Hurricane IKE Thread
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From: Tomball, Texas
I hit the grocery store at 11am and it was already a mad house! I'm sure it'll be mayhem for the folks that can't go until after 5pm.
We're all stocked up and ready to ride this on out. I just hope that the local news stations are over-predicting.
We're all stocked up and ready to ride this on out. I just hope that the local news stations are over-predicting.
But at least its all overtime
Ill be staying here in katy, We are boarding the windows and putting my hot rod (even tho its stock 
) in the garage and I hope it doesnt flood, I already had to help fix a flooded house this summer and its a bitch to do. STAY SAFE EVERYONE !
) in the garage and I hope it doesnt flood, I already had to help fix a flooded house this summer and its a bitch to do. STAY SAFE EVERYONE ! 
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From: New Orleans
Here's an idea for some of you......evacuate to where it's safe....New Orleans.
Back in 2005 I got one of those "checks" from the government as an evacuee from ..... New Orleans. Strange thing was it didn't come close to handling the bills my wife and family incurred while facing mandatory evacuation from New Orleans for 4 weeks.
I returned home after a month and actually watched a very good friend of mine completely break down crying. A married, 59 year old business associate with 4 children still either in college or at home. His home, located in the very nice lakefront area flooded with nearly 12 feet of water. He lost EVERYTHING he owned, except for a vehicle in which the family evacuated. I'll never forget him telling me that you can't fully understand the impact of the losses, that he didn't even have a screwdriver left. EVERYTHING was either gone or destoyed.
This person missed exactly ZERO days of work. I was his employer at the time. He came in every morning on time and rarely left early. His family was forced to live a single bedroom apartment which he was extremely grateful to have (6 people, all over 16 years of age, in a one bedroom apartment). Many could not find housing at all. My wife and I personally helped him for the first couple of months. We would drop off bags of groceries and provide what relief we could. The government was so screwed up, as was his insurance carrier (State Farm), that he was receiving no financial assistance.
Immediately upon returning home, he had to make a house payment on a house that no longer existed. The next 4 months were waived by his mortgage company, but then the payments resumed. No home but a mortgage payment due. If he didn't pay, his credit would be destroyed. Pretty tough to buy or build a new home when paying for one that is no longer inhabitable.
Within 4 months, 2 of his children were experiencing severe depression issues. No school, no friends returned, no home, no stores within miles of the devastated areas, no nothing....
It took this "evacuee" nearly 2 years before he replaced his home. His retirement funds were heavily damaged. His insurance company screwed him in the end, cheating him out of money on insurance technicalities. His life has never returned back to "normal" as you and I know normal.
This same scene was the reality of nearly 200,000 others in New Orleans. Good, hard working, quality people who's only mistake in life was being born and raised in a city that suffered due to levee failures ravaged by a massive hurricane.
I was one of them also. I moved to Katy and started over as well. You never have, and won't hear me crying to anyone about the problems we personally suffered through following Katrina.
I understand "some" of the comments posted here about the criminals who came to Houston. I agree those ******* deserved to be shot. I would have loved to eliminate a few of them myself. I DO NOT understand the comments made by some of you who wish harm on our sister city or the many good families still there trying to rebuild shattered lives. Many Houstonians were raised in Louisiana, including New Orleans.
If you have an ******* in your extended family, it wouldn't be right to condemn you and your whole family. Should we kill you and the entire family because of the *******, or wish bad intentions on the whole family?
Try to show some class, and if that is impossible, then just say nothing.
Let's pray IKE isn't another Katrina. Good luck Houston.
Later,
Tim
Back in 2005 I got one of those "checks" from the government as an evacuee from ..... New Orleans. Strange thing was it didn't come close to handling the bills my wife and family incurred while facing mandatory evacuation from New Orleans for 4 weeks.
