Hurricane Ike CO/IAH Ops Doom and Gloom Thread
Sep 12, 2008, 8:19 pm
#316
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Sep 12, 2008, 8:28 pm
#317
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: DCA, ex-IAH
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Sorry, but no reports from downtown area anymore tonight--I just boarded up my last window (only have 2, and did them both from the inside), so I can no longer see outside. As of a few minutes ago though--strong winds, no rain. it sounds like there is some rain now. And, as of an hour ago, there were STILL PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO GO THROUGH THE DRIVE THROUGH AT THE MCDONALDS that my apt overlooks.
Sep 12, 2008, 8:32 pm
#319
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Stay safe everyone down in the IAH area..
Sep 12, 2008, 8:38 pm
#320
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Sep 12, 2008, 8:43 pm
#321
Join Date: May 2008
Location: God's Country
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McDonald's is still open?
I saw the video of Geraldo getting knocked over...it's pretty funny. I wish FOX would get rid of him; his vocabulary doesn't flow well - he tries too hard to be poetic and to use big words.
I'm in IND right now. Before Rita I had to fly to TVC for business, and then down to MIA to drive to Key West. Flying away is easy.
Sep 12, 2008, 10:35 pm
#323
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: LAS, SAT, IAH
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Website to check out if you still have power...
Friend in Houston mentioned this website to me...
http://www.houstonhidefromthewind.org/
This is an interesting website.
http://www.houstonhidefromthewind.org/
This is an interesting website.
Sep 12, 2008, 11:32 pm
#324
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Location: Austin, TX
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Friend in Houston mentioned this website to me...
http://www.houstonhidefromthewind.org/
This is an interesting website.
http://www.houstonhidefromthewind.org/
This is an interesting website.
Things are quiet in Austin right now, but we're expecting Ike shortly. Y'all be safe in Houston, Galveston, and Beaumont.
Sep 12, 2008, 11:57 pm
#325
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Friend in Houston mentioned this website to me...
http://www.houstonhidefromthewind.org/
This is an interesting website.
http://www.houstonhidefromthewind.org/
This is an interesting website.
For our zip code, estimated maximum sustained wind is 77MPH; it was 76MPH for Alicia.
That year, lots of damage in Galveston and along the coast, of course. And lots of windows in downtown buildings get blown out, in particular the Allied Bank Plaza (now Wells Fargo Plaza). No power for our area for at least 2 days, I believe.
Sep 13, 2008, 2:11 am
#326
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My fiance lost power at 251am CDT. She lives in Midtown. I was on the phone w/ her, and then... silence. She called me back from her cell phone to let me know she was okay. I told her that we should hang up and conserve her battery power on the cell. She'll call me if she needs to talk. I am going to try and sleep. It's tough, since she's all alone and 7 months pregnant.
Sep 13, 2008, 2:58 am
#327
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My fiance lost power at 251am CDT. She lives in Midtown. I was on the phone w/ her, and then... silence. She called me back from her cell phone to let me know she was okay. I told her that we should hang up and conserve her battery power on the cell. She'll call me if she needs to talk. I am going to try and sleep. It's tough, since she's all alone and 7 months pregnant.
Sep 13, 2008, 3:08 am
#328
Join Date: Aug 2006
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aaah the good ol corded phone, i dont think i have seen one in my house in the last 8 years.
Sep 13, 2008, 4:15 am
#329
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Houston,TX
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Airport Status: Well its 5AM and we are getting 90mph winds according to our computers and the airport lost power for a brief moment. Ike decided to give all the employees and TSA a good old wake up call in the form of the Fire alarms are now stuck ON!!!!!! (NEED SLEEP) LOL... North presidents club floor is constantley wobbling and the windows are bowing but holding. As far as terminal B, C and E no info thus far.
Sep 13, 2008, 4:51 am
#330
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: south FL
Posts: 226
Always keep a corded phone in a closet for blackouts. Usually those types of phones still work as the phone lines are different system than power. But, of course, there's always a chance that phone lines could be blown down too.