Is it our turn, Ike

[hemi68charger]

Well, looks like it might be our turn this time with Hurricane Ike... I got called last night to be activated, but got cancelled, for now, at the last minute..........

Soooooo, here's to Ike............   

Troy

[skip68]

Good luck man! Be safe!
Mrs.Skip68

[41husk]

I hope it doesn't brieng rain in here for Monster Mopar the 19th -21st

[hemi68charger]

I hope it doesn't brieng rain in here for Monster Mopar the 19th -21st

I would think would be done by then and heading back up North....................  I'll pray it doesn't.. I know there's a lot of people looking forward.......

Troy

[41husk]

Shoot a little rain won't hurt anyone, I will be praying for you people in the storms path!

[skip68]

Chuck's Brother and his wife are in Bidor, Texas. He works a pipeline there. Their gonna be evacuating probably tomorrow. Last time they had to leave, they went all the way to Texarkana. They may have to go further this time. Their regular home is in Tenn. But they are in a 40' travel trailer down at a R.V. park. He makes good money there, I just don't think it's worth this crap! Good luck to anyone in Ike's path!
Mrs.Skip68

[hemi68charger]

Chuck's Brother and his wife are in Bidor, Texas. He works a pipeline there. Their gonna be evacuating probably tomorrow. Last time they had to leave, they went all the way to Texarkana. They may have to go further this time. Their reguler home is in Tenn. But they are in a 40' travel trailer down at a R.V. park. He makes good money there, I just don't think it's worth this crap! Good luck to anyone in Ike's path!
Mrs.Skip68

Thanks..... Not going to work tomorrow in preparation and may get activated post-landfall.................

Troy

[69charger2002]

Chuck's Brother and his wife are in Bidor, Texas. He works a pipeline there. Their gonna be evacuating probably tomorrow. Last time they had to leave, they went all the way to Texarkana. They may have to go further this time. Their reguler home is in Tenn. But they are in a 40' travel trailer down at a R.V. park. He makes good money there, I just don't think it's worth this crap! Good luck to anyone in Ike's path!
Mrs.Skip68

would that be Vidor?? if so that is the nastiest smelling city i have ever been through. no kidding!!
be safe troy not to wish anything on anyone else, but i'm sure glad this one isn't coming here
trav

[Sinister68]

would that be Vidor?? if so that is the nastiest smelling city i have ever been through.

Sure your not thinking of Stinkadena      

[skip68]

Chuck's Brother and his wife are in Bidor, Texas. He works a pipeline there. Their gonna be evacuating probably tomorrow. Last time they had to leave, they went all the way to Texarkana. They may have to go further this time. Their reguler home is in Tenn. But they are in a 40' travel trailer down at a R.V. park. He makes good money there, I just don't think it's worth this crap! Good luck to anyone in Ike's path!
Mrs.Skip68

would that be Vidor?? if so that is the nastiest smelling city i have ever been through. no kidding!!
be safe troy not to wish anything on anyone else, but i'm sure glad this one isn't coming here
trav

Well, when I talked to my sister-in-law yesterday, she "said" bidor! Could be Vidor? But she has a very heavy southern drawl, and it's worse over the phone! All I know, is it's between Beaumont & Orange, just above Port Arthur, Texas!
Mrs.Skip68

[69bronzeT5]

Stay safe Troy.

[hemi68charger]

Stay safe Troy.

Thanks guys...........  Boarding up the windows now.. Taking a water break now..........  Got lucky and got a generator................

Troy

[Brock Samson]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGn_aeqgiJk

a cool song - Hurricane Party by James McMurtry.
           &
Pictures from space.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/09/hurricanes_as_seen_from_orbit.html

[hemi68charger]

It's almost here.... Eye wall's pretty broad though.... Still waiting.......... I'm chilling out now.... Watching the coverage and taking some pictures..
I live just west of the IAH location.. This is a snap shot about 3:33pm Central...

