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  • LCHIEN
    Super Moderator
    • Dec 2002
    • 21972
    • Katy, TX, USA.
    • BT3000 vintage 1999
    #1

    Aftermath of Ike - Houston Weather

    Looks like the storm took out the weather instruments at the Houston Chronicle weather station.
    Wind: -9999 N mph
    Temp -9999 degrees
    Wind chill 1000 degrees
    Humidity N/A (But I'll guess its 110%)

    OTOH the air quality is good. Pollutants are 250 miles away by now.

    Note Galveston high tides listed as 2.46'. More like 22 feet today.
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    Last edited by LCHIEN; 09-16-2008, 03:36 PM.
    Loring in Katy, TX USA
    If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
    BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions
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    • jonmulzer
      Senior Member
      • Dec 2007
      • 946
      • Indianapolis, IN
      #2
      On the brightside, if you need to smelt any iron now would be the time to do it.
      "A fine beer may be judged with just one sip, but it is better to be thoroughly sure"

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        • LCHIEN
          Super Moderator
          • Dec 2002
          • 21972
          • Katy, TX, USA.
          • BT3000 vintage 1999
          #3
          More like Freezing **** over... Minus 9999...

          the wind chill just makes it feel like -11000 degrees.
          Last edited by LCHIEN; 09-13-2008, 07:20 PM.
          Loring in Katy, TX USA
          If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
          BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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            • Thalermade
              Senior Member
              • Dec 2002
              • 791
              • Ohio
              • BT 3000
              #4
              Thanks for the update. Just received an email from my Sis and BIL. A few tree limbs down. some house siding trim peeled away. No power. They live in Houston, West (maybe a narrow area called Memorial). I just remember Dairy Ashford Blvd? and a great place for burgers and milkshakes.

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                • LCHIEN
                  Super Moderator
                  • Dec 2002
                  • 21972
                  • Katy, TX, USA.
                  • BT3000 vintage 1999
                  #5
                  dairy ashford and Memorial drive is a nice area, about 10 miles closer to town than me. probably got a lot of wind and rain.
                  lots of good restaurants around there.. Maybe Beck's Prime is the Burger place?...
                  Loring in Katy, TX USA
                  If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
                  BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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                    • LCHIEN
                      Super Moderator
                      • Dec 2002
                      • 21972
                      • Katy, TX, USA.
                      • BT3000 vintage 1999
                      #6
                      Another victim of Ike:

                      life is heck
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                      Last edited by LCHIEN; 09-15-2008, 06:34 PM.
                      Loring in Katy, TX USA
                      If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
                      BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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                        • ssmith1627
                          Senior Member
                          • Dec 2005
                          • 704
                          • Corryton, TN, USA.
                          • Ryobi BT3100
                          #7
                          Wow, that's a crazy picture. Did you take that ?

                          Steve

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                            • LCHIEN
                              Super Moderator
                              • Dec 2002
                              • 21972
                              • Katy, TX, USA.
                              • BT3000 vintage 1999
                              #8
                              nope, it was on the Houston Chronicle website. www.chron.com
                              Loring in Katy, TX USA
                              If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
                              BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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                                • ssmith1627
                                  Senior Member
                                  • Dec 2005
                                  • 704
                                  • Corryton, TN, USA.
                                  • Ryobi BT3100
                                  #9
                                  Crazy picture.

                                  Was it a wave that put them through ? Or during the flooding ?

                                  Never seen anything quite like it.

                                  Steve

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                                    • jussi
                                      Veteran Member
                                      • Jan 2007
                                      • 2162
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by LCHIEN
                                      life is heck
                                      Someone needs to caption that. Wonder what the fish was thinking as it was flying through the air.
                                      I reject your reality and substitute my own.

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                                        • LCHIEN
                                          Super Moderator
                                          • Dec 2002
                                          • 21972
                                          • Katy, TX, USA.
                                          • BT3000 vintage 1999
                                          #11
                                          it was the result of the storm surge, the sea probably rose 15-feet or so above MSL and the yard and fence were under the sea for a while the fish just swimming around and said hey whats this doing here? Then the sea receeded leaving the fish stuck there.
                                          Loring in Katy, TX USA
                                          If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
                                          BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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                                            • BobSch
                                              Veteran Member
                                              • Aug 2004
                                              • 4385
                                              • Minneapolis, MN, USA.
                                              • BT3100
                                              #12
                                              Here's a guy who came up with a novel way to protect his car. Or maybe it was the tree he didn't want to lose.

                                              http://tinyurl.com/6fn5jt
                                              Bob

                                              Bad decisions make good stories.

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                                                • LCHIEN
                                                  Super Moderator
                                                  • Dec 2002
                                                  • 21972
                                                  • Katy, TX, USA.
                                                  • BT3000 vintage 1999
                                                  #13
                                                  Aggie storm protection

                                                  OK, so someone tell me how this Aggie storm window protection is supposed to work:
                                                  (hint, look at which side of the plate glass windows the boarding-up is done from.)
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                                                  Loring in Katy, TX USA
                                                  If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
                                                  BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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                                                    • jussi
                                                      Veteran Member
                                                      • Jan 2007
                                                      • 2162
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by BobSch
                                                      Here's a guy who came up with a novel way to protect his car. Or maybe it was the tree he didn't want to lose.

                                                      http://tinyurl.com/6fn5jt

                                                      Isn't that vehicle abuse
                                                      I reject your reality and substitute my own.

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                                                        • chabin76
                                                          Forum Newbie
                                                          • Dec 2005
                                                          • 40
                                                          • Edmond, OK, USA.
                                                          • BT3100
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by LCHIEN
                                                          dairy ashford and Memorial drive is a nice area, about 10 miles closer to town than me. probably got a lot of wind and rain.
                                                          lots of good restaurants around there.. Maybe Beck's Prime is the Burger place?...
                                                          MMMM Beck's Prime. Best steak sandwich I have ever had!

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