I don't like Ike.
 

Lets see what this one brings.

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Me neither. Looks like it would just miss me, with the current trajectory. But won't really know till next week. God I love hurricane season.

We'll be watching also. :popcorn1:

If you hate hurricanes, try earthquakes...NO warning! :eek: :thumbsdown:

Good luck down there guys and batten down the hatches.

Galveston, Houston or New Orleans look to be in real trouble

Hopefully Cuba breaks it up to a cat 1. I don't think New Orleans can take another hit.

My family and friends got ripped last week, guess it's my turn. :thumbsdown: I can't even evacuate back home, as power won't come back up for a few more days.

Looks like it's headed for you Guys in Texas. Stay safe.

They are forecasting Tropical Storm force-winds here 11AM on Friday. If it turns north sooner than what they are saying, lots of people here are going to be in trouble.

You Texans need to keep your heads down.......

Spent the day building a cover for the generator and reinforcement for the garage. The code here is definitely nowhere near what Florida is currently doing.

Alot of people here are not taking this seriously. It is predicted (again) to strengthen overnight.

Wish I could lend you a hand but that would leave me with none. I wish the best to all of you that might be affected.

Batten down the hatches and hang on! God be with you all in Texas, Stay safe and help is on the way..Hope everyone makes it out of this one OK. I have a sister that lives near intercontinental airport in Houston. She is staying in her home with her family. Prayers go out, and lets keep everyone in texas affected in our hearts......

I got the word this morning to get geared up. I'm on a 2 hour depature notice with another 7 ERT members from my department for a 15 day deployment to the coastal area of Texas. Hopefully it will not be neccessary to go but it is looking pretty bad. There are many potential victims sheltered in place so it could be a real mess.

So far the winds aren't too bad, but conditions are rapidly deteriorating.

Thanks for the kinds words everybody.

Jim.....If you get deployed, you can crash here at the house with some of my brother officers from the PD in FL who are also supposed to be heading this way.

Stay Safe.
 

I hope you and your families come through this OK. I know how scary it can be.

Back up here....it's up in Roman's neck of the woods now.

Hope Tom and Tony are doing OK.

Major damage south, especially Galveston and surrounding cities. We were very lucky out where we are.

I drove to storage this AM and the SSPs are AOK also.

Everything is OK here on the West side. I road it out and only lost a section of fence that was replaced in 15 minutes.

I hope everyone came out OK...

Let me know if you need anything. Have a friend who is an LCRA Police Officer who was deployed to your area yesterday.

Officer Tom Kingery
Horseshoe Bay PD

Will do, Tom. Thanks.

A buddy from DEA in FL (we worked the road together at the PD for about 10 years) may be headed out as well. We'll all have to get together at some point if we can.

Glad to hear you faired well, too Matt. I think the West side definitely saw a little lighter than what went through town.

We only lost power for about 7 hours, which was a huge surprise. We usually lose power at the house everytime the wind blows during a thunder-storm.

Roman's Report
 

Letting y'all know that I am OK and so is my family. I am able to access internet because of generator power at the DPS office where I work. LOTS of power outages here in east Texas. I have three massive oak trees down in my back yard at home which will provide me firewood from now until rapture.
I have fence damage and my picnic table has been pulverized! Pictures to come when we have power restored...hopefully within the week. And I live about 120 (air miles) inland from the coast.
Galveston wasn't so lucky but I am sure all of you have heard.

We at the Texas DPS have now moved into search and recover mode.
We've brought in over 200 state troopers from all over Texas into east and southeast Texas to assist in downed tree reports, power lines, welfare checks and stranded motorists.
In my honest opinion, this overall operation went much better than Hurricane Rita (2005). The damage is more extensive but the evacuations and recovery efforts have went far smoother this time. WE LEARNED! This is my view from a police employee angle.

More to follow in a day or two. Stay tuned if interested. I'll post a few pictures not offered by the media.

Roman, good to hear from you and its good to know everyone is ok. It is a blessing the trees fell somewhere other than on the house !! Keep us informed and get the pics up when able to do so....

We are supposed to get a bunch of rain over the next 24 hours as Ike moves towards the New England area. We can use the rain but I hope we don't get 6 inches in 24 hours like Chicago did last night.

Roman, Mike and all others who live in Houston and the storm affected areas, we here in Florida are also glad to hear all is well there with you and the family.

not good news
 

Ike made his way to Ohio today and made a mess. We had 50mph sustained winds with 80 mph gusts. I lost about ten huge trees , my well house is crushed, and I drug a bunch of roof shingles out of the pool.

Last week I planted 750 lbs of grass and 350 lbs of fertiliser, then blew 160 bales of straw on it. It was rained on twice in the last ten days and was just starting to germinate. Needless to say 80% of it is history and the straw is all gone. Nothing like flushing a grand down the toilet.....

it pales in comparison to the texas coast and galveston etc but it still sucks. Some of these trees are 48" in diameter. I will have to buy a saw to cut them up and its gonna take two weeks to get it all cleared.

A state of emergency was declared by my employer so I am now working mandatory OT till further. It is 3am here and not a single light can be seen for miles except for a full moon. There is no power on for miles and nearly every road is blocked by trees...... naturally my Verizon wireless modem is working though.....go figure

it could be worse. nobody was injured. My wife is at the house with a Colt 1911, and a generator with 20 gallons of extra fuel.

I definatly don't like IKE. Ike's a punk ass bitch!

Ohio got a bum deal for sure, I would like to move to Galveston when I retire. Sorry to everyone who was hurt by this. We have been leading a charmed life in New England. Charlie