We gotta go help SW and Tony [Archive]

ProdigyCustoms

09-21-2005, 06:42 PM

We gotta go help SW and Tony drive their cars to safety! Seriously guys, good luck, this one looks like a monster.

Edit: And any other members in harms way, Good Luck!

steemin

09-21-2005, 06:49 PM

I wish them and everyone else in harms way all my best.
Scott

shmoov69

09-21-2005, 06:52 PM

Batten down the hatches guys! :usa:
"I just wanted you to know, we are all counting on you!"

Ralph LoGrasso

09-21-2005, 07:02 PM

Stay safe down there guys, and lets hope this one looses a lot of steam before it hits, or takes a drastic turn and heads south.

Streetking

09-21-2005, 07:03 PM

Thanks guys, Tony is closer to Rita then me. Tony is in Houston, I'm in
Austin, its going to be a rough weekend...

Thanks for thinking of us..

SW

Nine Ball

09-21-2005, 07:06 PM

Streetking

09-21-2005, 07:10 PM

Tony, I have been trying to call you. If you need a place to stay, come up to Austin..

SW

SatisTraction

09-21-2005, 07:14 PM

I'm planning on staying at the house. We bought alot of canned foods and drinks/water...and a shotgun.

My house isn't near any flood areas, but I'm sure our power will go out sometime Friday night when it hits land.

Tony

you need to add a generator and a couple drums of fuel to that list. trust me, we just went through it. 6 days of no electricity and LLLOOOONNNNGGGGGGG gas lines. good luck and take care!!!!!!!!!

CAMAROBOY69

09-22-2005, 03:18 AM

I hope you are prepared for what Rita just turned into over the night. One of the largest hurricanes ever to enter the Gulf in history.
-Category 5!!
-175mph with gusts up to 200mph!!!!!!! :scared:
-50ft storm surge!!!
Good luck if your staying there!!
If any of you have seen the movie "The day after tomorrow" then these hurricanes will remind you of that.

sunkistcamaro

09-22-2005, 04:38 AM

Be careful guys.
Please let us know your ok after the storm

ProdigyCustoms

09-22-2005, 04:42 AM

SW, if you flood I have amphibious machines in Austin that can come in and get ya out.

Steve Chryssos

09-22-2005, 04:58 AM

That Rita's a bad little bitch!

rob07002

09-22-2005, 05:29 AM

Tony, good luck and be safe.....

Streetking

09-22-2005, 05:35 AM

SW, if you flood I have amphibious machines in Austin that can come in and get ya out.

Thanks, I'm hoping I won't need that..

thanks for thinking of us and everyone else..

SW

mdprovee

09-22-2005, 06:39 AM

Good luck to anyone in the area.

MrAngry

09-22-2005, 06:54 AM

Stay safe guys - my In-laws live in Houston and my wife is BUGGIN' out. Thankfully they are smart enough to leave if need be. Again, be safe.

F70t/a

09-22-2005, 07:02 AM

Good luck guys

Damn True

09-22-2005, 08:38 AM

"I just wanted you to know, we are all counting on you!"

Seriously. I dunno how close you are to "that" part of Houston, but I would expect some behavior similar to what we saw in N'Orleans. Be safe, but be prepared.

StRacerDuke

09-22-2005, 08:49 AM

Good luck with everything guys! I'll be flying out of CA to Atlanta Friday morning and I'm hoping to pass Rita in the air before it hits ground. Stay safe everyone.

Travis B

09-22-2005, 09:05 AM

SW If you need somewhere to park some of those cars I have a 50x100!
j/k

To everyone down there Be Safe! let us know if we can help!

MrQuick

09-22-2005, 09:06 AM

take care guys and be safe.

colt zantop

09-22-2005, 11:35 AM

be safe......good luck :)

Diognes56

09-22-2005, 11:44 AM

Stay safe guys. MrAngery, my brother lives in Sugarland (south of Houston?), so I am pretty much the same boat.

