big-phil Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 come to my house if you want. Waxahachie tx 20 miles south of Dallas. PM if you want I'll send you my phone # Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linchpin360 Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 I hope everyone on the gulf coast stays safe. I'm just glad I moved back from NOLA to Pennsylvania last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB26powered74zcar Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 If you HAVE to shoot someone - make sure they're dead so they can't sue you... I'll feed them to my dogs.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serx93 Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 I am glad to be further in off of the coast...hopefully this thing will weaken and not be as bad as we are expecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallnet Posted September 1, 2008 Author Share Posted September 1, 2008 08/31/08 10:22pm So far so good. I'm watching the news and as you can tell the power is still on. It looks like a huge feeder band is about to slam dunk us but. Usualy we lose power if the wind picks up a just a little because some aZZholes at the power company won't listen to me when I tell them they have a weak point. Even though they know about it since they go right there to that point and reattach it everytime we have to call. Mean while our neighbors right accross the street almost never have a power outage. For dinner tonight before the storm hits was: I fried breaded pork chops. Boiled green beans with bacon. Baked 2 cheese mac & cheese. That was all handled by me but the wife baked some cookies for later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serx93 Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 Hopefully it will stay the way it is for you right now. I cant imagine living close to the coast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB26powered74zcar Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 I'm staying too Joel. Give me a call if you need help. Thanks Hoyt!! How could I forget your help last hurricane! I'll be in touch... stay safe!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbk240z Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 Hey Guys, We moved here (Denver) from Houma, La. in November of 2003. The wife And I still have family there, but thankfully they have all evacuted. Only my baby sister has to stay in Houma, as she is a state trooper. I am hoping that those of you who are staying for the storm will be ok. I also hope that none of you have any property damage. Good luck and take care guys, Jason, jbk240z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polarity Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Just an update, wife and I are great, no serious damage in my area, looks like we have another 8 inches of rain or so coming tonight but it looks like the worst is gone. Our thoughts are with all of those dealing with the damage from Gustav. -polarity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallnet Posted September 4, 2008 Author Share Posted September 4, 2008 09/03/08-11:24pm The power just came on about 2 hours ago. It turns out that we had no real problems although I had to step out lastnight in just my shorts with my FN FiveseveN and Inova light in hand, I heard something heavy fall on the porch and I feard someone was trying to get into the garage. It turned out to be nothing or someone ran when they heard me falling over the dogs. That was about it. The wife, my 13 year old step daughter and I lived like cave people for a few days. I worked on my "grill master" skills and roughed out some plans for a generator that I can put together useing a diesel 4 cylinder or a 3 cylinder metro engine from the junkyard, it would be mounted on the backyard and hopefully cost me less then $1500.00. The goal is to make it to where it can run the whole house. I have ideas from stuff I've read but I think i will get my great uncle involved since he used to build generators for the millatery back when I was a sperm and an egg. All is well here, I hope you other guys did well.. Thanks pallnet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSM Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Good to hear, hope everyone stayed safe and we can avoid these others coming down the Atlantic, yuck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Baton Rouge is TOAST! 100% without power after the storm. 80% without power for most of the week. I think they got a few more people online today, but still no power at my house. Trees through houses on every block...of the entire city and for miles and miles around. Worse than Betsy by far. And just about the time about half the people get the power back, we'll get hit by Ike. Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB26powered74zcar Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 That really $ucks for you guys over there Forrest. I remember 3 yrs ago when Lake Charles got just like that. Both my neighbors across the street had trees cut their houses in half... We had 8 pine trees laid out in our back yard from the neighbors house behind us. Lucky for us, the trees were far enough away, that just the tops of them came within 5 feet of our house, and they were full grown pines... we were lucky!! We still were with out power for 3 weeks. I sure hope ol Ike makes a turn to the south west when it gets closer to Louisiana... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wigenOut-S30 Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Baton Rouge is TOAST!100% without power after the storm. 80% without power for most of the week. I think they got a few more people online today, but still no power at my house. Trees through houses on every block...of the entire city and for miles and miles around. Worse than Betsy by far. And just about the time about half the people get the power back, we'll get hit by Ike. Awesome. Well man we have a safe basement here if you want to come ride out Ike... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Living with no e-juice takes me back to about winter 1999 or so...we had no power for five days due to an ice storm that ripped apart the tree line and took all the wire grid with it. No running water, no heat, and it was cold outside. Melted snow off the roof to flush the toilets, ran the woodstove for boiling water, and cooked on the grill. I keep a 6500watt Generac in the garage now to run my well pump, boiler, and fridge. Good luck with Ike down there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Purple240zt Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Hang in there guys! Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 What bugs me is that people are saying this wasn't national news? Our power grid is worse than New Orleans was 3 years ago. WTF? "George Bush doesn't care about Baton Rouge people." Still no power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260zturbo Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 just got power not to long ago. i live in zachary that was on the east side of the hurricane you can find some pics here http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f198/260zturbo/Gustav/ the z is safe and survived another one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB26powered74zcar Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Well.... looks like we are fixing to get pounded again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeZ Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Everything tied down. Cars put up, 2-12 packs of Heineken Light. I'm ready! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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