Hurricane IKE Thread
I'm in Pearland we got it pretty good, I have a oak tree sitting in the Front seat of my silverado. On the up side I got my family out safe to San Antonio and the race cars are all fine.
We are REMARKABLY lucky.
We lost two sections of fence and have a little debris in the front yard. Other than that, everything is FINE. To top it off, about 30 minutes after we got home, the power came back, and now internet and TV are back.
My parents had a large tree basically snap into three pieces. One piece went into the neighbors' yard, one part crushed part of their garage, and another part fell on their power lines. I'm pretty sure a tornado went through Spring Valley, because if you look up, everything gets to a certain height and then just sort of...stops. The stuff that was higher than that is now on the ground.
Still, nobody in our family was hurt, including all pets.
Like I said, we are REMARKABLY lucky.
-Mike
Ok Here's my story, my company evacuated to Dallas, the g/f decided to stay in Pearland and had 8-10 of her friend staying with her. One of them was pregnant... Her water broke at 3 AM... Then about 10 AM today, THERE WAS A BABY DELIVERED IN MY BATHROOM!!!!
EMS got there just as the baby was crowning, Mom and Kid were healthy, and got taken to Texas Childrens.
As far as damage... I lost my fence, and some water was blown under the back door and got the carpet wet in the living room.
EMS got there just as the baby was crowning, Mom and Kid were healthy, and got taken to Texas Childrens.
As far as damage... I lost my fence, and some water was blown under the back door and got the carpet wet in the living room.
We stayed in Spring Branch with my folks. We called some neighbors who stayed behind (Shadow Creek Ranch) and they said we lost some of our fence, and had no power, but everything seemed OK. We decided to risk coming back home, to make sure.
We are REMARKABLY lucky.
We lost two sections of fence and have a little debris in the front yard. Other than that, everything is FINE. To top it off, about 30 minutes after we got home, the power came back, and now internet and TV are back.
My parents had a large tree basically snap into three pieces. One piece went into the neighbors' yard, one part crushed part of their garage, and another part fell on their power lines. I'm pretty sure a tornado went through Spring Valley, because if you look up, everything gets to a certain height and then just sort of...stops. The stuff that was higher than that is now on the ground.
Still, nobody in our family was hurt, including all pets.
Like I said, we are REMARKABLY lucky.
-Mike
We are REMARKABLY lucky.
We lost two sections of fence and have a little debris in the front yard. Other than that, everything is FINE. To top it off, about 30 minutes after we got home, the power came back, and now internet and TV are back.
My parents had a large tree basically snap into three pieces. One piece went into the neighbors' yard, one part crushed part of their garage, and another part fell on their power lines. I'm pretty sure a tornado went through Spring Valley, because if you look up, everything gets to a certain height and then just sort of...stops. The stuff that was higher than that is now on the ground.
Still, nobody in our family was hurt, including all pets.
Like I said, we are REMARKABLY lucky.
-Mike
Too much crap in the garage including engine build parts etc. Hurrican alicia didnt even do this to our house. The back fence is down also. I am wondering how long power is going to take to get back up. I am flying in mon nite. Dad is buying a generator.
hey guys, just wondering i know most of the damage was around galveston. but just wondering how is the roads and conditions up towards dallas and I35? ill be heading out that way, and just wondering if its all messed up?
Power is up here in NW Houston at least in my neighborhood. Alot of down trees and fences. That hurricane was unreal. Words can't describe it. I totally underestimated the power of that storm. It was at its worst about 3-5am. Wow.
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From: Pearland, TX
As weird as it sounds..........I think my neighborhood and Shadow creek ranch are the only people with power in Pearland..........If you drive thru its pitch black, then lit up for like 2 streets. and then black again. across 518 there is no power still also. We are extremely lucky to have little damage to the house (parts of the fence are gone, some shingles missing).
Couldnt sleep at all last night and the rain was coming soo hard at the front window it was coming through the pieces of glass that made up the window where they are siliconed to the metal frame and middle.
I am making a video of my neighborhood and areas close to me so you guys can see what this thing did almost an hour from galveston. It doesnt compare to the coast but it did enough........I spent all day doing various things the help my family and friends get through this crap.
Couldnt sleep at all last night and the rain was coming soo hard at the front window it was coming through the pieces of glass that made up the window where they are siliconed to the metal frame and middle.
I am making a video of my neighborhood and areas close to me so you guys can see what this thing did almost an hour from galveston. It doesnt compare to the coast but it did enough........I spent all day doing various things the help my family and friends get through this crap.
We are out of power way up here in Longview. My girlfriend has 3 trees down in her yard. Most of this area is still without power I think. Have a generator but didn't buy extra gas cause I didn't think we would lose power. We will see how long it lasts.
On the web with my cell phone.
On the web with my cell phone.
I'm at 290 and Telge. Power came on last night at 7pm. I went out today to find gas. The Shell and Chevron at 290 and Highway 6 are open; they do have gas. The McDonalds on Highway 6 next to the Chevron is open as well; there were about 30 cars in line waiting for some Mickey D's.
As weird as it sounds..........I think my neighborhood and Shadow creek ranch are the only people with power in Pearland..........If you drive thru its pitch black, then lit up for like 2 streets. and then black again. across 518 there is no power still also. We are extremely lucky to have little damage to the house (parts of the fence are gone, some shingles missing).
-Mike
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Joined: May 2008
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From: GALVESTON TX.
My first time back on the int. since the storm .it was awful tore alot of our **** up, no power ,no water, dont know when we will get power . we onlybought enough food for a couple of days that about to run out .....I'M READY TO MVE THE **** OUTOF HERE!!!!