I returned home after a month and actually watched a very good friend of mine completely break down crying. A married, 59 year old business associate with 4 children still either in college or at home. His home, located in the very nice lakefront area flooded with nearly 12 feet of water. He lost EVERYTHING he owned, except for a vehicle in which the family evacuated. I'll never forget him telling me that you can't fully understand the impact of the losses, that he didn't even have a screwdriver left. EVERYTHING was either gone or destoyed.
This person missed exactly ZERO days of work. I was his employer at the time. He came in every morning on time and rarely left early. His family was forced to live a single bedroom apartment which he was extremely grateful to have (6 people, all over 16 years of age, in a one bedroom apartment). Many could not find housing at all. My wife and I personally helped him for the first couple of months. We would drop off bags of groceries and provide what relief we could. The government was so screwed up, as was his insurance carrier (State Farm), that he was receiving no financial assistance.
Immediately upon returning home, he had to make a house payment on a house that no longer existed. The next 4 months were waived by his mortgage company, but then the payments resumed. No home but a mortgage payment due. If he didn't pay, his credit would be destroyed. Pretty tough to buy or build a new home when paying for one that is no longer inhabitable.
Within 4 months, 2 of his children were experiencing severe depression issues. No school, no friends returned, no home, no stores within miles of the devastated areas, no nothing....
It took this "evacuee" nearly 2 years before he replaced his home. His retirement funds were heavily damaged. His insurance company screwed him in the end, cheating him out of money on insurance technicalities. His life has never returned back to "normal" as you and I know normal.
This same scene was the reality of nearly 200,000 others in New Orleans. Good, hard working, quality people who's only mistake in life was being born and raised in a city that suffered due to levee failures ravaged by a massive hurricane.
I was one of them also. I moved to Katy and started over as well. You never have, and won't hear me crying to anyone about the problems we personally suffered through following Katrina.
I understand "some" of the comments posted here about the criminals who came to Houston. I agree those ******* deserved to be shot. I would have loved to eliminate a few of them myself. I DO NOT understand the comments made by some of you who wish harm on our sister city or the many good families still there trying to rebuild shattered lives. Many Houstonians were raised in Louisiana, including New Orleans.
If you have an ******* in your extended family, it wouldn't be right to condemn you and your whole family. Should we kill you and the entire family because of the *******, or wish bad intentions on the whole family?
Try to show some class, and if that is impossible, then just say nothing.
Let's pray IKE isn't another Katrina. Good luck Houston.
Later,
Tim
Here's an idea for some of you......evacuate to where it's safe....New Orleans.
Back in 2005 I got one of those "checks" from the government as an evacuee from ..... New Orleans. Strange thing was it didn't come close to handling the bills my wife and family incurred while facing mandatory evacuation from New Orleans for 4 weeks.
I returned home after a month and actually watched a very good friend of mine completely break down crying. A married, 59 year old business associate with 4 children still either in college or at home. His home, located in the very nice lakefront area flooded with nearly 12 feet of water. He lost EVERYTHING he owned, except for a vehicle in which the family evacuated. I'll never forget him telling me that you can't fully understand the impact of the losses, that he didn't even have a screwdriver left. EVERYTHING was either gone or destoyed.
This person missed exactly ZERO days of work. I was his employer at the time. He came in every morning on time and rarely left early. His family was forced to live a single bedroom apartment which he was extremely grateful to have (6 people, all over 16 years of age, in a one bedroom apartment). Many could not find housing at all. My wife and I personally helped him for the first couple of months. We would drop off bags of groceries and provide what relief we could. The government was so screwed up, as was his insurance carrier (State Farm), that he was receiving no financial assistance.
Immediately upon returning home, he had to make a house payment on a house that no longer existed. The next 4 months were waived by his mortgage company, but then the payments resumed. No home but a mortgage payment due. If he didn't pay, his credit would be destroyed. Pretty tough to buy or build a new home when paying for one that is no longer inhabitable.
Within 4 months, 2 of his children were experiencing severe depression issues. No school, no friends returned, no home, no stores within miles of the devastated areas, no nothing....
