I served in Houston in the early 90s. A lot of people talked about Alicia.

Jul 8, 2024
12:01:55pm

Carnac Political Junky

The winds tore the place the pieces. You can go look up pictures of downtown Houston--the glass companies must have made an absolute fortune.

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Brother is in Houston hurricane

Ten_Hour_Drives

Jul 8, 10:50am

How long has he been in Houston?

A Drew Aitch

Jul 8, 10:52am

BIL and SIL were right in the path of the storm, haven't heard from them yet

volleyjiver

Jul 8, 10:53am

Son and daughter there

Himni

Jul 8, 10:56am

Harvey:

darkcoug

Jul 8, 10:56am

RE: Harvey:

jdub

Jul 8, 11:04am

I served in Houston in the early 90s. A lot of people talked about Alicia.

Carnac

Jul 8, 12:01pm

My son was serving in Port Arthur during Harvey

jdub

Jul 8, 12:27pm

It seems likely his brother didn't live in Houston back when Harvey hit, since this is the worst storm he's experienced.

dilbert

Jul 8, 11:11am

are they already without power, because that is a killer in the heat

Avery

Jul 8, 10:58am

Yes, my BIL and SIL lost power at 4:45 this morning. They were most worried

volleyjiver

Jul 8, 11:01am

Yeah we ended up going to San Antonio for a few days following Ike

BlackBart

Jul 8, 11:04am

My family down there is without power and they are cooking

Carnac

Jul 8, 12:02pm

I live in Houston, but am in Italy this week…so have no idea what’s going on at my house, other than no power. 2.2M are

Texas Hammer

Jul 8, 11:06am

Son is serving in the Houston East Mission

UVCoug

Jul 8, 11:07am

FIL is in Cypress and it looks like they got the brunt of the storm. Still

O Gaucho

Jul 8, 11:10am

Who would want to live there?

pink22

Jul 8, 11:11am

🙋🏻‍♂️

Texas Hammer

Jul 8, 11:14am

Bugs. Humidity. Strip clubs. Hurricanes. Sounds awesome.

pink22

Jul 8, 11:15am

uh....Gentlemen's Clubs you mean.

fulano

Jul 8, 11:18am

Oh yeah

pink22

Jul 8, 2:25pm

People who want to buy a home on a middle-class income.

Himni

Jul 8, 11:35am

I say the same thing about SLC

A Drew Aitch

Jul 8, 11:44am

my daughter lives there, is heading home from Dallas right now.

byujag

Jul 8, 11:11am

Hopefully they didn't lose it this time..

Mississippi

Jul 8, 11:17am

Why do people stick around? Plenty of warning to get out.

JAGA97

Jul 8, 11:15am

If you're not in an area that floods, you may not need to.

Avery

Jul 8, 11:28am

It’s a cat 1, which all things considered, that’s not a serious hurricane.

Texas Hammer

Jul 8, 11:47am

Maybe they thought that the storm wouldn't be too bad? Also plenty of poor people that can't shell out however much..

greatbam

Jul 8, 12:38pm

It’s been a weird storm. The worst of it has actually been 15-30 miles east of

Pepe

Jul 8, 11:18am

Common for east side to get the worst damage and more than where the eye travels. East side is the dirty side.

Texas Hammer

Jul 8, 11:46am

I get that, the eye wasn’t very defined this storm and the “eyewall” extended

Pepe

Jul 8, 11:58am

We’re north as well. It’s calm now. Was a good storm for 5-6 hours but not as bad as the one back in May. Powers out and

Mike Honcho

Jul 8, 11:29am

Looks like 2.1MM without power so far… probably goin to be a while to resolve. Buy Generac stock

Mike Honcho

Jul 8, 11:31am

Oldest daughters family is in The Woodlands. Power is out but they have a

sfeuz

Jul 8, 11:32am

generators are so valuable for these events, so loud though

Avery

Jul 8, 11:36am

NE side of Houston. No power, cell coverage. Trees down, fences down.

babybroker

Jul 8, 4:35pm

We just dropped a kid off for med school on the 5th

protonspring

Jul 8, 4:42pm

LOL @ "the power never goes out"

Carnac

Jul 8, 5:17pm

Too funny. Power goes out all the time.

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