Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Texas > Houston
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 08-04-2008, 06:18 PM
 
Location: Houston
151 posts, read 642,114 times
Reputation: 48

Advertisements

The sarcasm is making me nervous - everybody that I have talked to at the office today has been overly cynical yet all of my clients called to reschedule their appointments. I am so friggin nervous.

On second thought, what the hell. I'm with Mom2Feebs. I'm going to open a bottle a wine and ride it out. Somebody wake me on Wednesday...


Quote:
Originally Posted by Mom2Feebs View Post
Watching The Weather Channel right now. They're saying 70mph--I think that's close to a Cat 1 Hurricane. Time to PARTY! LOL! (looks in cabinet for Pat O'Brien's mix)
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 08-04-2008, 08:24 PM
 
23,176 posts, read 12,305,332 times
Reputation: 29355
Quote:
Originally Posted by EasilyAmused View Post
I understand if we loose power, a couple of the hunting neighbors are going to have some major BBQ's for the neighborhood. All that deer meat is better cooked than in the melting freezer.
If the power doesn't go out maybe you can sneak around back and throw their breakers.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 08-04-2008, 08:33 PM
 
Location: St. Augustine, FL. & Austin, TX.
440 posts, read 1,685,311 times
Reputation: 331
Quote:
Originally Posted by EasilyAmused View Post
I think it should abate by the time it reaches the horses. Tornados are more of a concern in that area, and that could happen anytime in Texas.
That's what I was thinking too. I picked up extra feed and alfalfa this evening just in case. That mare goes through a bale of alfalfa every 5 days! Baby boy is HUGE!!!


Mom2Feebs: I won't be up there, as I've got to be at work in the morning. Neighbor next door said she'd peek in on them every now and then, plus the mares stall you can see directly from neighbors living room window, so she doesn't necessarily have to go out in the storm. I'll go by and check on them when I get off work.

My guys (horses) are about 10 miles NW of where mare and colt are, and I'm doing the same with them. I left them out in the pasture most of today and tonight so they get as much moving around... stripped both stalls and bedded deeply, added extra water buckets, put almost a half a bale of coastal in both stalls and threw an extra flake of alfalfa. They should be good to go!

Is it too early to crack open a bottle of wine!?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 08-04-2008, 08:44 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
4,760 posts, read 13,850,355 times
Reputation: 3280
Lots of people in line tonight to buy gas in Sugar Land. I'm signed up for the City of Sugar Land emergency notification system and I got a call tonight warning of potential high winds, heavy rainfall, flooding, and tornados. City offices are closed tomorrow until at least 1 pm. Citizens are advised to secure anything that could become a projectile in the wind. No recommendation to evacuate.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 08-04-2008, 10:04 PM
 
Location: San Antonio-Westover Hills
6,884 posts, read 20,447,536 times
Reputation: 5177
Quote:
Originally Posted by ericka709 View Post
The sarcasm is making me nervous - everybody that I have talked to at the office today has been overly cynical yet all of my clients called to reschedule their appointments. I am so friggin nervous.

On second thought, what the hell. I'm with Mom2Feebs. I'm going to open a bottle a wine and ride it out. Somebody wake me on Wednesday...

*tosses ericka the corkscrew*

Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 08-04-2008, 10:16 PM
 
Location: U.S.A.
283 posts, read 1,283,623 times
Reputation: 156
Storm? Maybe I should watch something besides PBS.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 08-05-2008, 04:34 AM
 
Location: Chambers County
1,132 posts, read 2,129,350 times
Reputation: 1178
Well, the ferocious storm, in all its extream, catastrotpic fury, has arrived. Since it took a jog to the north, and came into Chambers Co., I take a direct hit. I don't know if I will survive. My brick home trembles mightily, and my roof buckles in the teeth of howling, 32 mph winds.

WAIT! WHAT IS THAT NOISE?!?! OMG, Its the mighty HURRICAINE HUNTER airplane! The Government is here to save our lives! The billion dollar jet plows valiantly throught the malestrom (for the third or fourth time in the past day or two), protecting us all in SETX with its mere presence.

Friends, its been an honor conversing with you all. I sign off, most likely for the final time, since I see virtually no possibility of survival in this STORM OF THE CENTURY that has decended upon us. May God rest our souls...
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 08-05-2008, 08:24 AM
 
Location: The land of sugar... previously Houston and Austin
5,429 posts, read 14,869,540 times
Reputation: 3672
Quote:
Originally Posted by southeasttexas View Post
Well, the ferocious storm, in all its extream, catastrotpic fury, has arrived. Since it took a jog to the north, and came into Chambers Co., I take a direct hit. I don't know if I will survive. My brick home trembles mightily, and my roof buckles in the teeth of howling, 32 mph winds.

WAIT! WHAT IS THAT NOISE?!?! OMG, Its the mighty HURRICAINE HUNTER airplane! The Government is here to save our lives! The billion dollar jet plows valiantly throught the malestrom (for the third or fourth time in the past day or two), protecting us all in SETX with its mere presence.

Friends, its been an honor conversing with you all. I sign off, most likely for the final time, since I see virtually no possibility of survival in this STORM OF THE CENTURY that has decended upon us. May God rest our souls...
This cracked me up!

Astros were playing up in Chicago last night... probably thought from what they were hearing on the news that they were escaping the terrible hurricane, but instead ended up getting much more of a weather event up there than Houston probably will with this...
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 08-05-2008, 08:28 AM
 
Location: where nothin ever grows. no rain or rivers flow, TX
2,028 posts, read 8,132,046 times
Reputation: 451
Downtown is a ghosttown today, more dead than ever. What a bunch of wimps.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 08-05-2008, 08:36 AM
 
Location: I-35
1,806 posts, read 4,321,687 times
Reputation: 747
I love the way the news station go overboard with the reporting during the storm.
At 9:37am Rain Rain Rain no 100 degree temps, I will take this everyday in the August.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Settings
X
Data:
Loading data...
Based on 2000-2022 data
Loading data...

123
Hide US histogram


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Texas > Houston
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top