Hurricane Ike Stronger than Katrina?

[lillaimof2kids]

Hope everyone is OK!

Bandit - Hate to hear that! Keep your head up!

Here in central Ohio we had a wind storm yesterday from Ike. Last I heard there were 500,000 people with no electric. Lots of the electric co. trucks are down south helping out. So, they're saying people may be with no electricity for up to 7 days.

[Cali]

Update: One of my family members lost roof, fence and had flooding. Another had ceiling cave in and flooding. The others haven't been able to get to their house yet.

[JRScott]

Sorry to hear Cali, at least they have their health.

[AngelinaCat]

Update: One of my family members lost roof, fence and had flooding. Another had ceiling cave in and flooding. The others haven't been able to get to their house yet.

Hi Cali: Where is your family located? I've been reading that power probably won't be fully restored to Galveston for a month.

We have friends in Houston too. One set went to Austin, but another planned to stay in her apartment in Houston. Haven't heard from any of them yet.

My best wishes to your family~~~

[Lacy]

This storm isn't just in the south any more.

There is massive flooding all the way into the midwest from this storm. I think this storm is doing more widespread flood damage than Katrina. There are only 6 buildings left in my neighborhood that are not under water.

What do I see? I see boats going up & down my street rescuing people from their homes, fire trucks, sand bags and black water that looks like the blob. The concrete park bench out back in the gardens stands about 2.5 feet and is completely submersed. That is scary to see stuff disappear under water like that. The huge dumpster next door is floating around sideways like the titanic. My neighbor says this is the worse in over 30 years. State of emergency? I would say so.

I expect the basement in this house to be under water by tomorrow morning, even if the rain stopped right now. It is about 20 feet from the house and rising fast with 3 subpumps pumping hundreds of thousands of gallons of water out of the basement as I speak... Every road around me is closed to traffic, except boats and fire trucks. Over 100 flights were canceled through O'hare yesterday.

As for stress level, about a 9. Not a 10 yet because I am a good swimmer. I hope I dont get sick from these flood waters with more medical bills. I went to file finally and I am going to call monday and have him wait longer. I am so sick of this.

I simply do not ever see a fresh start in my future.

Oh no bandit so sorry to hear that !!

Try not to let this get you down to much. I know that's easier said than done though. But things will get better for you so keep your chin up... I hope you will check in soon and let us all know you are ok.

Sending hugs and prayers your way !

[Cali]

In Houston. And friends in Galveston.

[layla17]

Hi Cali: Where is your family located? I've been reading that power probably won't be fully restored to Galveston for a month.

We have friends in Houston too. One set went to Austin, but another planned to stay in her apartment in Houston. Haven't heard from any of them yet.

My best wishes to your family~~~

I have a friend in Houston and I just heard from her today, so I feel much better now. She is ok but of course they still don't have power.

[Bandit]

Whew!
That was close man. The water is going back down now. I can see things appearing from the grass upward. I drove to work last nite. It usually takes about 20-30 minutes in rush hour. The bus schedules were all running an hour late... I had to go about 20 miles out of the way in the completely opposite direction just to get back to where I started in order to bypass all the water. There was only one way to do it last night.

One hour and 20 minutes to travel about 10 miles from A to B in bumper to bumper. Can you believe that?

At least the business is not under water but some people wont be going to work for quite awhile.

We have big problems here though....cops and blockades out everywhere to keep people from driving into deadly water. People are very aggressive and angry right now. So many people have lost their homes and everything they own. Good news is- Only one person drowned instead of many.

I have pics that are very scary to look at knowing it was just a block away that people had to leave their flooded home. The basement here will be sub
pumping non stopped for about a week.
I will get back to you all in PM in a few days.

I hope everyone else here survives it without too much pain and problems.

[JRScott]

Good to hear your past the worst Bandit. I hope you see better days ahead

[AngelinaCatHub]

I’m afraid Galveston will not be livable for months. Every year we go to Galveston as Mrs. is a crew on the 1877 bark Elissa. A tall ship. Ship is ok, but tattered a bit, but the shop has top story gone. Here is a link that is current. A bit difficult to look at but pick a square, then click exact size button and magnify.

http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/ike/IMAGES/ike_c25886062.htm

[AngelinaCatHub]

Here is a very good overall look of the island. About nine minutes of the film Elissa is shown at her berth.

http://www.click2houston.com/video/17480828/index.html