Troy

[skip68]

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, GUYS & GALS, SUPPORT YOUR AMERICAN RED CROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They are so overly tapped out that they are taking loans to help out lots of areas and situations. Even if you don't live in the area that is being impacted, you can still help! Donate food, money, clothes, toys, cots, blankets, give blood, volunteer!!!!!!! Your donations probably won't go to Texas, but it will free up other resources for them! You CAN earmark your donations specifically for Hurricane Ike too! Now go clean out your closets and donate!!!!!!!! THANKS! 

http://www.redcross.org/

Mrs.Skip68

[hotrod98]

Hunker down Troy.
I called today to see if the in-laws wanted to drive up here to be a little safer. They've decided to stay put. They live in Champion Forest so they should be out of the flood area. The sis-in-law and her family live in Clear Lake and they have moved up to her dad's in Champ Forest. They may end up with 11 feet of water in their home there in Clear Lake. Hope not.

The storm wil track right through here and the eye should hit us 24 hours after it hits you guys. We're 500 miles north of you.  The winds should be down to around 65 mph by the time it gets this far north.

Hang in there.

[hemi68charger]

Hunker down Troy.
I called today to see if the in-laws wanted to drive up here to be a little safer. They've decided to stay put. They live in Champion Forest so they should be out of the flood area. The sis-in-law and her family live in Clear Lake and they have moved up to her dad's in Champ Forest. They may end up with 11 feet of water in their home there in Clear Lake. Hope not.

The storm wil track right through here and the eye should hit us 24 hours after it hits you guys. We're 500 miles north of you.  The winds should be down to around 65 mph by the time it gets this far north.

Hang in there.

I'm not far from Champion's Forest.. The wind's kicking up now and my friend's and I are done with boarding each others' homes...
Thanks for the well-wishes.......  I live where the circle is...... heading straight for me.............

Here's it now.....
Cheers,
Troy

[hotrod98]

We moved from Spring, TX in '82. We returned to the Houston area in '83 to work claims from Hurricane Alicia. I spent a lot of time on Galveston Island handling insurance claims. Neighborhoods that I had visited in '82 were no longer there. It was difficult finding the homes that were left since all of the street signs were gone. Many of the vehicles and boats that I had to look at were hundreds of yards from the house.
Alicia was a Category 3, but was much smaller than Ike.
We're thinking of all of you.

[bull]

I hear now it's down to a category 1. Is it going to peter out?

[derailed]

I hear now it's down to a category 1. Is it going to peter out?

Yes, it made landfall 2:10 this morning. They say its moving fast which is good but now its time for the tornadoes.

[TUFCAT]

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, GUYS & GALS, SUPPORT YOUR AMERICAN RED CROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


http://www.redcross.org/

Mrs.Skip68

YOURE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!!

The VAST Majority of Uniited Way money (and other relief orgs) doesn't stay in the US, or go to help the USA!!

[Brock Samson]

 i been had fox's coverage on since midnight our time,...

looks pretty severe... i feel for those that stayed around and those who had to flee...

[69bronzeT5]

Troy,
I hope all goes good for you and your neighbours.


Cody

[BlackStig68]

I'm close to the downtown area, medical center, and we just got our power back on There was minor flooding/leaking but was contained and was much luckier than others. Others more south,however, will prolly be out of power for a few more days if not a couple weeks. Got lucky over here on this one.

[WingCharger]

Saw the damage on TV, and it looked bad. Hope the Chargers in the garage fared okay!  Hope your okay Troy!

[TruckDriver]

I been thinking of you guys for the past few days. Hope you guys fair well.

[68RT4ME]

I spoke to Troy on his cell phone twice today. He and his family made it through the storm just fine. No real damage to speak of though some of his neighbors weren't so lucky. He has lost power and is on Generator. As we can see by the news, the city of Houston and the surrounding area took a big hit. Let's hope and pray that any other members here living in the area are fine

Troy will call me again tomorrow and I'll post any developments.

