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flyingimam

09-10-2008, 07:41 AM

gosh, i dont even know why i live where im living... if it was up to me i wouldnt have picked a hurricane zone to live in

freaking thing is aiming for us in texas shoreline, and houston's (so far) gonna be on the back side of the storm which makes the matters even worse!
Hurricane Ike - Track the Hurricane Live on weather.com (http://www.weather.com/newscenter/hurricanecentral/2008/ike.html?nav=3&#navbar)

this thing may get me disconnected by weekend if it indeed hits anywhere near here...

and this is 1 incident i so wanna break my 1.5 year break from smoking... i mean being stuck with a hurricane and not having electricity/internet or being able to do shit outdoors, is just so makes me wanna have a G of some dank shit to puff while i wait it out, at least my 4 AA batteries will last a few days in an mp3 player... if it goes higher than cat 3, ill be dodgin it!

go away ike, i hate u, go to mexico or somewhere or just stop dead in your tracks n disappear, we just dealt with another storm not even a month ago.:mad:

higher4hockey

09-10-2008, 01:18 PM

boooo to hurricanes. i spent this summer in gulfport MS and gustav was my first experience with a hurricane, not a whole lot of fun to say the least. why on earth people choose to live in hurricane alley is beyond me. also all the people here in gulfport that have said that their homes were totally destroyed in katrina put new ones up in the same spot. blows me away, i would be high tailing it north.

good luck with ike!

Dutch Pimp

09-10-2008, 02:52 PM

If you're gonna live in a hurricane zone ...you need to build your stuff out of stone ..not straw.

I spent time on Okinawa, Japan. Typhoons come through there on a regular basis. In fact, they depend on them for their water supply. Everything is made of concret blocks...even the fences. The people on Okinawa consider it the "divine wind".

I never seen rain come though a keyhole and travel across the room before that. The big ones are called "super-phoons"..substained winds 135+ mph....gusts to 200 mph.

daihashi

09-10-2008, 04:51 PM

ijustloveweed

09-10-2008, 10:35 PM

yeah they seem to always hit Louisiana... i don't mind the rain as long as my house is still in one piece haha, atleast it will take a break of this miserable heat

flyingimam

09-10-2008, 11:30 PM

Flying Imam.. you live in houston?

Historically hurricanes always dodge us and even when we catch the dirty side of storms it is not that bad. If you live on the north side of I-10 you usually don't have a whole lot to worry about. Even living south of I-10 isn't that bad.

The only hurricane to hit Houston in the last 25 years is Hurricane Alicia. Something about this place just steers hurricanes away. Besides Ike is so unpredictable right now I'd say we won't have any real certainty where it's going to land until Thursday evening.

If you don't mind me asking, why did you quit smoking?

true what u said about them dodging us. I just cant help being overcautious though:D got a some conservative genes lol
i live near cypress/tomball area, i know its pretty far from sea, but a cat 4 within 90 miles of here will have at least tropical storm force winds as i heard in tv today and they DO expect it to become cat 4.

Well, i have tiny lil car, im more afraid of flooding. and the backside winds. there is a tree right by the wall i sleep under and i can tell 80+ mph winds will make this tree or at least its branches fall, in which direction? idk!

and not having electricity is really a bugger for me, i feel like a plant without light lol

and as for your question, i answered it fully elsewhere, so im just gonna copy/paste, dont feel like typin it again. click n read.

Me? in military? u must be jokin! lol however, i dont mind having stewie's type of world domination ideas!! :D:jointsmile:

no but seriously, I became a daily and heavy smoker for about 2 years from 04 to 06 and in that time as u might imagine, i kinda missed lots of other parts of my life due to this newly found obsessive behavior. long story short, i fell with the wrong crowd n stuff and kinda left school doin min wage job and living the young/single person happy/party life.

