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Ike is bad y'all

The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
edited September 2008 in Strut Central
anyone heard from anyone down there? Lookin' real bad...

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  • aleitaleit 1,915 Posts
    woke up wondering the same. been checking the news every hour. it does look bad.
  • GaryGary 3,982 Posts
    I'm watching on the news and it looks pretty gnarly. I guess they were telling people "Don't bother calling 911 because nobody is going to answer. And there will be nobody to help" or something like that.
  • tiger_blurptiger_blurp 275 Posts
    Most people that I've texted with this morning (fam and friends) are okay but without power and dealing with some minor house/apartment damage. I don't have any people close to the coast (Galveston, League City, etc), tho.b,121b,121The biggest concern is power. Might be a while before folks get power, and it's hot as hell down there.b,121b,121Still waiting to hear back from a lot of folks.
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    KHOU is reporting that while damage is bad, the hurricane wasn't nearly as bad as many had thought it would be in most parts of the area. Galveston doesn't look good though.
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Brennan's Restaurant in downtown Houston has burned to the ground.b,121b,121a href="http://www.nola.com/hurricane-ike/index.ssf/2008/09/brennans_restaurant_in_houston.html" target="_blank"1http://www.nola.com/hurricane-ike/index.ssf/2008/09/brennans_restaurant_in_houston.html
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
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  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    The coastal areas across a LARGE expanse are a flooded mess. I don't expect reports from east of Bolivar to be any better than the disaster seen there. b,121b,121Wish I could get specifics on Seabrook. The Kemah boardwalk and marina flooded fairly early on. Nasa Road One and Nassau Bay of course flooded. But those are all fairly usual/semi-regular things. They're watching Clear Creek, Taylor Lake, and Armand Bayou but hopefully they continue to hold.b,121b,121Buffalo Bayou downtown has run its banks in places. There's an interssection by UH that I saw on the news that looked to be flooded 5 feet deep. b,121b,121They're saying power will be out for a minimum of a week and up to 3 weeks in many cases. Austin is housing a large number of evacuees right now. Hopefully we've got at least 3 weeks of resources available.
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    Those photos are insane.b,121b,121I'll be in Houston in 3 days.
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
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  • tiger_blurptiger_blurp 275 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Those photos are insane.b,121b,121I'll be in Houston in 3 days. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Keep in mind, those pictures are from Galveston and other coastal areas before the storm really hit. That top photo of the dude hanging from the pole is particularly misleading. That was a dude clowning around before the storm. The news outlets just need to stop showing that shot.b,121b,121The real aftermath shots will be coming soon. I'm worried for the folks that didn't evacuate the coastal areas. There's a lot of them.b,121b,121Houston fared better, altho almost all of Houston is without power. Dunno about your trip to Houston. Even if the damage isn't as bad as predicted, 90%+ of the people in town are without power, and many might not get power back for a week or more.
  • billbradleybillbradley You want BBQ sauce? Get the fuck out of my house. 2,906 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121 b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/melt.gif" alt="" 21 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/melt.gif" alt="" 21 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/melt.gif" alt="" 21 b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121That guy was posing. The caption for that photo was, b,121b,121"Travis Postany hangs onto a sign post while clowning around as a wave, from the approach of Hurricane Ike, crashes onto the seawall."b,121b,121more photos here:b,121a href="http://www.chron.com/news/photogallery/Editors_Top_Pictures.html" target="_blank"1http://www.chron.com/news/photogallery/Editors_Top_Pictures.html
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
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  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
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  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    At least folks have a sense of humor:b,121img src=http://contribute.chron.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/8/15/28e24df4-c708-4e97-8f48-991d66971d37.Large.jpg1
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