David

TLWiltman

09-22-2005, 01:12 PM

God speed, and good luck

DJ Mabe

09-22-2005, 01:30 PM

You guys are in our thoughts and prayers. If you need to store some cars, just load them up on a flat bed and send em' my way. I have a few extra bays for you guys if you need.

Derrick

Nine Ball

09-22-2005, 04:41 PM

Thanks for the best wishes everyone! Its nearly impossible to get out of Houston, its been that way since Wed afternoon. The freeways going out of town are severely choked up, and it is taking people 12 hours to travel 30 miles.

I know someone that made it to Dallas yesterday, which is typically a 3.5 hour drive from Houston....it took him 15 hours.

Just about everyone in my area is staying, we are more concerned with the wind speed than the flooding. Luckily, we aren't in the flood zone where I live.

Tony

SatisTraction

09-22-2005, 05:14 PM

so do you have a generator and lots of fuel? how about extra charcoal and a grill? my wifes favorite item was the 110v window unit that i bought for camping. It made life alot better on her at night. being 6 months pregnate and sleeping in 95* heat was tough on her.
chris

Hrod382

09-23-2005, 06:51 PM

Good luck man, I don't even know what I'd do in your situation.

I wish this damn thing would just fizzle out, it'd do everyone a lot of good.

suh weet

09-23-2005, 07:19 PM

Been there, good luck, brother. Last year we had 80-90mph winds at our place. It gets pretty noisy, but it passes quickly. I agree on the generator and window shaker. We used the hell out of ours. Three storms, lost power for seven days on each. Be safe, keep your head down.

Nine Ball

09-23-2005, 07:58 PM

surprisingly I still have power for now. We are seeing wind gusts of about 60mph right now, and light (but sideways) rain. It should get pretty rough here in about 2 hours I suppose.

I'm just watching those trees in the yard bend, hoping they don't land on my house or my cars!

Tony

Steve1968LS2

09-23-2005, 09:03 PM

I think I would be taking pre-emptive action and cutting down trees that threaten the house..

Good luck Tony and keep your head down, I want to see what you end up doing with the '69..

BigBronco

09-24-2005, 12:11 AM

Yep, I came up to Austin on wednesday when work was called off till Tuesday. I have a place near Lake Travis so I figured being safe then sorry, and I get to see some other friends.

Glad the storm has really turned into something substantially weaker. My car is stored in a high rise right now, but it is on jackstands. Not to mention I have two blocks for one of my two new motor setups at my Work. Hope as is well... Tony and all the other South Texas members, stay safe out there!

Gray

ProdigyCustoms

09-24-2005, 04:23 AM

Lookin like Tony dodged a bullet hopefully. Hope all memebrs made it through ok.

I am worried about Prodigy's dash though. The dash is in Clevland, Texas getting some custom work done to it. Looks like the storm went right over Clevland. Ugh!

Maybe for SEMA I can have Kris render a dash and put a poster where the dash belongs.

Streetking

09-24-2005, 06:47 AM

Everything is ok here in Austin, I believe Houston escaped without much damage either. Hope everybody in storms way is alright.

thanks for thinking of us down here..

SW

Moose

09-24-2005, 04:42 PM

Everything is ok here in Austin, I believe Houston escaped without much damage either. Hope everybody in storms way is alright.

thanks for thinking of us down here..

SW

I read 2 million without power though..

Hope tony is ok!!

CAMAROBOY69

09-26-2005, 03:51 AM

It was nice to see that Rita dropped down to a category 3 before hitting. Could have been a lot worse if it stayed the cat 5 that it was. Hope to hear from Tony and SW soon. Also the other members down there.

Nine Ball

09-26-2005, 01:36 PM

My house and cars survived just fine! Just some branches and leaves and street signs pushed over. We lost power at Midnight Friday, it was off for a couple days.

I got to drive thru Beaumont and Lake Charles on the way to Mississippi on Saturday, a lot of destruction thru there! I'm currently sitting on a ship in Pascagoula, about to head offshore for 2-3 weeks to do some riser installations. Yeah, work sucks, but it pays well :)

Tony