Then I got back to school in the same status and got suspended due to bad grades for 1 semester and that was what burst my bubble , i came to my senses, cut all the crappy people from me and just quited smoking, and swore to leave it that way until i get my BS degree with as many As as i can.
So I'm trying really hard to stay on my promise, and although an occasional smoke here or there wont hurt, i know my obsessed ass will be wanting more after getting in bed only once!

so i kicked it as a "habit" and would like to keep it that way until i can get a real life and job.

plus: due to what i did for 2 years and what i planned to do afterwards, I'm on a very limited budget right now provided by my family for basically gas and school and thats it! I dont even work, but I'm taking like 18 credits as a sophomore this semester and have had a steady flow of mainly As and some Bs as grades comin on my record since then. also I cant grow in my family's residence. so as u see, i'm better off not smoking now, until i get my degree find a job, find a secure way to beat my drug tests, and start making bigger $$$ so i can OWN a place of my own. long way to go and a rough one, but I'm already in it and must finish it! u can say i myself admitted myself to my family's rehab lol and accepted the terms to get thru this phase of my life!

50 more credits to take and I intend to do it as fast as I can, taking 21 credits next semester perhaps and getting as many mini-mesters and summer classes as possible to be done hopefully by jan 2010 or at latest in by summer 2010. get hired on the spot with $60k plus a year the first year and i will be set!

flyingimam

09-11-2008, 09:18 AM

flyingimam

09-12-2008, 06:29 AM

ok. so i got my ass outta there. this thing really started to look ugly earlier today and people rushed to gas stations and @ 11 am there were lines @ all stations and some had ran out of gas and i went to 4 grocery stores (2 walmarts, heb and kroger) and NONE OF THEM had any of my favorite crackers/snacks left. i guess u can find out which brands/products are totally unpopular by seeing whats left at times like this on the shelves.

now they are expecting a major disaster for houston and surrounding areas.

and i got super lucky, guess why? for 2 very major reasons:
- finding a gram of some really dank herb @ 9 AM!!!! this was the earliest time of the day i have ever been able to get bud! breaking 1.5 year of "mj fasting" :rastasmoke::rastasmoke:
(i have no idea about the strain. but it sure is hella potent and smelly piece of bud)

- I was able to evacuate my butt out of h town and get on I-45 towards DFW area by 1 pm. a classmate of mine called me about 3 pm tellin me that he has just got on the road and it was a very heavy traffic. I had a little problem @ the beginning of the road as well, but then i went full speed even up to 90 mph [passed Conroe area, the road looked completely normal]! not bad at all... i was expecting a minimum of 2-5 hours delay since i evacuated Rita and got the shitty "highway hug" experience first hand-where it took me 20+ hours to get from Houston to San Marcos!!!

well im high as hell, blown into a different dimension and rambling my bad! :stoned::stoned:

Oh, & here is a midnight severe weather update for this storm:
* I PERSONALLY STRONGLY SUGGEST: RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!! this is a monster storm u dont wanna ride out!!! *
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Weather Officials Warn Of 'Certain Death' - Boston Weather News Story - WCVB Boston (http://www.thebostonchannel.com/weather/17417133/detail.html)

Weather Officials Warn Of 'Certain Death'

Storm Expected To Make Gulf Landfall This Weekend

UPDATED: 1:42 am EDT September 12, 2008

The National Weather Service said people in single-family one- or two-story homes in some parts of coastal Texas who do not heed evacuation orders will face certain death.

The National Hurricane Center is forecasting a 20-foot surge for a large swath of Texas and the Louisiana coasts. Meteorologist Dennis Feltgen said some waves could be 50 feet tall.

"All neighborhoods ... and possible entire coastal communities ... will be inundated during the period of peak storm tide," the weather service said. "Persons not heeding evacuation orders in single-family one- or two-story homes will face certain death."

Experts said Ike's gargantuan size, not its strength, will likely push an extra large storm surge inland in a region already prone to it.

Ike's great girth means more water piling up on Texas and Louisiana coastal areas for a longer time, topped with bigger waves. Forecasters said storm surge, the prime killer in hurricanes, will be far worse than a typical storm of Ike's strength.

Experts said because coastal waters in Texas and Louisiana are so shallow, storm surge is usually larger there than in other regions.

Experts are trying to figure out when they've seen a storm this wide. Ike's tropical-storm-force winds stretch for more than 500 miles.

Evacuations Ordered

Cars and trucks are streaming inland and oil and chemical companies are buttoning up their plants as a gigantic hurricane takes aim at eastern Texas.

Ike is steering almost directly for Galveston and, beyond that, Houston.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said, "It's going to do some substantial damage. It's going to knock out power. It's going to cause massive flooding."

