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09/22/2008 05:09:47 PM · #1 |
Originally posted by signal2noise:
David
Your neighborhood looks just like ours - damage-wise. We are the fortunate side of our street... the ones with power, but across the street and 6-8 blocks up, they are still without.
If you need to get anything out of your house, we can store plenty at ours. |
Thanks Tommy. It all depends on the settlement. Hopefully they will cover the cost of storage while the house is being worked on. I have no idea what they will cover - the whole roof or just the damaged part, all the continuos wood floors or just the bedrooms, etc.
I appreciate the offer, I'll let you know. |
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09/22/2008 04:12:46 PM · #2 |
David
Your neighborhood looks just like ours - damage-wise. We are the fortunate side of our street... the ones with power, but across the street and 6-8 blocks up, they are still without.
If you need to get anything out of your house, we can store plenty at ours. |
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09/22/2008 03:58:41 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Wow, David, what a mess! I hope it all gets sorted out ASAP!
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Thanks man, I sell you the firewood, cheap! ;-) |
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09/22/2008 03:56:33 PM · #4 |
Wow, David, what a mess! I hope it all gets sorted out ASAP!
:-(
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09/22/2008 03:45:27 PM · #5 |
Update:
What a week. Still no power as of 2:30 PM Monday Sept. 22. Some neighbors have power, but no one on our side of the street.
House has some serious damage
    
More pics here
Now just waiting for the adjuster to make an appointment. Could be a week or longer until that happens. I have a contractor all lined up, but can't do anything until the insurance settlement.
We are staying at my sister's house until we find a longer term solution. We figure we won't be back in the house until mid December.
Thanks for all the good thoughts and prayers. DPC is awesome!
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09/17/2008 04:22:27 PM · #6 |
| Wow, after seeing those pics I can't imagine Galveston's condition. Glad you and the other Houston folk rode out the storm OK. Hope things can get cleaned up and back to normal as soon as possible. |
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09/17/2008 02:43:36 PM · #7 |
| I just walked by the JP Morgan Chase Building here in Downtown. This building is about 72 stories high and one side of the building had every single window blown out. There was yellow tape everywhere and shattered glass all over the floor. Lots of cops that barely let you around the area to observe. I was shocked at how much glass was on the floor being picked up. Lots of working crews everywhere here. |
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09/16/2008 09:25:20 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by MattO:
Hey Jamie you think you could shrink those files down a bit.
I'm glad to see you rode the storm out though.
Matt |
I would, but they are not my images. I did however make them links for whoever wants to view them. |
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09/16/2008 09:17:44 AM · #9 |
Hey Jamie you think you could shrink those files down a bit.
I'm glad to see you rode the storm out though.
Matt
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09/16/2008 09:09:51 AM · #10 |
Finally the internet and electricty has made it to my neck of the woods, however most of Houston is still with no electricity.
For those who havent been able to keep up with the Houston news, Galveston was hit pretty hard. A 20 foot surge hit the island wiping out Bolivar Peninsula. To give you an idea, there used to be 200+ houses in that area and now there are 2 houses standing. All was wiped out. It looks like one big sandy beach with a bunch of debri all around. The sand bed was about 2 feet deep.
Many have lost their homes, and we still dont know how many have lost their lives. Livestock in the area is dead everywhere. They said that they had found some livestock that were about to give up on life before they were freed from being up to the neck in water. Snakes and alligators have been reported in the area as roaming. I feel for those in that area.
We have a nice break from the humidity due to the nice cold front that we got yesterday, but it was nasty and humid on Saturday and sunday.
Here are a few photos that one of the local photographers was able to take. I live too far away from all that to be able to go there. Even the media was not allowed in back to Galveston until yesterday due to the situation. All I can say that I was very fortunate that all I sustained was some minor roof damage and fence damage and no electricity for 3 days. Others have it much worse than that. My heart goes out to those who lost their loved ones or their houses in this disaster.
Here are some photos of Downtown. These were mild compared to Galveston:
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Message edited by author 2008-09-16 09:24:53. |
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09/14/2008 10:46:18 PM · #11 |
Ok.. A few pictures from East Texas.. Palestine, Tx. About 3 hours drive north of Houston I beleive. I rode the storm out with some freinds that live there. The neigbors tree went down into my freinds backyard.. it fell on another tree and got hung up, sparing any damage to fences and or houses. We did some driving and saw many downed trees and traffic lights. There was reported 80mph wind gusts in our area. Most of the area lost power.. we got lucky, and had no power outages, or damage. However, the tree in the backyard will be tricky to get down without ruining the fence. I feel for the people in the Houston area.. and hope for a speedy recovery. High five to all the power guys out there working on the lines, and all the volunteers and rescuers!
