Nine Ball
09-18-2008, 08:01 AM
Lost power on Friday due to the hurricane. We still do not have power at home, but our office opened up today so here I am.
Only had some tree and fence damage at home, probably some shingle damage on the roof since we had a leak in the dining room. Worst part of the hurricane passed right over my neighborhood, it looks like a war zone out there. Bunch of snapped oak and pine trees, power lines down, etc...
Two of my car storage units got 3-4 inches of water in them, cars just got the wheels wet luckily. All of the boxes on the ground were screwed, I spent a day opening each one up and drying off the stuff inside. Had my longbed truck stuffed full of cardboard boxes that day, found a dumpster luckily.
All in all, we were fortunate. Weather temps dropped to mid-60s overnight, so no A/C isn't a big deal. Mid-80s during the day aren't too bad either. We never lost water or natural gas, so we could cook and take hot showers. Cars left on the driveway survived no problem and without a scratch.
I would have taken some video, but it all happened between 2am and 7am, so no light to see with. Got some nice photos of the aftermath that I'll post later on.
So far, the community has been really great. Texas people are optimistic for the most part, everyone is in good spirits and being helpful to others. We help our neighbors and get stuff done around here. Unlike a neighboring state who sat around and bitched about George Bush while waiting for the FEMA trailers to arrive. People here were cleaning up their yards the morning after the hurricane passed. No riots or mass hysteria. Thousands of volunteers daily. We've had a few cases of reported looting, but nothing even close to what New Orleans went through. I hear it is only 100 arrests so far.
Just an update from Houston!
Tony
Only had some tree and fence damage at home, probably some shingle damage on the roof since we had a leak in the dining room. Worst part of the hurricane passed right over my neighborhood, it looks like a war zone out there. Bunch of snapped oak and pine trees, power lines down, etc...
Two of my car storage units got 3-4 inches of water in them, cars just got the wheels wet luckily. All of the boxes on the ground were screwed, I spent a day opening each one up and drying off the stuff inside. Had my longbed truck stuffed full of cardboard boxes that day, found a dumpster luckily.
All in all, we were fortunate. Weather temps dropped to mid-60s overnight, so no A/C isn't a big deal. Mid-80s during the day aren't too bad either. We never lost water or natural gas, so we could cook and take hot showers. Cars left on the driveway survived no problem and without a scratch.
I would have taken some video, but it all happened between 2am and 7am, so no light to see with. Got some nice photos of the aftermath that I'll post later on.
So far, the community has been really great. Texas people are optimistic for the most part, everyone is in good spirits and being helpful to others. We help our neighbors and get stuff done around here. Unlike a neighboring state who sat around and bitched about George Bush while waiting for the FEMA trailers to arrive. People here were cleaning up their yards the morning after the hurricane passed. No riots or mass hysteria. Thousands of volunteers daily. We've had a few cases of reported looting, but nothing even close to what New Orleans went through. I hear it is only 100 arrests so far.
Just an update from Houston!
Tony