Nearly 1 million people have been ordered to evacuate ahead of the storm, which is expected to strike late Friday or early Saturday.

Ike is huge, taking up nearly 40 percent of the Gulf. The hurricane center said tropical storm-force winds of at least 39 mph extend across more than 510 miles, and hurricane-force winds of at least 74 mph stretch for 220 miles.

Forecasters said Ike is likely to come ashore as a Category 3, with winds up to 130 mph.

Mandatory evacuation orders were issued Thursday morning for low-lying areas in Harris County, where Houston is located.

Evacuation orders were also issued for Jefferson and Orange counties, between Houston and the Louisiana state line.

Parts of Southeast Texas also had mandatory evacuations as Hurricane Gustav approached. The region suffered major damage during Hurricane Rita in September 2005.

Wind and flooding from Ike could cause problems for Houston's gleaming skyscrapers, the nation's biggest refinery and NASA's Johnson Space Center.

The oil and gas industry is closely monitoring Ike, fearing damage to the very heart of its operations.

Louisiana Issues Voluntary Evacuation

A voluntary evacuation has also been called in southern St. Bernard Parish and covers anyone living outside the hurricane levee protection system.

"We're recommending that if people have the chance to get to a protected area, that they do so," said Craig Taffaro, Parish president. Residents speaking to WDSU-TV said that not everyone will leave. Some residents said theyâ??d been through these types of storms before and that theyâ??re prepared.

Others said they had no choice but to stay.

Richard Oracoi has been fishing and crabbing for 32 years. He's been on the water for long hours, setting crab-traps -- trying to make what little money he can before Hurricane Ike hits the Gulf Coast.

Ike comes after Hurricane Gustav leveled his home and flooding ruined his truck.

"I have no vehicle. I lost everything. I'm just trying to stay strong," Oracoi said. "It's hard to recover after a double lick."

Storm Surge Closes Some Fla. Panhandle Roads

Hurricane Ike's storm surge is causing flooding along the eastern part of the Gulf Coast.

Flooding has been reported throughout the coastal areas of the Florida Panhandle, and it's closed a section of U.S. Highway 98. The highway is a major corridor running along the Gulf of Mexico.

The National Weather Service said the road will likely remain closed for a while. Forecasters said Ike's winds will bring in high waves across the Panhandle through Saturday.

Authorities said some roads have been inundated in Panama City and Port St. Joe.

The Panhandle is also under a high surf warning, and emergency officials are urging beach-goers to stay out of the rough water.

Ahead Of Ike, Gasoline Spikes

The threat of Ike is pushing gas prices higher as it pushes toward the petroleum refineries dotting the Gulf Coast.

Exxon Mobil, Valero, ConocoPhillips and Marathon are among the companies halting operations at refineries on the Texas coast.

The refineries in the area account for about one-fifth of the nation's refining capacity. Exxon Mobil's refinery outside Houston is the nation's largest.

Supply concerns have sent wholesale prices soaring Thursday. The price refineries charge to retailers has jumped to record levels between $4 and $5 a gallon on the Gulf Coast.

How much gas prices rise depends largely on how long refineries remain shuttered after the storm passes. One price analyst said they could rise as much as 50 cents in the Gulf Coast region. Prices could also jump across the country, but not as dramatically.
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Stay safe!

flyingimam

09-12-2008, 06:43 AM

2nd update: this storm is forecasted to remain as a CATEGORY 1 hurricane far inland even further passed Houston. and as i saw in the news it is going to pass texas border outwards as still a category 1 storm!

that means at least 75 mph winds whippin houston metro and surroundings. and this thing so far looks like to pass right to the left of houston area which makes it even worse cuz the backside which is the dirty side of the storm will be over houston...

i hope i dont return to a massive mess @ my crib!

daihashi

09-12-2008, 07:06 AM

flyingimam

09-12-2008, 07:20 AM

nice to hear u r out of that area... im tokin this bud slowly.... its hittin me far too strong and i think im gettin one of those damn panic attacks... gosh it really physically feels bad no matter how much i calm myself down mentally and actually know im just gona be fine.... but my left half of body goes semi-numb and i feel hotness in certain parts of my body as well...