  
  
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09/14/2008 10:19:13 PM · #12 |
Missouri felt the wrath of Ike this morning. Lots of localized flash floods. My police scanner was super busy with water rescues this morning. I stayed in the house rather then go take photos due to the conditions being too bad to risk. I hope everyone is OK.
Matt
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09/14/2008 09:54:58 PM · #13 |
Man I feel lucky. I didn't get one drop of rain or even as much as a breeze from this storm in Austin. Good thing too because the one road that leads out to where I live can easily flood. I hope everyone who wasn't as fortunate are doing ok.
Message edited by author 2008-09-14 21:56:25.
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09/14/2008 09:48:15 PM · #14 |
| Glad to hear you are safe in Louisville too. From what I understand, Cincinnati got hit pretty hard today too. Some friends of mine have roof damage and lost power. Trees are down in a lot of places too. Pretty amazing that this hurricane can still carry so much punch. |
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09/14/2008 09:34:30 PM · #15 |
Glad to hear everyone is ok in TX!!
Here we had 75mph winds, had no power most of today but it's finally back on. A lady 4 doors down has a big tree down on her house. We have 3 down in the back by the creek, thankfully not near the house at all. Still over 200k people in the city without power. We drove around, damage is unreal and we only got a few sprinkles of rain! |
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09/14/2008 05:49:33 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by signal2noise:
Hi all. We are safe and sound and staying with family south of where the brunt of the storm hit. Fortunately my brother has power and water, so we're comfortable now.
We were very lucky, though currently we have no power or water services. Our neighborhood took major damage with many trees falling through houses and cars. We did not have any personal injuries in our 245 house community, but we spent most of yesterday cleaning out property and helping out our neighbors. The rain this morning really compounded a lot of problems. We feel really lucky.
Thanks everyone for your thoughts. |
Good to hear from you mate. Glad all are well.
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09/14/2008 05:38:43 PM · #17 |
| Glad to see you and yours are safe, Tommy. |
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09/14/2008 05:32:06 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Tropical depression Ike is supposed to drop 15 to 20mm of rain on us tonight. Can't you Yankees keep your weather to yourselves? |
I heard that Ike is actually a drunk Canadian citizen on his way home from vacationing in the Gulf and wreaking beligerent havoc on his way. Feel lucky that he'll be pretty much sobered up by the time he reaches you.
We will be sending you a bill though, eh. |
That's OK, our socialized health plan will take care of that. ;-P
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09/14/2008 05:27:50 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Tropical depression Ike is supposed to drop 15 to 20mm of rain on us tonight. Can't you Yankees keep your weather to yourselves? |
I heard that Ike is actually a drunk Canadian citizen on his way home from vacationing in the Gulf and wreaking beligerent havoc on his way. Feel lucky that he'll be pretty much sobered up by the time he reaches you.
We will be sending you a bill though, eh.
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Glad to hear everyone is relatively ok. |
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09/14/2008 05:21:05 PM · #20 |
Hi all. We are safe and sound and staying with family south of where the brunt of the storm hit. Fortunately my brother has power and water, so we're comfortable now.
We were very lucky, though currently we have no power or water services. Our neighborhood took major damage with many trees falling through houses and cars. We did not have any personal injuries in our 245 house community, but we spent most of yesterday cleaning out property and helping out our neighbors. The rain this morning really compounded a lot of problems. We feel really lucky.
Thanks everyone for your thoughts. |
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09/14/2008 04:24:23 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by Judi:
Originally posted by JaimeVinas:
Originally posted by Judi:
Has anyone heard from Jaime? |
I'm alive and kicking but with no electricity
I have been sweating in this heat for 2 days now
But no complaints here chase others are way worse off |
Good to hear you are still alive and kicking. And I am pleased to hear that the rest of our Members over that way are pulling through...DPC'ers are a tough mob! |
But where are the pics?
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09/14/2008 04:17:51 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by JaimeVinas:
Originally posted by Judi:
Has anyone heard from Jaime? |
I'm alive and kicking but with no electricity
I have been sweating in this heat for 2 days now
But no complaints here chase others are way worse off |
Good to hear you are still alive and kicking. And I am pleased to hear that the rest of our Members over that way are pulling through...DPC'ers are a tough mob!
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09/14/2008 03:39:02 PM · #23 |
Tropical depression Ike is supposed to drop 15 to 20mm of rain on us tonight. Can't you Yankees keep your weather to yourselves?
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09/14/2008 02:33:20 PM · #24 |
It is good to hear that the Texas DPC'ers are all safe. It's still not really safe there until everything is back to normal, so be careful as you go out and work on cleanup and repair. More people get hurt and killed after the main part of the storm has passed than during the actual windy part of the storm in most cases.
Kat, I hope that everything will be ok in your area, except as you said, a lot of tree damage.
Thanks for checking in, so that we know everyone is all right.
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09/14/2008 02:01:10 PM · #25 |
| Good to hear you are all safe. |
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