Hurricane Ike

[GoodOlBoy]

Wellllllll I'll be durned its headed right for some of us. Ya'll buckle down and get ready.

The red arrow is the approximate preposed path. The little red spider looking thingy is the approximate location of GoodOlBoy. Take a look at were the NE side (the BAD side) is going to be when the eye makes landfall. . . . . . . weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

GoodOlBoy

[rattus58]

Well I hope that you remain safe during its venture through your state/or wherever yer at. Ya might wanna take the rocker inside though.... :)

Aloha... :cool:

[Jack]

GOB, I kind of figured that Ike was heading your way. I hope you and yours will stay high and dry.

[GoodOlBoy]

oohhhh goody word just came down the pike Houston is being evacuated at noon today and we are on one of the main contraflow routes. IE we are about to get a LOAD of people comming through here.

GoodOlBoy

[8X56MS]

I hope all you guys and gals have either evacuated or bunkered down. Best of luck!

[TreeDoc]

Originally posted by GoodOlBoy
oohhhh goody word just came down the pike Houston is being evacuated at noon today and we are on one of the main contraflow routes. IE we are about to get a LOAD of people comming through here.

GoodOlBoy

Sounds like you best get to building that Hot Dog and Lemonade Stand and get 'er set up along the freeway!

[Mil Dot]

GOB,
Take care of your self and batten down that porch.

Just watched the ABC news interviewing some guy in Houston area ... decided to ride it out, "lots of water, gasoline and beer."

[GoodOlBoy]

right now they are predicting that at 2pm tomorrow the eye of the hurricane will be 14 mile sw of my house and it will still be a category 1 hurricane. :( my grandmother is riding it out in her double wide, and my hard headed wife is joining her.

All we can do is pray. I am on 24 our standby now and will be sleeping in the server room at the department for the next two or three days.

GoodOlBoy

[Dan Morris]

Take care of yourselves! My best wishes.
Dan

[GoodOlBoy]

A visual aid for everybody.

The red dot with the circle is my house +-40 yards

GoodOlBoy

[TreeDoc]

Hang on and watch for flying debris!

One of the best Duck Hunts I had last season at my blind in NorCal was in hurricane weather!

We got hit by a big Pacific Storm when I was at the club last January. Glenn County alone lost somewhere in the neighborhood 100 power poles and connected transmission lines. They were down all around me, the roads in and out were flooded and it was just Jack and I in our new travel trailer in our club compound. I woke up at 5 a.m. to the wind trying to flip our trailer but we know which direction the bad winds come from (S-SE) so we were set up for it. Jack and I stayed in bed till 8, got up, ate breakfast, then went drove over to our blind about a mile away.

The winds were at 80 mph at that point! The birds were EVERYWHERE! The hardest thing was walking out to our blind through the pond. Took me about 15 minutes to go 100 yards! I couldn't hit my ass if I tried as the birds flew over 'cuz of the incredible winds. By 11 a.m. it slowed to about 25-30 mph and the hunting was epic!

So what I'm saying GOB is go hunting!! :D

[Skinny Shooter]

GOB how are you doing?

[GoodOlBoy]

Still kickin. I am at the department for the next 24-72 hours. My wife and grandmother refused to leave the houses and come with me so I am praying for them alot.

Other than that I am here, and awake. Probably will be awake for a long time.

GoodOlBoy

[GoodOlBoy]

Well they were wrong. The eye passed directly over my house. My sister (who went to stay with my grandmother) called from a church about a mile from the house. Everything is fine, everybody is great. A single tree fell in front of my grandmothers yard and knocked her light pole with the power meter on it to one side. Both houses have no electricity and no phones, but other than that everything is great.

Thanks for the prayers folks. There are still alot of people out there who have need for them too.

God Bless America

GoodOlBoy

[skeet]

You ain't been blown away or warshed down the crick yet have you? Ever thing OK?? Either something is wrong with HC or my computer is seriously messed up. Or maybe it is the IP here. This is Wyoming. I been tryin to PM Lilred...don't get an answer. :) Have kept the laptop out of this loop much as possible. Gonna take it down next to the Libary and use their wireless next time I'm in Cody;)

[GoodOlBoy]

Nope I am still at the department. Looks like I will be here from 24-72 hours more. Every place around is out of gas and my county is closed. Down trees everywhere I couldn't get home with a 4x4 and a fleet of chainsaws right now.

GoodOlBoy

[Skinny Shooter]

Originally posted by GoodOlBoy
Well they were wrong. The eye passed directly over my house.

We all know that GW steered that hurricane right over your house and the sooner there is a senate investigation the better. You know, because the seriousness of the charge warrants it. :rolleyes:

Am glad you and family are ok. :)

[petey]

That silly bugger of a hurricane even knocked my power out for 24 hrs and I live in PA! We had some pretty high winds last night, plenty of downed trees. Some people are still without power ... Can't imagine what it would have been like when she hit land in the Gulf.

Our HQ in Houston is shut down, but luckily the network is still running.

[Duffy]

There are plenty of locations here in Ohio still without power as well. Too bad the wind didn't help the Browns or the Bengals on Sunday!

I'm glad to hear you're OK, GOB.