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| RLwhaler |
Posted on 09/12/08 - 8:48 AM
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Well,looks like Freeport/Surfside is gonna get some drama..Allstate better live up to their names.
Just starting to see a little wind here in Houston.
Richard
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| CES |
Posted on 09/12/08 - 9:07 AM
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The weather north of Dallas today is stuningly beautiful and calm......the calm before the storm if you will. If I didn't have to work, I'd be out in my 13 looking for fish. Tomorrow is when "all hell breaks loose" up here. At least according to the local news....we'll see how this storm pans out.
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| Bob Younger |
Posted on 09/12/08 - 10:58 AM
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Shoot, Dallas is 300 miles from the coast, a lot of rain maybe but no hell's fury.
Come on down here to Missouri City, 40 miles inland, we'l give you a show.
Anyway, all the hatches are battened, gear stowed and lines secured. The night time land fall, though, is a bummer.
Whaler is in the storage shed safe and secure as best as can be. I worry more about damage to my baby than to the house.
Went through Alicia ('83) with 90 MPH winds at the house. No damage but the day without eletricity was a downer. Soak a towel in hot water and then wrap it around your body. That's September in Houston. In a house with no A/C and completely boarded up it's even worse.
Guess the wife and I aren't gonna make it out to the Bay in the Whaler this weekend. The ramp will probably be underwater, the chop a little much and probably won't be able to recognize anything. Drat, guess I'll just have to wax the hull.
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| TexasOutrage |
Posted on 09/12/08 - 3:33 PM
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Bob,
If you lose power, don't stay in Houston and be miserable. Hook-up your Whaler and head south, we'll go fishing. Of course, with this storm surge, you can probably catch redfish along the Sam Houston Tollroad.
Hope you and the rest of Houston stay safe.
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| kamie |
Posted on 09/12/08 - 4:16 PM
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good luck folks. Doesn't look fun at all. Pretty big waves already and it will only get worse
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| duf |
Posted on 09/12/08 - 7:16 PM
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Bob, your rooms still here if you need it. Not to worry my friend, stay safe and give me a call if your needing some AC.
Duf
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| Phil T |
Posted on 09/12/08 - 7:47 PM
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At 10:45 I looked at the radar loop for Galveston via Weatherunderground.. Woah! That looks pretty scary.
Here is the link
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| MW |
Posted on 09/13/08 - 12:45 AM
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3:37 AM "weatherunderground.com" radar sweep show's the "eye" over "Galvaston" right now, Houston look's like it's gettin "Hammered", hope everyone stay's safe !
mw
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click on the "Nexrad radar" station in TX.
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| duf |
Posted on 09/13/08 - 5:50 AM
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Well, North Padre Island checking in, and we got nada. Some surge and my entire boat dock is underwater, but the boat was out so no issues. Hope you guys to the north fared well, specially the ones in Galvaston and Houston.
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| moose |
Posted on 09/13/08 - 4:02 PM
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gigem,
From the pics I see of Kemah I hope your boat is ok. We dodged a big one this time at your expense , I'm sorry to say. We had moderate winds and rain all night and still now to a lesser extent. My heart goes out to all of you in the path. We share your pain. I'll take the board off my windows tomorrow from Gustav and start the clean up here. I have a friend in Groves that I tried to get to evacuate to my house but wouldn't. I hope she's ok. I can't contact her or any of her family so far. Best to all.
Mike
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| gigem |
Posted on 09/15/08 - 6:37 AM
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moose wrote:
gigem,
From the pics I see of Kemah I hope your boat is ok.
Me too 
I spoke to the guy who is working on it right before the storm. My boat is still in his shop - he was evacuating. We decided to come stay with family yesterday, so I am in San Antonio now. Sure is nice to have A/C again!
I am hopeful that we will have power soon, so I can go home. Might try to trek down to Kemah to see what there is to see. My fingers are crossed. But even if it's a total loss, I faired better than many. My house has no real damage beyond tree limbs and some minor fence issues.
Did not have the boat insured yet.
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| Blue_Northern |
Posted on 09/15/08 - 6:40 AM
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Well - I am back in the office after Ike. I guess the Port A house at the coast is okay -- I kept an eye on the beach/bay cams and never saw the water get high enough to get in the house. In La Grange we did not even get a sprinkle of rain from Ike. My folks are in a Houston by the Galleria and still do not have power back. I spoke with them this morning and they are fine but hot. I have been getting calls from friends around affected areas and seems that all have made it through with minor damages or loss.
I hope all the Whaler folks here are doing well and on the way to getting life back to normal.
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| RLwhaler |
Posted on 09/15/08 - 6:50 AM
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Houston checking in.DDayyyuummm!!!!!That was one hell of a storm.Just got power back on an hour ago.
it's a mess!
Hope everyones ok.
Best,
Richard
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| moose |
Posted on 09/15/08 - 6:55 AM
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Rob,
I'm glad everything is ok for you. My son went to Houston Sunday am to bring a generator and do some repairs for his inlaws. I was hoping he could check on a friend in Groves but he said EVERYTHING south of I-10 in that area was black-not a light to be seen except at the hospital with emergency power.
Bob, Richard, and others, I hope you came through without too many problems.
Mike
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| gigem |
Posted on 09/15/08 - 8:17 AM
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Just talked to the guy with my Whaler in Kemah. My boat survived with no damage! 
Doors were blown off his shop. He has some damage to repair. Sounds like he'll survive it OK.
He says there are boats and crap strewn all over I-45 down there. Says it's surreal...
I am one lucky SOB... Hope you all are as well...
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| duf |
Posted on 09/15/08 - 8:55 AM
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Well, we didn't get through the storm unscathed after all. A young kid i know was swept off the jetties along with a friend friday and the kid i know (Mike) was banged against the jetties and disappeared in the heavy seas, and the other kid was in critical condition and passed away as well. A damn shame as he was a nice kid, always polite and pleasent. People tend to forget just how dangerous and unforgiving mother nature and the seas can be.
Duf
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| sraab928 |
Posted on 09/15/08 - 9:58 AM
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Duf, so sorry to hear that .... people really do underestimate the power of mother nature sometimes.
Glad to hear everyone else made it through ok.
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| RLwhaler |
Posted on 09/15/08 - 10:07 AM
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Mike-Thanks for your concern..I had two fishing buddies in Port Bolivar that was"riding it out"the storm.
Their wives and kids are in Dallas area,I tried to called them but got no answer.Just praying they'll be ok.
Duf-Very sorry to hear that.My heart and prayers to their family.
Richard
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| TexasOutrage |
Posted on 09/15/08 - 12:13 PM
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I hope everyone faired well and the recovery along the upper gulf coast goes smoothly and quickly. The pictures show a tremendous amount of damage. From a boating perspective, it is sad to see nice boats being removed from roads with a front-end loader.
I am going to take advantage of having my boat out of the marina to do some work on it. I want to modify my T-Top with rear support like Mike Homewoods' 25'.
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| kamie |
Posted on 09/15/08 - 12:29 PM
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Duf,
I heard about the kids on the pier, wind and water are nothing to play with.
I saw photo's of boats in a huge pile, lots looked like small trailer boats, and really wonder why folks didn't pull those out of the water. Photo's of Galveston look heartbreaking.
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