hate it, but very happy that im chillin out in the safe ground

oh when i smoke, i dont pray. i just cant do my meditation on strong highs... not gonna work... last time i tried that i had a conversation with satan himself and that was too freaky dude!:D :D

and im gonna be smokin for the duration lof storm's visit to texas hahahahaha

where u at now?

daihashi

09-12-2008, 07:30 AM

flyingimam

09-12-2008, 08:30 AM

I'm riding out the storm. I actually have to be part of an emergency team at work. So I'll be at work for the next 48 hours or so (less if I'm lucky).

fun times ahead.

then i wish u luck and dryness and survival for your grow... please let us know if u got any updates/breaking news... i just remembered that my beautiful kief box is @ ground level in the garage and may get destroyed in flood!

painretreat

09-12-2008, 10:17 AM

No.
Just wanted to say 1) dragon: It is admirable that you are there, regardless! I know the feeling (except it was fire).

Flynmm: My heart goes out to you Sounds like it avoided your area because the #1 emergency crew was waiting and it knew it!! It knew, it could be puffed backwards with some mmj exhaust!!

Sometimes it is better to return to nothing than a lot of work and a mess. When you find your baby pictures, your first this or that--you may be happy to clean it up or toss it out! Nice it wasn't so bad! ;) pr

Mississippi Steve

09-12-2008, 12:40 PM

yeah they seem to always hit Louisiana... i don't mind the rain as long as my house is still in one piece haha, atleast it will take a break of this miserable heat

Its not *just* lousyanna.... but nobody ever hears or talks about the cities in Mississippi that got wiped off the map, or the zip codes that no longer exist. Nobody talks about Homestead FL anymore that got leveled by Andrew, ot Betsy, of Camile, or.....

The *ONLY* reason that New Orleans is still getting all the attention is that they have (or had) such a huge population of people in free government housing, living on welfare and food stamps, and now they're "disenfranchised" because their gravy train isn't there anymore...and they might have to <GASP> actually get a job and work for a living. Out of all ofthe people that were displaced from New Orleans by Katrina, only two thirds of them have returned because the free housing is gone, and so are the government handouts.

texas grass

09-12-2008, 12:46 PM

update: now at least 1 model (NOGAPS, US navy's model) predicts a direct hit from this monster on houston/galveston area

im probably evacuating 2moro if my classes are canceled for friday and saturday

abc13.com: Ike computer models (http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/feature?section=weather/hurricane&id=6378869)

good luck with traffic, i hear people were stuck in traffic for half the day again and they didnt open up contralanes(freeway only go 1 direction north).

in west houston in a trailer. got hurricane straps so i should be fine. got to roll up afew doobies for the good wind storm:D

daihashi

09-12-2008, 01:19 PM

good luck with traffic, i hear people were stuck in traffic for half the day again and they didnt open up contralanes(freeway only go 1 direction north).

in west houston in a trailer. got hurricane straps so i should be fine. got to roll up afew doobies for the good wind storm:D

Ahh.. you should be pretty safe out that way if you're along I-10 and in West Houston (I'm thinking Katy area).

What are Hurricane straps? Those things sound pretty cool.

Hope you don't lose power Texas Grass. Hopefully centerpoint will be on the ball if we have a lot of power outages after the storm passes.

Markass

09-12-2008, 01:25 PM

Erin came to oklahoma last year...we didn't know it was going to happen until it happened...Never would've thought that living in oklahoma I'd be watching the weather so closely during hurricane season as well..

We didn't have power for like ten days or so, it was pretty crazy..Watonga really got raped..It was kinda cool though..Plenty of free time to drink beer..no tv, no computer, just booze, smoke and quiet..:thumbsup:

texas grass

09-12-2008, 02:20 PM

Ahh.. you should be pretty safe out that way if you're along I-10 and in West Houston (I'm thinking Katy area).

What are Hurricane straps? Those things sound pretty cool.