It took this "evacuee" nearly 2 years before he replaced his home. His retirement funds were heavily damaged. His insurance company screwed him in the end, cheating him out of money on insurance technicalities. His life has never returned back to "normal" as you and I know normal.
This same scene was the reality of nearly 200,000 others in New Orleans. Good, hard working, quality people who's only mistake in life was being born and raised in a city that suffered due to levee failures ravaged by a massive hurricane.
I was one of them also. I moved to Katy and started over as well. You never have, and won't hear me crying to anyone about the problems we personally suffered through following Katrina.
I understand "some" of the comments posted here about the criminals who came to Houston. I agree those ******* deserved to be shot. I would have loved to eliminate a few of them myself. I DO NOT understand the comments made by some of you who wish harm on our sister city or the many good families still there trying to rebuild shattered lives. Many Houstonians were raised in Louisiana, including New Orleans.
If you have an ******* in your extended family, it wouldn't be right to condemn you and your whole family. Should we kill you and the entire family because of the *******, or wish bad intentions on the whole family?
Try to show some class, and if that is impossible, then just say nothing.
Let's pray IKE isn't another Katrina. Good luck Houston.
Later,
Tim
Back in 2005 I got one of those "checks" from the government as an evacuee from ..... New Orleans. Strange thing was it didn't come close to handling the bills my wife and family incurred while facing mandatory evacuation from New Orleans for 4 weeks.
I returned home after a month and actually watched a very good friend of mine completely break down crying. A married, 59 year old business associate with 4 children still either in college or at home. His home, located in the very nice lakefront area flooded with nearly 12 feet of water. He lost EVERYTHING he owned, except for a vehicle in which the family evacuated. I'll never forget him telling me that you can't fully understand the impact of the losses, that he didn't even have a screwdriver left. EVERYTHING was either gone or destoyed.
This person missed exactly ZERO days of work. I was his employer at the time. He came in every morning on time and rarely left early. His family was forced to live a single bedroom apartment which he was extremely grateful to have (6 people, all over 16 years of age, in a one bedroom apartment). Many could not find housing at all. My wife and I personally helped him for the first couple of months. We would drop off bags of groceries and provide what relief we could. The government was so screwed up, as was his insurance carrier (State Farm), that he was receiving no financial assistance.
Immediately upon returning home, he had to make a house payment on a house that no longer existed. The next 4 months were waived by his mortgage company, but then the payments resumed. No home but a mortgage payment due. If he didn't pay, his credit would be destroyed. Pretty tough to buy or build a new home when paying for one that is no longer inhabitable.
Within 4 months, 2 of his children were experiencing severe depression issues. No school, no friends returned, no home, no stores within miles of the devastated areas, no nothing....
It took this "evacuee" nearly 2 years before he replaced his home. His retirement funds were heavily damaged. His insurance company screwed him in the end, cheating him out of money on insurance technicalities. His life has never returned back to "normal" as you and I know normal.
This same scene was the reality of nearly 200,000 others in New Orleans. Good, hard working, quality people who's only mistake in life was being born and raised in a city that suffered due to levee failures ravaged by a massive hurricane.
I was one of them also. I moved to Katy and started over as well. You never have, and won't hear me crying to anyone about the problems we personally suffered through following Katrina.
I understand "some" of the comments posted here about the criminals who came to Houston. I agree those ******* deserved to be shot. I would have loved to eliminate a few of them myself. I DO NOT understand the comments made by some of you who wish harm on our sister city or the many good families still there trying to rebuild shattered lives. Many Houstonians were raised in Louisiana, including New Orleans.
If you have an ******* in your extended family, it wouldn't be right to condemn you and your whole family. Should we kill you and the entire family because of the *******, or wish bad intentions on the whole family?
Try to show some class, and if that is impossible, then just say nothing.
Let's pray IKE isn't another Katrina. Good luck Houston.
Later,
Tim
allison got me last time in my 383 lt1
its not gonna happen again
we'll keep yeah safe!