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I am guessing that the Houston area may get its share of tornadoes caused by hurricanes. It seems like when a hurricane hits land they break out all over the place. I recall reading that Katrina caused over 50 of them and Ivan well over 100. I assume that you were out of town for Rita and Ike so you may not have heard the warning.
We moved here the year after Katrina and Rita. We were on vacation during Ike and missed the entire thing, including the power outage. Ike did have many tornadoes, one which hit downtown and blew out many of the windows to the tallest buidling in Texas:
"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf
We moved here the year after Katrina and Rita. We were on vacation during Ike and missed the entire thing, including the power outage. Ike did have many tornadoes, one which hit downtown and blew out many of the windows to the tallest buidling in Texas:
Corporate safety sent that very picture to warn those of us in Denver last week during a major storm to stay away from the windows. There were a couple tornado warnings back-to-back. I happened to be in a pretty flimsy construction office at the time, so I was actually nervous during a tornado warning for the first time since I was about 8 years old.
"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU. "Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek. GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
A 1000-yr storm near the Utah/Arizona/Nevada border. I-15 will be close for 3-4 days. Yowza, that is an insane storm.
Notice the van being washed away at about 1:20.
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"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
A 1000-yr storm near the Utah/Arizona/Nevada border. I-15 will be close for 3-4 days. Yowza, that is an insane storm.
Notice the van being washed away at about 1:20.
Did we just watch someone die?
"Sure, I fought. I had to fight all my life just to survive. They were all against me. Tried every dirty trick to cut me down, but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch."
"Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon
That's what my day will be like this afternoon. I have to fight 10 inches of snow on the mountain to get my camper trailer out. Hopefully, I won't have to chain up.
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"Outlined against a blue, gray
October sky the Four Horsemen rode again"
Grantland Rice, 1924
That's what my day will be like this afternoon. I have to fight 10 inches of snow on the mountain to get my camper trailer out. Hopefully, I won't have to chain up.
Nice humblebrag. Though I may be the only one here who sees the brag part of the post.
Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss
There's three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who's got the same first name as a city; and never go near a lady's got a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock
"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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