Hope you don't lose power Texas Grass. Hopefully centerpoint will be on the ball if we have a lot of power outages after the storm passes.

thanks daihashi. i wish you well too
we should be fine, i dont think power should be out for too long, already have tons of crews on standby, and the national guard is stationed in west houston on standby if anything does happen. ill be on standby to get some crews going if needed
got some generators, on well water

hurricane straps are stainless steel straps about every 3-5' and a huge screw drilled into the ground about 3' and the trailer strapped to the screws. pretty much standard today to my knowledge.

itll be a interesting ride

Dutch Pimp

09-12-2008, 02:54 PM

Good Luck...Longhorns...:thumbsup:

ijustloveweed

09-12-2008, 03:38 PM

im a lil north of houston off I-45, should be a hell of a storm,and should be gettin some bud soon

flyingimam

09-12-2008, 03:46 PM

good luck with traffic, i hear people were stuck in traffic for half the day again and they didnt open up contralanes(freeway only go 1 direction north).

in west houston in a trailer. got hurricane straps so i should be fine. got to roll up afew doobies for the good wind storm:D

i evacuated by noon yesterday, to dallas it was less than 5 hours which to my surprisingly very good!!!

my worst nightmare was to get stuck in that weather without electricity and internet. i'm nuts about tornados and there is just no way to predict them or dodge them in such a situation...

i just cant stand all the fear lol my heart will fail and i will be counted as another statistic cuz i will have thc in my system when they do the autopsy:D dont wanna help the bastards back their crap up...:P

flyingimam

09-12-2008, 03:55 PM

omg hahahaha i just heard on abc 13, "the most purchased item was beer"

they also said, the last thing u wanna do in such weather is to be impaired lol

dragonrider

09-12-2008, 05:12 PM

Just wanted to say 1) dragon: It is admirable that you are there, regardless! I know the feeling (except it was fire).

Holy Crap! Do you know something I don't know? I don't live anywhere near this storm and I'm certainly not going to go any closer! I think maybe you Daihashi...

Good luck to everyone who is near this storm!

I've never seen a report that described "Certain Death" for anyone who stayed in the storm surge area before. That is what they are describing for parts of Galvaston --- certain death. So if you are in an area like that, get the hell out.

Stay safe everyone, and best of wishes for you, your friends and family, and your homes and property!

ralphbuick

09-12-2008, 05:22 PM

Batten the hatches!

dragonrider

09-12-2008, 05:55 PM

There's a freighter with engine failure in the path. It has 22 people on board, and it's too risky for any rescue --- they have to ride it out adrift. That is real bad news. Ships need to have power to maintain steerage and keep oriented into the waves and wind. Without steerage, they go sideways and get capsized. Good luck to all aboard.

dragonrider

09-12-2008, 07:59 PM

One thing that always irritates me about the coverage of hurricanes is that they describe the storm surge as a "wall of water." It's not a wall of water. That makes it sound like some kind of tsunami that comes all in one big wave. Storm surge is a lot more like a very high tide, mixed with big waves and driving wind, that forces more and more water farther inland until it piles up into a big flood. One wave comes in and raises the level a few inches, then before it backs out another comes, and another, and another... Eventually you have 20 feet of water. But it doesn't come all in one big 20-foot-tall "wall of water" crashing ashore. Not to take anything away from it --- it's still incredibly dangerous. But it's not a damn tidal wave.

daihashi

09-12-2008, 08:30 PM

Holy Crap! Do you know something I don't know? I don't live anywhere near this storm and I'm certainly not going to go any closer! I think maybe you Daihashi...

Good luck to everyone who is near this storm!

I've never seen a report that described "Certain Death" for anyone who stayed in the storm surge area before. That is what they are describing for parts of Galvaston --- certain death. So if you are in an area like that, get the hell out.

Stay safe everyone, and best of wishes for you, your friends and family, and your homes and property!

Didn't you know dragonrider.. you live in Houston now!! I'll let you crash at my place... we can vape a few bowls.. light a few spliffs.. kill some fat blunts...

painretreat

09-12-2008, 09:43 PM

You're right dragonr; ;)meant Dailhashi!! thanks!

this storm is looking pretty bad and another Cat. 1 headed east of Dallas, forecasted!

Hope all you folks are O.K.! I think if I wanted beer, I'd head to the Fort Worth Stockyards!!! Have had some good times there!! Might as well try to enjoy the vacation, if you can get this off your mind! It is devastation to all!

