Has anyone experienced 100 mph winds

DollarDave

PSOVLSK wrote: »

Am I the only one who thinks this is funny? A little mean, but funny.

Na, in person he is not a troll. I don't understand his internet persona, but, whatever... If he get wacked, I do to, so I hope we are both just fine.

snow

DaveMuell wrote: »

Na, in person he is not a troll. I don't understand his internet persona, but, whatever... If he get wacked, I do to, so I hope we are both just fine.

Actually I dont truly wish any harm on anyone even the few I cant get along with. It's all in jest.



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brettw22

I never said I was praying for him to be hurt.........

just that their internet gets wiped out and can't be fixed for a year or two........that should be good enough for me..........

snow

brettw22 wrote: »

I never said I was praying for him to be hurt.........

just that their internet gets wiped out and can't be fixed for a year or two........that should be good enough for me..........

Especially if we could narrow it down to one house.



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disneyjoe7

brettw22 wrote: »

I never said I was praying for him to be hurt.........

just that their internet gets wiped out and can't be fixed for a year or two........that should be good enough for me..........

Let us Pray for a miracle.

DollarDave

snow wrote: »

Especially if we could narrow it down to one house.



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I don't have the same ISP or even telco providor. This town is split at Mason Road and he is "over there". I have fiber to the house and a pretty good transfer rate. Over there, not so much. Could even explain why it apears he thinks a little slower than the rest of us...

disneyjoe7

Looks like Ike is going to be one nasty storm, my thoughts are with all in it's path.

candyliquor35m

Thanks. The storm surge on the coast is going to be hell. It's going right over houston but has shifted enough to the east that much of houston will be on the clean side. The blessing is that it may only be a cat 2 with winds for most of houston < 100 mph.

markmarc

I've experienced it along the front range of Colorado. The wind comes rushing down Boulder canyon and over the Flatiron peaks that stand against the city of Boulder. It's amazing how powerful it can be. I've watched a roof or two get blown off in just one gust.

polktiger

For this storm - if you don't get the surge. It shouldn't be much of a biggie. Especially if you have a newish house as TX should have some good standards for windload (hurricane clips on the roof, reinforced garage doors, etc).

As someone else posted, if the window is open, leave it that way. But I would suggest closing everything up. Bring anything not secured to the ground inside. Get your cars in the garage. You should only lose windows due to flying debris, so again, look around your house and try to minimize what can take flight. Expect to lose some shingles and tree limbs. Your house will be covered in leaves.

Being inland some, your worry will be tornados. In most hurricances it is the tornados that are thrown off that destroy things. A storm this big (while not overly strong) will spawn tons of tornados.

The 100mph is maximum sustained winds, gusts will be higher. But with a Cat 2 storm, unless your house is poorly built, you worry about surge and tornados. Also watch your eletronics, your power will be highly unreliable until it goes out. You will lose power at some point.

sucks2beme

polktiger wrote: »

For this storm - if you don't get the surge. It shouldn't be much of a biggie. Especially if you have a newish house as TX should have some good standards for windload (hurricane clips on the roof, reinforced garage doors, etc).
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Don't count on that. Building standards in Tejas are about as lax as
a third world country.

obieone

I just heard there's 90,000 DUMBASSES, sticking around, despite the numerous warnings from federal agencies, stating that they're facing "CERTAIN DEATH"
Can't fix stupid!

fossy

they are guessing 40% of Galveston did not evacuate...........hhhmmmmmm....didn't they watch the Katrina catastrophe ????

wz2p7j

"Am I the only one who thinks this is funny? A little mean, but funny."

Probably only funny if it's not your house and family in the path of the hurricane. I'm sure the folks lined up by Ike are seriously scared $hitless. Chris

dkg999

fossy wrote: »

they are guessing 40% of Galveston did not evacuate...........hhhmmmmmm....didn't they watch the Katrina catastrophe ????

Two great things about the US. 1) You have the right to decide your own destiny and the freedom to do mostly as you like. 2) When that freedom isn't combined with intelligence, the rest of us tax payers will pay to bail your dumb **** out.

