out Houston.
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