Prayers and good luck to all of you! pr :(

texas grass

09-13-2008, 01:21 AM

budies have already lost power on north side of i10 im still good as you can see for a bit longer

flyingimam

09-13-2008, 01:36 AM

i think im gonna be up for landfall coverage we already got some clouds up in dallas...

daihashi

09-13-2008, 02:00 AM

I'm at work right now by the ship channel. We still have power here. I don't know about my house though. One of my friends in Mission Bend have also lost power, but it's weird because my other friend in the same neighborhood still has power.

I'm monitoring this from work.. I just hope it doesn't destroy the windows in my apartment or anything. We'll see.

:hippy:

andruejaysin

09-13-2008, 07:18 AM

I live in extreme southeast kansas, so I'm not worried, but it looks like we have alot of rain heading our way. Should be fine as long as it doesn't spawn tornadoes. Not unheard of around here of course. But I've never seen one, so we're gonna play storm chaser if it gets bad. Poor judgement perhaps, but on the scale of dumb shit I've done it's not even top ten.

flyingimam

09-13-2008, 03:48 PM

well it seems now that it has decided to leave texas earlier than expected... it was forecasted to pass just to the east of DFW but its now taking a sharper turn and skipping OK and directly going towards arkansas... so i think kansas is pretty much gonna be safe from windy weather...

flyingimam

09-17-2008, 01:39 AM

:bump2:

u guys better show up soon. its getting silent around here without texas_grass and daihashi. im sure utilities are screwed up for a good couple of weeks. hell my entire college system closed down till further notice!
yay more holidays for me in d town:jointsmile:

no but seriously, as soon as yall get a chance, hit us back up here so we know u (& ur grow) made it thru, do the roll call!

I am yet to hit the road back to htown, got my neighbor to check on my apt and he said there seems to be no visible damage from outside which made me feel a whole lot better

but since school is closed and gas, food and water are scarce right now, i will wait until i get word that the really hard part is over...i dont wanna go back where i wont have water or electricity to live with or have to wait hours for gas or food in lines...

i heard G dubbya was in town earlier today, hopefully-TX bein his home state and houston being a major metro area in the nation-he has pushed officials in private to speed things up... i heard fema really was screwing things up within the first 30-50 hours after storm landfall, but apparently some1 set them str8 not to play the finger pointing and do something instead this time around after Katrina and NOLA

hope to hear back soon from yall and to be back to a normal(er) looking area!

cygnustaxt

09-17-2008, 02:23 AM

man i hope everyone is safe! hurricanes are no fun.

I live on the gulf coast of mississippi and went through katrina so i know what happens after a major hurricane. No power or water for a month, its freakin brutal!

Hope everything is ok for the people of Galveston and everyone else that suffered.

ijustloveweed

09-17-2008, 08:47 AM

JUST got my power back on and im like 30- 40 mins north of houston. Shit was pretty intense up here too but houston had it worse. Hope to hear from the H-towners soon.

daihashi

09-17-2008, 04:25 PM

Dutch Pimp

09-17-2008, 05:18 PM

still without power and I live in the heart of houston. This is very frustrating.

I've been keeping some updates in my grow log. I hope these young plants make it. I think they can only go through another week of this before the damage to my plants is irreversible.

No power?...No Lights?...can you take them outside? ...sunlight is better than nothing. IMO. Stealth, of course...:D

daihashi

09-17-2008, 05:46 PM

No power?...No Lights?...can you take them outside? ...sunlight is better than nothing. IMO. Stealth, of course...:D

there in lies the problem.. no stealth near by. I live smack dab in the middle of the city. :(

I think I'll have power in the next week.. I anticipate they will probably take a full week to recover assuming they aren't dead by then. If nothing else I have 5 more seeds I can try :(.. they were kind of funky so if I have to go that route it will be a crap shoot if I get a healthy plant to mother.

