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Wakeup · 09-19-2013, 09:53 AM

Yep...so the military goes in...people are idiots...

KatieKatie · 09-19-2013, 01:17 PM

Why would people drink and have a party in a situation where they may need to be a little alert if anything goes wrong? "Yeeeehawww!!! Dat der tornader were comin at us. I shot my best pig and we roasted eet."

Guest050715-1 · 09-19-2013, 01:37 PM

Because I live fifty miles from the coast.
Because I don't get lit up like the 4th.
Because hanging with family sitting my garage sipping wine watching the storm go by is fun.
Because I can get to the little room under my staircase in twenty second with the five or six people at sheltering at house.
Because I know in the morning, I can fire up my generator and go on about my business.

KatieKatie · 09-19-2013, 01:56 PM

Where was your housekeeper?

Guest050715-1 · 09-19-2013, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by KatieKatieNYC

Where was your housekeeper?

At her house I presume. Though she did borrow a generator from me after the storm.

KinkyNasty · 09-19-2013, 02:19 PM

I got lucky twice.

First, my buddy with a pvt plane called and offered to fly me out to San Antonio. I went, it was nice.

Second, when I got home, I had power, AC, and no damage to the house.

KinkyNasty · 09-19-2013, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Wakeuр

You have no idea...

Scouting in the pitch black dark, with 60mph winds still bashing us, driving in trucks where the water was in the cab up to our laps, driving 2 mph because you couldn't see cars or debris under the water...

I've been IED'd multiple times, shot in the vest by a scumbag bombmaker, and RPG'd twice...and that night in Galveston was the most continuously stressful night of my life...all because 2000 morons refused to leave their houses in the mandatory evacuation...

Appreciate your service.

Russ38 · 09-19-2013, 06:02 PM

Nearly two weeks with no power running on a generator....between my real world job trying to get a refinery back online afterwards and being a volunteer fire fighter in the Galveston County area at the time....my time time was stretched pretty thin to say the least....one of the most mentally and physically exhausting times I can remember.

Hairless_Nads · 09-20-2013, 05:58 AM

2 1/2 feet of water in a single story house. Had to pretty much gut the place and start from scratch. Was out of the house for 7 months. Fuck IKE !!!

dtymh55 · 09-20-2013, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Wakeuр

Because its the government's job to take care of people who aren't smart enough to take care of themselves...always has been...people are stupid...

Thank You for your Service Sir..,. No electricity for 5 and half days was a pain.We had gas hot baths were a help.We don't need another for a long time.

RoxyG · 09-20-2013, 10:13 AM

Was living in San Leon at the time on the water. Left a few days ahead of the storm , but when I returned home there was no home left.... Just a bunch of debris.
That had to be one of the worst experiences of my life

DarthMaul · 09-21-2013, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Roxy Malone

Was living in San Leon at the time on the water. Left a few days ahead of the storm , but when I returned home there was no home left.... Just a bunch of debris.
That had to be one of the worst experiences of my life

Wow...So sorry about that.

Houston12 · 09-21-2013, 10:56 PM

14 days without power, however never lost water or gas which made things not too bad at all. No damage to house, but swimming pool took a beating. It looked like the black lagoon but was brought back to life in short order once the pool pump power was restored.

An interesting experience but I would leave town next time.