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Post by bondoman2k on Sept 9, 2008 17:35:19 GMT -7
 Well gang, looks like I just may be in my very first Hurricane Friday or Saturday! Hurricane Ike is in the Gulf, and barreling on a path straight for Corpus Christi, Texas (actually, could hit anywhere from Houston south, but Corpus is where they are 'predicting' it will make landfall). We are in San Antonio, which puts us in the 'right front quadrant' and, if you listen to any weather guys, that is usually about the worst part, besides the main 'blast' area. Actually, I've only lived here for the last 8 years, moved here from south of Chicago. I've seen tornadoes, even been in the middle of a few. But this will be the first time I've 'experienced' this. Yea, we are 'inland' a few hundred miles, but with the wind path this storm is generating, it looks to be a 'doozie'!! From what I hear, this city has rarely gotten hit, I think the weather guys said MAYBE once or twice since 'history has been kept', so this is a REAL rarity to the people from here too! OK..you guys from Florida have probly heard this before..but it's all NEW to me! LOL!! "Port San Antonio", as they call it, is actually an evacuation city for the coast areas, and while we still may be better than being directly on the coast, it looks like we just may get some damage outta this!  Time will tell... As I said...Sposed to make land late Friday or early Saturday.    Wish us luck! ;D Ron (Bondo) 
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Post by nightrider on Sept 9, 2008 17:53:05 GMT -7
Ron..
Best of luck.. try to be safe...
Ya never know... my company could be trucking water down to ya... we sent 4 loads to Ms. Trailers are sitting there waiting for FEMA to unload em..
Chris
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Post by Demon340 on Sept 9, 2008 17:58:38 GMT -7
Hey RON
I know what your talking about I live in Orlando FLA. and we
watch this hurricane really close. We got the house all ready and the generator sitting there so when the power goes off. I saw my first hurricane in 04 and lost power when the wind got to 35
MPH. SO GOOD LUCK AND BE SAFE
TOM AKA DEMON 340
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Post by SKR on Sept 9, 2008 18:19:00 GMT -7
Good luck Ron, stay safe!
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Post by da big ragu on Sept 9, 2008 19:27:03 GMT -7
 hey be safe and keep your head up or is it down anyway be safe and good luck
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Post by rapidrichard on Sept 9, 2008 20:29:49 GMT -7
Bondoman2k Good Luck and be SAFE during this hurricane , we have had our share in Florida  ,when Tropical storm Hanna came 2 weeks ago some parts were flooded We were flooded where we live, RapidRichard |
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Post by allstarhr on Sept 10, 2008 5:55:38 GMT -7
RapidRichard, Demon and I have been through a few in the last few years here in Florida and it really depends on exactly where you are. Richard lives about 45 minutes East of me and got drown while my lake didn't even come back up to where we want it to be. Hurricanes are kind of like tornado's, only bigger and slower. Ya got plenty of time to get out of the way if you have to. You can live 1/4 mile from the destruction area of a tornado and not have any damage other than paper trash. (I used to live in Wichita, KS too.) Course when hurricanes go threw Florida and our area is the designated evacuation center, I usually play golf. It sucks the moisture out of the area and makes for a beautiful day. With all the evacuee's in our schools for shelters it kind of says "We're OK here". By the time it gets in a couple hundred miles it might knock over bad fences and take out mobile home carports and weak older trees. Just don't stand under one. At the same time, those on the coast under the strongest point are gonna lose there homes and businesses. Big bummer. They need to grab the insurance policies, throw the kids in the car and get out of town. Our prayers are with those in Ike's landing zone. Oh yeah. Take everything the local TV stations say and divide by 4. They gotta keep you scared to keep you watching. They tell you it's gonna make for a beautiful day so go play golf and they lose viewers and can't charge as much for that car commercial. If they get everybody scared, ya gotta watch and then they will show footage of the coastal area that gets wiped out and tell you how lucky you were to live where it didn't hit. Great way to up the commercial costs to advertizers. |
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