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Hurricane Ike came ashore and devistated this area! It was a strong cat.2 storm. It was such a large storm the surge hit MUCH sooner and larger than any of the storms in my 52 years Carla a cat. 4 and Alicia a cat 3. The surge came ashore so much quicker the death toll was WAY higher because folks thought they had more time to get out of the way! Needless to say we ain't celebrating down here on the Upper Texas Gulf Coast!

I thought I would add this http://galvestondailynews.com/story/257482

and this http://galvestondailynews.com/hurricanecarla/

Natural disaster via hurricane is nothing new to the Texas coast.
Sure seem to generate a lot less whining than some other areas of the country.

I believe it was Carla that destroyed our family home in Portland.

Perhaps another, in or around 67-68.

Been a lot of water under the bridge ( pun intended ) since then.

I recall my father and mother were in the process of selling out so we could relocate to Texas City for my fathers employ with Mobil.

What I don't recall was a lot of emotional attachment on their part.

It was just ... life.

Three weeks ago, Hurricane Irene messed up my freakin' yard with a few tree limbs and kept my power out for 3 days! Beat that, homies!

My father used to take us for walks in the eye of worse storms than the ones the "news" tout as "killer".
Th greatest danger was the thousands of seagulls circling overhead.

The wussification of America is nearly complete.

I remember about 6-7 years ago there was a hurricane in FL that knocked our power out for 5 days. It was horrible! Middle of summer...could not sleep because it was so hot out, which made it hard to breathe. Everyone walked or drove to Wal-Mart and just stood in the store because it was one of the few places that had air conditioning.

I remember about 6-7 years ago there was a hurricane in FL that knocked our power out for 5 days. It was horrible! Middle of summer...could not sleep because it was so hot out, which made it hard to breathe. Everyone walked or drove to Wal-Mart and just stood in the store because it was one of the few places that had air conditioning.

Ha ha They did 'Family Guy" episode that covered that... The AC at "Supermart" drew all the city's power out...

I was two years old, when my family was packed and ready to ship over From Houston TX to Europe to meet up with my dad (in the Army). Anyway, Hurricane Carla blasted through. I was cuddled up to my mom in the master bedroom. She had an instintive bad feeling about the room...bad place to be.. so she got up and carried me to the next room. No sooner did she have me off the bed than down crashed the ceiling...on the bed...

I see your homies and I raise you one

Natural disaster via hurricane is nothing new to the Texas coast.
Sure seem to generate a lot less whining than some other areas of the country.

I believe it was Carla that destroyed our family home in Portland.

Perhaps another, in or around 67-68.

Been a lot of water under the bridge ( pun intended ) since then.

I recall my father and mother were in the process of selling out so we could relocate to Texas City for my fathers employ with Mobil.

What I don't recall was a lot of emotional attachment on their part.

It was just ... life.

Portland? Portland, Texas? Then surely you know of my home town. Sinton, America! Small world. And, yes, hurricanes and big storms along the coast were just a way of life.

-Randy

Yes Randy... been to Sinton many times.

We (Gregory-Portland's high school football team ) were in district at that time.

Think I may have had an uncle in Sinton too... that was so long ago.

1963. Ville Platte Louisiana. Don't remember its name, but a hurricane dumped a huge amount of rain and some serious wind on us. I went out and saddled up the horse and rode around during the eye, water knee deep on the horse. Boy did I get in trouble when my mother went looking for me...they showed a picture in the paper next day of a broom straw that impaled a telephone pole, split it like kindling.

Yeah I got my ass beat but it was worth it to ride around and check out our temporary lake during the eye of the storm...

Take that "homies"...

1963. Ville Platte Louisiana. Don't remember its name, but a hurricane dumped a huge amount of rain and some serious wind on us. I went out and saddled up the horse and rode around during the eye, water knee deep on the horse. Boy did I get in trouble when my mother went looking for me...they showed a picture in the paper next day of a broom straw that impaled a telephone pole, split it like kindling.

Yeah I got my ass beat but it was worth it to ride around and check out our temporary lake during the eye of the storm...

Take that "homies"...

I think we have a winner !!

When Ike came through I went out during the eye. The western edge of the eye came right over our house. They claim Ike came ashore on Sept. 13th we first noticed its effects on Sept. 12 before dark. We were experiencing winds of 100 mile an hour plus by 10:30 Sept 12. Our power went out at around 12.45 am Sept 13th by that time I could see the upstairs walls in our house moving up to 4 inches. I woke the kids up and made them go downstairs as I didn't want them getting blown away if the walls collapsed. Also at this time I could here the shingles being blown off the roof. My truck still has scratches from the shingles hitting it. We live very close to the Gulf and our house is constructed to take on a hurricane as much as possible. After Ike I had the best composition roof put on (class 4) will withstand winds up to 130 mph.
We were one of the few families to stay during the hurricane. When the winds started to die down During the eye around 4:00 am I went outside to view the damage to our house and the neighbors that had left. Walking around during the eye is the strangest feeling you can see the stars and clouds swirling around as the storm wall approaches. It is a false sense of security because the worst is YET to come the winds on the other side of the eye come from the opposite direction and are WAYY stronger for another 7 hrs.

When Ike came through I went out during the eye. The western edge of the eye came right over our house. They claim Ike came ashore on Sept. 13th we first noticed its effects on Sept. 12 before dark. We were experiencing winds of 100 mile an hour plus by 10:30 Sept 12. Our power went out at around 12.45 am Sept 13th by that time I could see the upstairs walls in our house moving up to 4 inches. I woke the kids up and made them go downstairs as I didn't want them getting blown away if the walls collapsed. Also at this time I could here the shingles being blown off the roof. My truck still has scratches from the shingles hitting it. We live very close to the Gulf and our house is constructed to take on a hurricane as much as possible. After Ike I had the best composition roof put on (class 4) will withstand winds up to 130 mph.
We were one of the few families to stay during the hurricane. When the winds started to die down During the eye around 4:00 am I went outside to view the damage to our house and the neighbors that had left. Walking around during the eye is the strangest feeling you can see the stars and clouds swirling around as the storm wall approaches. It is a false sense of security because the worst is YET to come the winds on the other side of the eye come from the opposite direction and are WAYY stronger for another 7 hrs.

You Know, I have to wonder if Dome shaped houses are the way to go. I'm thinking that no wind can either by hurricane or tornado could grab a dome shaped structure...