Hurricane Ike targets Subsim (Texas)

[Hanomag]

Hang in there Neal.... am glad you scraped through.

I will be attending come hell or high water..er no pun intended. :lol:

Still working on my hotel... will post when I know.

[Oberon]

EB builds them good, gotta give them that :up:

[Madox58]

Glad your Homestead is OK Neal.
Sorry about the trees though.

We got 70 MPH winds from 'Your Storm'
here in Ohio.

I only lost a few branches and power was restored after 25 hours.

Some here in Ohio will be without power for a lest a week more.
(They sent all the repair crews somewhere. :hmm: )

You know the LAST time I was scheduled to be in your area.
Katrina visited!!
:o

[Onkel Neal]

Ha! don't go bringing any more storms my way, I just finished removing the second tree and my arms and back are SORE! :dead:

[Jimbuna]

Glad your Homestead is OK Neal.
Sorry about the trees though.

We got 70 MPH winds from 'Your Storm'
here in Ohio.

I only lost a few branches and power was restored after 25 hours.

Some here in Ohio will be without power for a lest a week more.
(They sent all the repair crews somewhere. :hmm: )

You know the LAST time I was scheduled to be in your area.
Katrina visited!!
:o

Better bring that new GWX weather fix mod we've been working on just in case :lol:
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/7606/twister1qr8.gif

[Skybird]

Ha! don't go bringing any more storms my way, I just finished removing the second tree and my arms and back are SORE! :dead:
Skybird says: go Klingon method:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21mWwZOFxe4

[Oberon]

Ha! don't go bringing any more storms my way, I just finished removing the second tree and my arms and back are SORE! :dead:
Skybird says: go Klingon method:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21mWwZOFxe4

Or the Clarkson Method:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfvPnuHN-5U

[HunterICX]

Or the Clarkson Method:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfvPnuHN-5U

:rotfl: Good one!

HunterICX

[mookiemookie]

Back at work and all is well at the mookiemookie mansion. Still without power though, which is pretty frustrating.

Those pictures of Seawolf Park make me sick to my stomach. :cry:

[Madox58]

Well, here's my backyard.

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/Trees.jpg

How many do you want Neal?
:lol:

[Onkel Neal]

Mookie, thanks for checking in, hope they get the juice to you soon. My gf says this is like camping out for her, and she doesn't like camping out.



.
Well, here's my backyard.

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/Trees.jpg

How many do you want Neal?
:lol:


Oh my, I hate you! :rotfl:

[Onkel Neal]

Seawolf Park satellite image: http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/storms/ike/geo-C25971753.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

Well, here's my backyard.How many do you want Neal?
:lol:


Oh my, I hate you! :rotfl:
Not as much as I do. Here's a picture of my backyard:

[geetrue]

Here's my back yard ... I camp out here quite often :yep:


http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/06/37/89/bath.jpg

[Madox58]

Steve and anyone else is welcome to share my backyard.
Anytime.
:up:

Next year I'm building a new 'Shed' Way back there.
;)

All I need are plans for it.
Anyone have details for this?
http://www.uboat.net/photos/u441-1.jpg

:o

[Task Force]

Here's my back yard ... I camp out here quite often :yep:


http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/06/37/89/bath.jpg
Your backyard apears to be a bathroom.:rotfl:

[Task Force]

Seawolf Park satellite image: http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/storms/ike/geo-C25971753.jpg
Not good, Not good at all.:-?

[Sharkstooth]

How did I know you'd stay and not evacuate?

Is glad I am to know you're ok Neal.
:D

[Sailor Steve]

Now there's a pretty face we haven't seen in awhile. I'm glad to know you're okay, miz Sharky ma'am.:sunny:

[Sharkstooth]

hey sailor...

Glad to know yer still about, and hope all things are well with you.

[Sailor Steve]

As well as can be expected, thanks fer askin'. Looks like I'm actually gonna make it to Texas this year.:sunny:

[nikimcbee]

Seawolf Park satellite image: http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/storms/ike/geo-C25971753.jpg

The road is damaged! i hope they let us drive out there in 2 weeks!

[Jimbuna]

Seawolf Park satellite image: http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/storms/ike/geo-C25971753.jpg

The road is damaged! i hope they let us drive out there in 2 weeks!

I should imagine/hope they'll work a few miracles in the space of two weeks :up:

[Onkel Neal]

:o Yikes! Bill just posted this on the Subsim World Naval News:o

http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/080919-N-6575H-603.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

Yeah, I saw your newslink with them listed as "Beached".:sunny:

[Bill Nichols]

:o Yikes! Bill just posted this on the Subsim World Naval News:o

http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/080919-N-6575H-603.jpg

And the caption to the photo says,


:...both museum ships at Seawolf Park on Pelican Island in Galveston, Texas, are shown entirety on land. The floating museums were
carried off their moorings during Hurricane Ike's storm surge."


Yeah, hard to believe, Naval Intelligence at work.

So, Neal, you gonna demand a retraction? Maybe declare war on the US Navy...

(Any torpedos in that sub, by the way?)

:arrgh!:

[Yahoshua]

Well, I'm back and have power.

Headed north to madisonville to stay with on my parents farm, I left the wednesday (12-9/08) before the storm hit and was there until the 22nd when I came down to start work again on the 23rd. All our animals and major structures on the property came through just fine. IDK how strong Ike was when it hit our property but seeing a healthy tree with a 2 foot-and-a-half thick trunk split in half is an impressive sight.

Now my parents just moved into this poperty not even 2 weeks ago so we had NO time to gather resources whatsoever (what fun). Thankfully we still had lots of turkey and goat meat (ones we slaughtered and packaged before moving) to barbecue and not much in our fridge went bad because we were still in the process of painting the kitchen and therefore living on takeout or canned food (unstocked fridge). However, my mother wanted electricity, but more than that we needed to be able to pump enough water for the animals to drink.

So my dad and I bought a generator, which developed a gas leak so we had to chase down the salesmen for almost 3 days playing phone tag and not-show-up-for-the-exchange-after-I-waited-two-*******ING-HOURS-for-them. So when my dad and I had to travel all the way to Beaumont to exchange it they upgraded us to a better generator worth about $300 more than the one we paid for (which was $1,600....damn sharks). Buth the exchange ocurred after we had gotten power again so at least we have it in case of future power failure or powerful storm.

Back to the story....

The first and only essential thing we ran out was water for both us and the animals about the 16th or 17th (right afterwards was tolerance for the nagging). We took care of the animals by drawing streamwater (must've tasted bad since thirsty as they were they didn't drink much of it). I have newfound respect for people who lived before the advent of hand/electrical water pumps and who have to fetch multiple buckets of water to do ANYTHING they wanted that involved water. Altogether 120 some-odd gallons of water was alot of damn water to haul in buckets for those animals AND us.

And guys, let me tell you that when you read about ancient cultures and how girls of the family were usually the ones who had to fetch water all the time? I would bet my money that those girls were NOT wimps when it comes to brute strength.

We rationed drinking water between me and my parents (only 20 oz. a day to drink) until we got some water supplies from Bryan/College station about 30 miles away from us. About 3 days later we got some extra water supplies from a FEMA distribution center and then the power was turned on (my mother was ecstatic).

Anyway, I enjoyed the camping trip on our 18 acres of brushland and creek, the swimming was fun and the dogs probably enjoyed it more than I did. And I am now eternally reminded of why our family went on so few camping trips, as I have rediscovered that my mother is a city-girl to the core and cannot stand the concept of life without electricity, sleeping on the ground, and/or washing oneself in a cool stream even if you can't see through to the bottom. (the nagging, the NAGGING!!! :damn: ). That's about all I have to share for my part.

[Onkel Neal]

Yep, my dad was born in 1937, and when I asked him which invention was the most important in his life: electric lights, gas stoves, the automobile, telephone.... he quickly said: electric water pump. Before they had running water, toting buckets of water throughout the day was the bane of his existence.

[Onkel Neal]

TarJak, Kpt Lehmann and I will be staying at the Hampton Inn, Pearland.

If it's still there :lol:

Maybe not... Rick just called to say Hampton cannot honor his reservation...
I called and they say they are closed until Dec 1, and only Centerpoint energy people are there now.

I will go by there tomorrow and speak to the GM, see if anything can be worked out.

Otherwise, I suggest everyone check their hotel reservations tomorrow. If you need to find another hotel, search on www.hotel.com (http://www.hotel.com) for Pearland, TX

[Jimbuna]

Thanks for the heads up Neal :up:

@TJ...I've PM'd you and just received a call from Kpt Lehmann...can you check the booking/reservation mate.

[TarJak]

Rgr mate. Got it and speaking to you now on TS!:smug:

[Jimbuna]

Rgr mate. Got it and speaking to you now on TS!:smug:

Rgr that mate :up:

@Neal....Further to the email you've received from TJ today, are you still good for collection on arrival and a hire car thereafter, or would you suggest the SS shuttle service :hmm:

[nikimcbee]

vital news bump.

[Task Force]

Ill help ya nikimcbee, Bumpty bump bump! Bump Bump.;)

[Jimbuna]

vital news bump.

LATEST UPDATE:

The SS Meet is to go ahead. :lol:

[NealT]

I just wish I could join you...but alas...work calls...

[Jimbuna]

TBH I'm still suprised I'll be there when I look back at the hectic year I've experienced.

I'd love to see everyone from this forum attend but it'll never be when you consider we have a worldwide membership :-?

[StdDev]

TBH I'm still suprised I'll be there when I look back at the hectic year I've experienced.

I'd love to see everyone from this forum attend but it'll never be when you consider we have a worldwide membership :-?

Not only is it worldwide...
There are several from England as well!! :p

[Jimbuna]

TBH I'm still suprised I'll be there when I look back at the hectic year I've experienced.

I'd love to see everyone from this forum attend but it'll never be when you consider we have a worldwide membership :-?

Not only is it worldwide...
There are several from England as well!! :p

LOL :lol:

The cream always rises to the top ;)

[Onkel Neal]

Rgr mate. Got it and speaking to you now on TS!:smug:

Rgr that mate :up:

@Neal....Further to the email you've received from TJ today, are you still good for collection on arrival and a hire car thereafter, or would you suggest the SS shuttle service :hmm:

Sorry, didn't see this before. I will collect on arrival, no worries. Be sure to add my phone number to your mobile (and plz don't tell me anyone is traveling 10,000 miles without a mobile :))

[Onkel Neal]

Some pictures of Cavalla and Seawolf Park: http://supertzar.net/gsp/default.aspx?aid=21

[Jimbuna]

Rgr mate. Got it and speaking to you now on TS!:smug:

Rgr that mate :up:

@Neal....Further to the email you've received from TJ today, are you still good for collection on arrival and a hire car thereafter, or would you suggest the SS shuttle service :hmm:

Sorry, didn't see this before. I will collect on arrival, no worries. Be sure to add my phone number to your mobile (and plz don't tell me anyone is traveling 10,000 miles without a mobile :))

Further to your email today...I've got no missed calls or messages on my Blackberry.

If you didn't ring me that's okay but I'm wondering if you have the correct number :hmm:

For completion of the flight schedule list:

I fly back home from GWB @16:25 on Mon 13th

TJ flies from the same airport @15:00 the same day

Really looking forward to finally meeting you in person :up:

P.S. I'm wondering if that very important guest is the one in the email addresses list ;)

[Sailor Steve]

The cream always rises to the top ;)
Unfortunately so does the scum.
First rule of milk processing and business practice.

Oh, and Jim? That very special guest is YOU!:rotfl: Hope you have a speech prepared.:rock:

[nikimcbee]

The cream always rises to the top ;)
Unfortunately so does the scum.
First rule of milk processing and business practice.

Oh, and Jim? That very special guest is YOU!:rotfl: Hope you have a speech prepared.:rock:

I bet it's s speech from the crown. I just want to see the powdered wig:up:

http://www.co.st-louis.mo.us/parks/hisout-files/image006.jpg
http://me.johannaost.com/18thcentury/uploads/2008/04/e9fb4179.jpg

[Task Force]

OOOah Mc bee, your pic is not working properly.;)

[Jimbuna]

The cream always rises to the top ;)
Unfortunately so does the scum.
First rule of milk processing and business practice.

Oh, and Jim? That very special guest is YOU!:rotfl: Hope you have a speech prepared.:rock:

Dearly Beloved we are gathered here today in the sight of God....:p

I reckon I've got said individual worked out....just got to remember to bring my phrase book ;)

[Sailor Steve]

...just got to remember to bring my phrase book ;)
Might not be the best idea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ve37gVwxw&NR=1

But you knew that was coming, didn't you?

Oh, if Steed could see me now!:rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

...just got to remember to bring my phrase book ;)
Might not be the best idea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ve37gVwxw&NR=1

But you knew that was coming, didn't you?

Oh, if Steed could see me now!:rotfl:

LOL :lol:

I remember that sketch well :up: