expecting 65-85mph sustained winds in my hood

just hoping i dont lose power and if i do i hope it doesnt last too long

9/12/2008 12:36:30 PM

In Leeville, LA

9/12/2008 1:53:07 PM

kicked the drinking off with a hurricane at a sushi restaurant

now im kickin it with malibu and coke

still hours away from anything

kroger was shut down. gas stations were shut down. only thing open was the liquor store and a random sushi restarant

9/12/2008 4:31:27 PM

Can I come visit, Id enjoy chillin in the hurricane more than the heat and sun here in NC this weekend, not to mention you are pretty hot

9/12/2008 4:53:29 PM

sry, position of male-in-house-with-wolfy has already been filled

i dont think he'd like it if other dudes started showing up

besides, if his house on the coast gets blown away hes going to be staying here awhile

9/12/2008 6:05:12 PM

I already called seconds

9/12/2008 6:07:29 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/12/hurricane.ike.texas/index.html#cnnSTCOther2


The slides showing the 22 foot storm surge are a little frightening.

9/12/2008 6:16:28 PM

holy shit

9/12/2008 6:18:23 PM

im no where near those areas

thank god

but im expecting lots of wind. hoping the powerlines that run parallel to my house down spark a fire if a tree falls of them

9/12/2008 6:21:48 PM

well, i guess some people are about to have new and improved ocean front property after it's all over

9/12/2008 6:24:53 PM

wow my last post made no sense

time to abandon tww

9/12/2008 6:26:14 PM

my home is about 5 miles from the Galveston Bay, near the city of Kemah (they keep talking about it in the news) I evacuated earlier today. I hope when i go back tomorrow, it is not full of water

9/12/2008 8:23:07 PM

Something tells me you may not be going back tomorrow regardless

9/12/2008 8:26:49 PM

anyone want to buy some waterfront property?

9/12/2008 8:30:49 PM

Quote :

"my home is about 5 miles from the Galveston Bay, near the city of Kemah (they keep talking about it in the news) I evacuated earlier today. I hope when i go back tomorrow, it is not full of water"

Oh, man.

That sucks.

If your place is demolished, will your homeowners insurance agency be paying up, or the flood insurance company?

9/12/2008 8:53:15 PM

I rent(house) and i have 90K in renters insurance

And I boarded up all the windows, so the only thing I'm worried about is the Storm Surge

If i can get pictures tomorrow I'll post them.

[Edited on September 12, 2008 at 9:00 PM. Reason : ]

9/12/2008 8:59:08 PM

Excellent

9/12/2008 8:59:24 PM

I'm watching Larry King Live right now, and they are really playing it up. I only went to the next town over, and its not "that" bad, I've been through worse in the coast of NC

9/12/2008 9:05:13 PM

best site for live coverage?

9/12/2008 9:07:05 PM

google ABC 13 houston or NBC 12 Houston, both those are pretty good, thats what I'm watchin

or i could just post the links
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/index
http://www.click2houston.com/index.html

[Edited on September 12, 2008 at 9:10 PM. Reason : ]

9/12/2008 9:08:58 PM

k, watching abc13

9/12/2008 9:11:13 PM

The first fatality from Ike, is some guy in galveston was trying to cut down a dead tree in his yard earlier today, before Ike started to hit. The tree fell on his 10 year old son. WTF?

9/12/2008 9:16:13 PM

exactly how is that a Ike fatality? Guy was being stupid cutting down a tree (I don't care if it was a preventive measure for a storm).

Stupid's stupid.

9/12/2008 10:29:33 PM

NCSUWolfy - I feel for ya ... I've been watching the radar ... it looks like you are going to get slammed ... best of luck to ya ...

9/12/2008 10:45:00 PM

what a beaut

[Edited on September 12, 2008 at 11:15 PM. Reason : a]

9/12/2008 11:01:21 PM

Quote :

"exactly how is that a Ike fatality?"

IDK, thats what they said on the news

The cable is out now, but i still have internet and power?!?!?!?!?! WTF

9/13/2008 12:17:42 AM

19 year old guy died while watching a resue of 3 surfers....he was standing on the rocks and a big wave knocked him in the water (knocked him out).

9/13/2008 12:50:48 AM

looks like the 1st floor of the hospital in galveston is completely flooded. They evacuated it a yesterday/today.

