GregBurch
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A quick post to let folks here know my wife and I and our zoo are OK. We just got electricity back. Ain't been fun. Especially since I didn't get to shoot a single looter ....
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Well, from looking at the pictures of some villages on the coast, Ike made sure that there is not much to be looted left. Starting a fishing business quickly could be more profitable.
Sherrif of Nottingham
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Yeay! Glad to hear my favorite modder is alright! I can't really get much on the local levels, but the pictures I've seen have been mostly the same. The entire neighborhood a mucky field with one house still standing. I was just hoping I didn't know anybody who lived there... I'm happy your alright! Too bad there wasn't a looter for you.
I remember a few years ago hearing about a guy who was going to loot a wind-blown house, the awning fell on him nearly killing him.
He sued the homeowner and won.
I remember a few years ago hearing about a guy who was going to loot a wind-blown house, the awning fell on him nearly killing him.
He sued the homeowner and won.
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If I was home owner I would have claimed that house was safe before the winds were there, so sue the wind.I remember a few years ago hearing about a guy who was going to loot a wind-blown house, the awning fell on him nearly killing him.
He sued the homeowner and won.
@Greg: I am glad you are Ok. I call it Orbiter karma, divine payment for all the addons you have made.
Sherrif of Nottingham
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Im good...
ME said:
Kyle
Armchair Astronaut
Ike aint been pretty, forever let its mark in history.
GregBurch
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Some of you may have seen video of the Chase Tower in Houston. That's my office dangling out of the shattered windows. I'll be going up there for the first time tomorrow. Not looking forward to it, even though we got all the real paper files into the interior, and we're 100% backed-up remotely and, I'm glad to say, operating without interruption electronically. But the office I've been in for a decade, with 20+ years of memorabilia and the furniture I designed and in one case built myself ... I'm afraid that's all gone ...
Usonian
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Well done, Greg! I trust you set yourselves up with non-perishable food and plenty of water before the storm. It's hard to believe how many folks weren't prepared, especially with something like two weeks warning. But maybe the reports we hear are just the media doing their usual best to exagerate the most extreme cases of stupidity.
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Ouch! This came up while I was writing my last. Give things a chance to dry out - you may be surprised. And if something is warpped, but otherwise functional, then it has a story to tell.
GregBurch
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Actually, we were pretty well prepared in our neighborhood, and we all helped each other like champs -- we had a few generators, plenty of food and water, and Tylenol for the aching backs from brush clearing. We took turns b*tching about the power outage and being grateful that, after the first day, the temperature was unseasonably cool, so at least we could sleep at night.
As I said above, the only real bummer was the lack of looters ...
BTW, Scott, I tried emailing you to let you know we were OK when my crackberry came back up, but the email address I had in my contacts must have been old, because I got a bounce.
Usonian
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OK, I am feeling charitable (the Left chambers of my Liberal heart are bleeding for... you??) So, here is something to cheer you up - gasoline topped out at $4.00 per gallon in our neighborhood.
I did my own Ike preparations by filling up last week.
I did my own Ike preparations by filling up last week.
GregBurch
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As soon as my power came up, we had a teleconference with Mr. Cheney. He reported that the Halliburton Global Warming machine was working as planned, and that our goal of driving up your gasoline prices was being achieved.
I did lodge a complaint with him about the lack of looters, specifically reminding him that he had promised me that I would get to shoot some this time. For some reason, he's very sensitive about anything to do with shooting ... go figure ...
Sherrif of Nottingham
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$4.00 is cheap for the wholesale at $4.00l, then again, I'm payin 3.33 at the HEB near my house.
Florida is supposedly $6.00 a Gal.
Florida is supposedly $6.00 a Gal.
Pilot7893
Epik spaec mishun!
Wonder how Tex is?
adamb193
Lighting Geek
Wow my schools the only school in the county with power, and we are one of the few with power too. Kind of sucks.
Kyle
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That guy who owns this house is one lucky B*****d
Usonian
Historic Ship & Base Developer
Maybe... The neighborhood just doesn't seem be what it once was...
Sherrif of Nottingham
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That particular house is coming down too... Structurally unsound, check out the stairs and the stilts...
I saw that one in the paper.
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Crud! Take a look at the ground its sitting on! Its washed away from beneath it!
I saw that one in the paper.
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Crud! Take a look at the ground its sitting on! Its washed away from beneath it!
Andy44
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Yeah, but at least he can get his stuff out of it first.