[472 R/T SE]

Been thinking 'bout cha' Troy.  I hope you and your family stay safe and dry.  Same for any other Houston area members'.

My Mom says the Houston area Mopar dealerships she's a part of took a pretty hard hit.

[69bronzeT5]

He and his family made it through the storm just fine. No real damage to speak of

Thats great!

Mother Nature must love OLD Chargers because this new one got it

[68RRFlyer]

I'm sitting in Frankfurt, Germany right now about to head back to the states.  Been texting my wife the entire time.  We're in Spring.  Some shingles off the roof but other than that, no big deal.  No damage and everyone is safe.  Kept telling her where the eye was, when the big rain bands were heading her way.  She lost power at midnight and has plenty of water and food.  I get home monday and glad I have a house to come home to! 

Cheers 

[hemi68charger]

Hey gang..
Well, we got nailed big time, but our Hawkes' Nest faired well........ I'll post some pics later...... Off to get some fuel with friends carrying cash and gun........

I'm on generator power now for frig, fan and other things like TV....................

Here's one pic from our street.. Most all homes got trees on them.. This is after the took them down..

Troy

[The70RT]

Glad you didn't get hit any worse Troy.

[WingCharger]

Yeah man, hope your okay!

[hemi68charger]

Thanks guys...........
Back to work now.. So, there's some resemblance to normalcy.. The lines at the gas stations are still long, even at 6:00am in the morning.... As time goes by and more stations get power to pump the fuel, it'll get better... Most people are trying to find fuel for their generators....... I've been lucky so far.. I filled up both my vehicle, including the Charger and our 2 5 gal. cans for the generators.......... Boy, experience is paying off now, no lines for me................. Experience is a great teacher and a LOT of Houstonians who are transplants have learned a valuable lesson..  This will probably go down as the worst Cat.2 Hurricane ever.............

Troy

[41husk]

glad to here your fine.  Those poor people in Corpus Chrisie will be months before they have any normality in there lifes.  I know there are many worse things that can happen, but I can't help but think about all the classic cars in the storms path

[hemi68charger]

glad to here your fine.  Those poor people in Corpus Chrisie will be months before they have any normality in there lifes.  I know there are many worse things that can happen, but I can't help but think about all the classic cars in the storms path

Corpus was supposed to get nailed, but it moved Eastward.. Now, the communities on the Bolivar Pennisula north of Galveston were devastated, literally......  They were on the dirty side of Ike... It's bad...............

[Tilar]

We caught the tail end of it here in Ohio. Gusts to the upper 80 mph. Trees are still down, My cable just came back on about an hour ago. A mile down the road, they don't expect to get their lights on till late Sunday and there are still plenty of roads closed with wires and trees down.

[WingCharger]

We caught the tail end of it here in Ohio. Gusts to the upper 80 mph. Trees are still down, My cable just came back on about an hour ago. A mile down the road, they don't expect to get their lights on till late Sunday and there are still plenty of roads closed with wires and trees down.

Same thing with me. I have had three days off school because my town doesnt have power. Ours never went out thank god.

[41husk]

It went through the STlouis area, some flash flooding and my rental property got some water in the basement, but other than that we were real lucky here.

[Troy]

We caught the tail end of it here in Ohio. Gusts to the upper 80 mph. Trees are still down, My cable just came back on about an hour ago. A mile down the road, they don't expect to get their lights on till late Sunday and there are still plenty of roads closed with wires and trees down.

We got nailed. I just got power (and water) again yesterday afternoon but the place I work is still shut down. I have no internet access which is killing me. Oh well, we only lost a few trees and the house is fine. Our neighbors definitely had a harder time than we did.

Troy

[Brock Samson]

glad your ok, and able to communicate. the folks hit the hardest probably arn't...  though they most likely can't see this I  hope they are ok and will be back soon.