Also, as an update, I'm staying at my friends house. He is out of town in Montana. I just went into the yard to see how things are going, and a big chunk of his fence got taken out. Power is still on here.

9/13/2008 12:58:33 AM

are you in galveston or somewhere near there?

9/13/2008 1:10:58 AM

wolfy tww news needs a report

9/13/2008 1:29:29 AM

I never liked Houston. Ike, take that city for all its got.

9/13/2008 1:40:49 AM

For what it's worth , for all the damage Houston/Galveston is going to take, everyone needs to count their lucky stars this didn't hit 30-50 miles further south along the coast.

9/13/2008 3:22:31 AM

seems like every hurricane is katrina now

9/13/2008 9:43:37 AM

Didn't a lot of the Katrina victims resettle in Houston? Seems like someone's got it out for them.

9/13/2008 10:12:18 AM

the skyscrapers in downtown took heavy damage

its a crazy scene.

9/13/2008 11:52:14 AM

There was just a guy on CNN who's home was completely destroyed. He named his girlfriend, told her that her apartment was fine, and that they're moving in together

I laughed pretty hard

9/13/2008 12:06:02 PM

So, what did he name his girlfriend and who's apartment was it?

9/13/2008 5:06:08 PM

Quote :

"wolfy tww news needs a report "

Yup!.. you ok at least?!?

9/13/2008 5:19:06 PM

90% of Houston is w/o power. I don't think we'll be hearing from Wolfy for possibly a week.

9/13/2008 5:31:55 PM

made it through the storm! about 15 trees down in the neighborhood, shit is wrecked but overall my neighborhood (which is all i have seen) came out pretty good

power was restored overnight. woke up in the middle of the night with lights and shit on all over the house. gotta love living on the same grid as the hospital.

the batteries i had for my radio ended up not working so we had no access to info during the storm. i have a gas stove and gas water heater so warm showers and hot food were available.

met tons of my neighbors too which is cool.

popped champaign when the storm started hitting, went through that, some bottles of wine and a thing of malibu

thankful i still have a job and that my house and everyone here is ok

9/14/2008 7:08:12 AM

^ Glad that you made it through okay.

Post some pics if you get a chance.

9/14/2008 7:32:26 AM

Quote :

"met tons of my neighbors too which is cool."

That was, by far, the best thing about Fran. The free firewood that my parents STILL haven't used (after at least two winters of heating only by wood) is a very close second

We'd never really gotten to know our neighbors, but between helping each other in yards, and then the MASSIVE cookout my mother organized (for all the food in everyone's freezers), we have some pretty solid relationships, and that's so cool.

9/14/2008 11:04:44 AM

pics coming soon. there was a transformer thing in the middle of the street and shit strewn everywhere

woke up to a thunderstorm undrealted to the hurricane this morning that flooded i-10 which is south of me

glad to have AC back but still have to boil water

9/14/2008 2:08:22 PM

Ouch...good thing the worst part of the storm went just north of Galveston and Houston!

9/14/2008 4:51:50 PM

my backyard before the storm





none of these trees came down

opened my front door after the storm





my door was dirty with tree shit

some trees in my neighborhood came down. this isnt my house thats damaged



some people boarded up, again, not my house



this tree was blown so much its like this now. notice the wake on the driveway. not my house



will take more pics on my next trip out. this is what i got driving around my neighborhood saturday afternoon

9/14/2008 5:32:11 PM

damn.. glad you're ok though

9/14/2008 6:29:44 PM

How many miles inland are you?

Insane the wind damage and you weren't even on the coast....

9/14/2008 7:46:02 PM

glad you're all good wolfasauras

9/14/2008 9:44:10 PM

im about an hour and a half from galveston by highway

im probably 30mi or so from straight shoreline

15min from i-10

everything is closed, im starting to feel like a prisoner. im running out of the good food i actually want to eat and will have to start eating the shit ive had in the pantry for 2 years...

doesnt help that im now supporting 4 people in my house

i took in a couple i know from work who have no power and no water pressure. they let me stay at their house for a week when i was moving here and they're cool so its no big deal. i have a spare bedroom and bathroom for them and an extra tv in their room so its not crowded or anything

the 4 dogs in the garage are another story! crazyness. had to take one to the emergency vet tonigh. sad stories in there. lots of dog fights and stuff but our was not a fight

9/15/2008 12:12:08 AM

thats crazy, hope you have house insurance

9/15/2008 12:41:51 AM