I miss not getting my daily 5 hour dose of canna.com lol :hippy:

on the bright side.. I'm still vaping. <3 power inverter and my car. :thumbsup:

flyingimam

09-18-2008, 08:29 AM

on the bright side.. I'm still vaping. <3 power inverter and my car. :thumbsup:

haaaaaa!!!!:thumbsup:

good to hear u r ok.

just an idea:
u can use a fruit/produce box which is open on 2 of the 6 sides (front and top)
add larger pieces of cardboard like used shipping boxes, etc to this box for accommodating your plants' heights and cover all around it inside the box with aluminum foil. place the plants in the box(es) directly in front of the largest window u can find... it will be indirect light i know, but it may work.

also i really dont think its safe these days to go outdoors, even if u think its stealth... since all of these wires n stuff are down, u never know which repair crew will go to/pass thru which stealth location to find access to a down/disconnected line

generators? damn gas is out as well and expensive if available!
but maybe if u have 1 gen or can buy one, u can run CFLs for a good while on that thing without refueling

anything is better than darkness!!!

also my neighboris have power reconnected now and thats cypress area, maybe u can find some1 in that area who can take care of them for a few days... ofcourse some1 truly trusted which is hard to come by these days

if i had my own place and if i wasnt out of town I would have offered help [i know u dont know me and i dont know u, but still i wouldnt mind]

hope they dont die and ur power gets connected soon!

JUST got my power back on and im like 30- 40 mins north of houston.

good!!

flyingimam

09-19-2008, 09:14 AM

not a good news at all
Texas law keeps rebuilding after Ike in limbo - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/19/ike.beach.houses.ap/index.html)

i certainly would be mad as hell if they wanted to take my property for any reason, let alone without any compensation at all...

especially now... and especially if my house was unharmed and standing there

how come since 1960 the state has not done shit about this, they have been waiting for mother natures moment to seize the opportunity??? and NOW, RIGHT NOW they wanna do it?:mad:

1st of all who is to tell ppl where they cant build a house, in many other countries ppl make buildings in death zones, but with enough strength to withstand mother natures wrath... Japan and eastern asia have constant earthquakes that hardly have any casualties, they have typhoons but they dont build their structures from WOOD & ROCKSHEETS right by the sea!

its called reinforced concrete folks, if i had the money and i wanted to build on such a location i would use it and i would certainly protest the law thru courts

flyingimam

09-21-2008, 02:50 AM

wish it was pizzahut lol i hate dominos
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HOUSTON, Sept 20, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Domino's Pizza, the recognized world leader in pizza delivery, announced today that it is setting up a mobile unit from noon to 5 p.m. at the intersection of Beltway 8 and Woodforest Blvd. in front of the Galena Park Independence School District Administration building in Houston and will be giving away 1,000 pizzas to recovery workers and citizens displaced by Hurricane Ike.
"Local Domino's Pizza franchise owners, store managers and other volunteer team members are gathering food and other supplies in order to provide a hot meal to citizens in one of the most hard-hit areas in Houston," said Scott McLeod, area vice president of franchise operations for Domino's Pizza. "The local area Coca-Cola bottler is also donating one six-pack of Coke products for every pizza given away," McLeod said.
"There are about 8-10 stores that are still shut down in the area, and we're working to reopen them, but in the meantime, we want to do our part to the help the community that has supported us for so many years," McLeod said. "We're working out the logistics, signing up volunteers and we'll be able to provide 1,000 pizzas to people who haven't had a hot meal in some time."
About Domino's Pizza(R)
Founded in 1960, Domino's Pizza is the recognized world leader in pizza delivery. Domino's is listed on the NYSE under the symbol "DPZ." Through its primarily franchised system, Domino's operates a network of 8,671 franchised and Company-owned stores in the United States and 60 international markets. The Domino's Pizza(R) brand, named a Megabrand by Advertising Age magazine, had global retail sales of over $5.4 billion in 2007, comprised of $3.2 billion domestically and $2.2 billion internationally. During the second quarter of 2008, the Domino's Pizza(R) brand had global retail sales of $1.3 billion, comprised of approximately $717 million domestically and approximately $589 million internationally. Domino's Pizza was named "Chain of the Year" by Pizza Today magazine, the leading publication of the pizza industry. Customers can place orders online in English and Spanish by visiting Domino's Pizza, Order Pizza Online for Delivery - Dominos.com (http://www.dominos.com) or from a Web-enabled cell phone by visiting mobile.dominos.com. More information on the Company, in English and Spanish, can be found on the Web at Domino's Pizza, Order Pizza Online for Delivery - Dominos.com (http://www.dominos.com). Domino's Pizza. You Got 30 Minutes(TM).
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