Hurricane Ike, R U affected?
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!
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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:
Hurricane Ike, R U affected?
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!
Hurricane Ike, R U affected?
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.
Hurricane Ike, R U affected?
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?
Hurricane Ike, R U affected?
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
Hurricane Ike, R U affected?
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Originally Posted by daihashi
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.
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Originally Posted by flyingimam
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!
Hurricane Ike, R U affected?
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
Hurricane Ike, R U affected?
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
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!
Hurricane Ike, R U affected?
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!
Hurricane Ike, R U affected?
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Originally Posted by flyingimam
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!
You and I are in the same boat.. I wish you luck my friend.
Keep my grow in your prayers.. rofl :hippy:
