Well for those of you who have looked on the AGS Member's Map (I don't have time or a good enough connection (I have satellite) to find the link), you'll know that I live in Texas. About an hour north of Houston. And for those who watch the news you've probably heard about the largest, most intense hurricane ever tracked (although it has been downgraded, and I believe is currently Category 3). It's coming my way. I haven't been able to get a connection for several days, and don't expect one for a while after this.
So...if I'm not around, this might explain why. I probably won't be dead...but don't rule it out (just don't get your hopes up either :=). I would ask that you guys pray (or for the non-religious types, think happy thoughts) for me, please. I've never been through a hurricane, and with what happened with Katrina, and everything I've heard, I'm just a bit freaked. Well, I better post this before I lose my connection completely. Later.
Good luck!
I hope nothing extremely bad happens to you. Take care and good luck!
Batton down the hatches matey!!
I went through a category 3 last season ... I have to tell you that the most overwhelming sensation was boredom.
The initial excitement of seeing a hurricane for the first time wears off after the first 10 minutes with no power!
Best of luck and stay dry.
Good luck man
At least we know for a fact texas will end up dryer than NO did... Good luck.
I live in Long Island, the strongest hurricane here was just barely enough to lift up the plastic shell on my sandbox though...
Good luck men,
I've lived through earthquakes, pretty strong ones, but never a hurricane.
Good luck, though I hope that things will be bette rthan NO!
This has been one hell of a Hurricane Season. I feel bad for New Orleans. Getting pounded twice like they have. When will it ever end.
I wish the best also to the people who are in the path of Hurricane Rita. May everyone be safe and that things don't end up as bad as predicted.
Well, then again, things already ended up better than predicted. You know for a fact when the knews predicts tens of thousands of deaths it's way off... These hurricanes are really starting to piss me off. It's about time i go tout the old war-tractor and went stormhunting...
Ain't evenwolf also in Texas. Good luck to all who have to abandon ship....
I think evenwolf is here in Austin.
We're probably going to get 30mph winds - we're way off the predicted path. Nowhere near as bad as the hailstorm that took out my roof in April.
We are getting a storm of refugees, first from N'Arelns, now from Houston, including my girlfriend's family.
Good luck, I know what it's like! I once stood on a local hilltop with a fairly strong breeze in my face. I swear I got some tears in my eyes!
And when I was about 6 or 7, there was a barely noticable earthquake which lasted for almost a second.
Yes sir, living in Sweden really teaches you the magnitute of nature's wrath!
Here we have what is called "Cold drop" (Gota frÃa). It's some kind of hurricaned storms in september or october after some hot summers. Some weird things happen with the mediterranean currents and the Sahara storms and it rains a lot, and violently. We also have a lot of earthquakes, not like in a Chile or California, but we are in one of the worst places in Europe refering to that point... I am very bad at noticing them, though... All the guys at the school/work, seem to notice them, but I go on sleeping hapilly (It seems that here earth only shakes during the night ;D)
Well I think that Greece (one has to be proud of his country), is very bad with earthquakes. We are right in the middle of Europe and Africa so we get a lot of them. Fortunately we have been taught a lot so our buildings are capable of coping up to even 7 Richter.
On the other hand, I amazed to find out that in London (no erathquakes at all I guess) they built 4 storey buildings with wood (!), or something. And this is why they fear fire, although they use gas a lot. And I love cooking with gas. Gas is the best. Electicity sucks...
Heh, this is quite bad luck for the south coast, good luck to those of you who are in its path.
Would it be a good idea now if rather than rebuilding New Orleans in its old position, they rebuilt it 100 miles away so that it wouldn't be so susceptible to floods and hurricanes?
Asking about rebuiling... how true is that nyth that you Yankees build mainly with wood? That is, if true... risky!
Sometimes the treetops move, but it could be my imagination. The closest thing to an earthquake I've experienced was my grandfather after 12 servings of beans at christmas.
Quote from: Haddas on Sun 25/09/2005 17:25:06
Sometimes the treetops move, but it could be my imagination. The closest thing to an earthquake I've experienced was my grandfather after 12 servings of beans at christmas.
The wind don't get harder here either I might add :)
Quote from: Farlander on Sat 24/09/2005 12:42:13
Asking about rebuiling... how true is that nyth that you Yankees build mainly with wood? That is, if true... risky!
If this is about what I said, I know it sounds a bit weird, but I think it's true. My wife is an architect, so...
And anyway, where I live, of course there are bricks on the outside walls (these beautifull yellow bricks) but every inside wall is very very thin, around 4-5 cm. So this wall is not made of anything stable. I'm sure I can knock it down anytime I want. Really. And my other house in Old Windsor was exactly the same...
I don't know, if there is someone from the Uk who can prove me wrong go ahead, cause what I'm telling you comes from my wife (second hand information, things can have a twist while transfering from person to person...). If I'm wrong I'm sorry. Of course I didin't want to offend anybody...
Quote from: Pumaman on Sat 24/09/2005 12:15:56
Heh, this is quite bad luck for the south coast, good luck to those of you who are in its path.
Would it be a good idea now if rather than rebuilding New Orleans in its old position, they rebuilt it 100 miles away so that it wouldn't be so susceptible to floods and hurricanes?
they should rebuild it underground, then the only threat would be lava, and we all know thats natures wussiest defence.
Quote from: Farlander on Sat 24/09/2005 12:42:13
Asking about rebuiling... how true is that nyth that you Yankees build mainly with wood? That is, if true... risky!
Not true. I live on Long Island, right by New York City. Mostly just concrete and steel with brick patterns or something on the outside. There are tons of badass looking buildings here, but not mostly out of wood. The suburban homes, wood and plaster. Not very risky, considering the fact that all the wood has the plaster covering it as well as paint and all that. The only fire risk is if something on the inside burns, not the walls. And we don't get many hurricanes in NY, and when we do, we don't even lose the power.
It IS true.
New house frames in the southern US (at least) are wood. The sidings can be brick veneer, plaster or wood.
I've seen several apartment complex fires here in Austin.
In the UK, new houses are built of brick.
There may be some temperature related reason for the difference but I think it's just that people are used to one or the other.
There's starting to be alot more steel buildings in NY, but NY is all I really know about... so I'm just going to pretend I know what I'm talking about for the northern reigon of the US :P
I'm about to be smacked by a LONGWANG!!!
Sorry, I really just wanted to say that.
It's time for our weekly typhoon here in Okinawa, and I was checking the latest forecasts and noticed that this week's typhoon is named "Longwang." I don't know what system they use to name them 'round here, but it's definitely better than the Hurricane naming system.
You can see live sattelite imagery of me being smacked by the Longwang here (http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/tc_home.html). Just check under the West Pacific section.
Heh. Sounds like they take names from A Fistful of Yen.
Well I'd like to thank everyone for their well-wishing. I fared fairly well, with only minor structural damage to the outside of my house, a barn which fell about 30% over, and a tree that of about 100 feet, 30 snapped off the top.
As for the "minor structural damage," some of the plastic siding along the underside of my roof got ripped off. It's cheap crap anyway.
The barn had one of its supports lifted up out of its base causing it to fall over, on top of my dad's boat. It was a crappy boat anyway. Not that it actually did any damage...just saying.
The tree was kind of scary because I had stepped outside Friday night to use the bathroom a few times (I forgot to mention we lost power about 10:30 P.M.) and it was getting blown around pretty hard. It shook me up just a bit seeing 30 feet of tree hanging 70 feet in the air running parallel to the rest of the tree.
Other than that we lost power, like I said, but we're doing all right. My two younger sisters are at my grandmother's house for now (since Sunday). And we have a small generator so we can run the well (living out in the sticks we don't have city water), a few fans, and the refrigerator. But it's terrible on gas.
Things are going to crap all around the world. I just wish the best of luck to everyone who...is alive right now. And to those who are dead too. It's not much fun be dead right now. I wouldn't know but I don't imagine it would be fun. I can't see how it would be. I don't imagine it's much worse than being alive though. Being alive is a pretty terrible thing to be doing these days.
Please don't kill yourself because of this nonsense. :=
Gee, with that outlook on life, why don't you run the suicide hotline?
:)
lol.
XD
Well...I've become sort of desensitized toward everything seeing as the girl that I love more than life itself is trying to break up with me I think...I'm not sure. She's not really sure either. She has no idea what she wants. And
"I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking...maybe six feet...ain't so far now..."
:=
Well...I just hope I can do something. Running away doesn't sound too fun, but it's worth it if I can save our relationship as the long-distance is half the problem... :o
I should stop talking. I'm starting to sound like some sort of depressed freak*. :D
* No offense to the depressed or the self-declared freaks. ;)
I've been through it before ... trust me when I tell you, it's definitely not worth hurting/killing yourself over.
Though I do like the Creed reference.
I know it seems like the world is caving in on you, but believe me, years from now you'll think it was silly to feel that way.
Hang in there.
Well seeing as I'm on a month long vacation from school due to lack of power due to Hurricane Rita, running away seems a perfectly logical thing to do. It's only 3 thousand miles (:=). Well...a little more. Is that too far to hitchhike in a month to see a girl? Probably not. Thanks for the advice Darth. ;D
Actually I probably won't. But the way my (STEP)dad is acting lately... :o