It's those in TX that truly have no means to escape the storms path that I feel sorry for. May God watch over them.

exalted512

Im only supposed to get 50mph sustained winds here. I just hope my shed holds up. I dont think itll have any problems though. I did realize I missed the board on a couple of screws for the tin roof...hope that doesnt come to bite me in the ****.
-Cody

disneyjoe7

My thoughts to all in Texas, Cody I think that will bit you in the ****. I hope you have a hammer, nails, and some biz queen after the storm. If it was me all important electronics are now unplugged, to many surges during a storm with the power on.

exalted512

Egh, I'm pretty sure it'll be alright. I've been in worse hurricanes worried about stuff in worst shape than that. I'm a big fan of overkill and stuff like that will bother me. I'll fix it tomorrow, but it will be after the brunt of the storm. Hopefully it'll be alright, I'm pretty sure it'll be fine.

Laptop is getting unplugged in a few minutes, everything else already off.
-Cody

engtaz

Been threw Hurricane Frederick in Pensacola. The worst place to be is the east side of the Hurricane. I was lucky,the eye went straight over us, North to South. TX is getting it East to East was which is bad. You can look at Ivan and what the West side did to the bridges. Knock them down. Every body looked at what happened to New Orleans but forgot how it flattened Mississippi.

Good Luck and prayer sent for them in it's path,
engtaz

disneyjoe7

I hope everyones lives on a hill so they're high, there's a lot of flooding.

exalted512

Yea, I'm on the west side. The worst is over here, there will be some thunderstorms later tonight, but nothing but rain and wind right now. Shed is fine and will be fine, the wind is dying down, less than 40 mph sustained winds now. A lot of Houston is out of power and some parts will be out for up to 2 weeks. Gives some of you some hope
-Cody

disneyjoe7

Nice to hear you're safe, and no major damage. And above all you got power so Frig works, hot water, and cooking. Life is good.

candyliquor35m

ridin' the storm out!! waiting for the fallout!!

power was out 13.5 hours. lost close to 2/3 of my fence, one small piece of vinyl siding blown off, yard full of leaves and small limbs, no broken windows or major damage.

fossy

Those little things are easy to replace-- glad your ok - Carry on

billbillw

Evidently things got worse for our friend in Houston. He hasn't posted since Saturday. Very odd for him.

TNRabbit

...this forum experiences 100 mph sustained winds of hot air every time CL makes a post...

croutons

As a resident of Florida, I've experienced a number of hurricanes. A few years back (2004), we had three come through my area within a few weeks of each other. It was pretty intense.

I was successfully able to have a bbq during the weakest of the three. We strapped the grill to the back patio, almost flush against the back doors for "support".... but it just so happened that our support also cooked burgers! There was just enough room to crack open the door, stick out a spatula, and flip some meat. In retrospect, I'm surprised I didn't burn down the house.

There's something extra delicious about a hurricane burger. Take that mother nature!

disneyjoe7

croutons wrote: »

As a resident of Florida, I've experienced a number of hurricanes. A few years back (2004), we had three come through my area within a few weeks of each other. It was pretty intense.

I was successfully able to have a bbq during the weakest of the three. We strapped the grill to the back patio, almost flush against the back doors for "support".... but it just so happened that our support also cooked burgers! There was just enough room to crack open the door, stick out a spatula, and flip some meat. In retrospect, I'm surprised I didn't burn down the house.

There's something extra delicious about a hurricane burger. Take that mother nature!

LOL love the BBQ story.


And yes those 3 hurricanes SUCKED

I woke up in the morning after Charley and stated to my neighbor I never want to go through that again, 3 weeks later again, 2 weeks after that again.

We all can laugh about that year now.

F1nut

TNRabbit wrote: »

...this forum experiences 100 mph sustained winds of hot air every time CL makes a post...

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Great sig material there.

croutons

disneyjoe7 wrote: »

LOL love the BBQ story.


And yes those 3 hurricanes SUCKED

I woke up in the morning after Charley and stated to my neighbor I never want to go through that again, 3 weeks later again, 2 weeks after that again.

We all can laugh about that year now.

Yeah, I know what you mean. That's an experience I wouldn't wish on anyone!