Trying to post pictures from Hurricane Ike
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Foggylink
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Probably the size restriction ... :x
DaleH
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Uncle Matt
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If i'm not mistaken, the last boat floating was a Parker!
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Seriously though, I feel for all that lived through that and will have to try to go on. The devastation is beyond belief.
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Seriously though, I feel for all that lived through that and will have to try to go on. The devastation is beyond belief.
Ranger Tim
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Since this event happened I have been waiting for the media to begin the feeding frenzy of who is at fault for "Ike," (a natural disaster). Evidently there are other stories more sensational at present to distract them.
Houston, Galveston and its environs have my sympathy and my prayers for a quick recovery. As with our recent storm (Isabel) and the Gulf states (Katrina), we all face tough challenges from time to time. I am sure that Texans will step up to the plate and do what must be done to rebuild and recover. I am withholding most of my comments on a particular metropolitan area to prevent this post from becoming political. Have you guys in Texas received your $2000 spending money yet? :roll:
There was a Parker 2520 here in Va. that got a serious beating against a piling during Isabel and there was some damage to the hull at the rub rail. It was repaired easily and she's back on the water. Perhaps if everyone would buy Parkers there would be much lower insurance rates for boaters!
These storms will come and they will hurt anyone in their path. That is the nature of hurricanes. I feel the benefit of living close enough to the water to enjoy it is worth the risk. I don't expect the rest of the population to share that risk with me. The ocean is no place for the weak or faint of heart.
Houston, Galveston and its environs have my sympathy and my prayers for a quick recovery. As with our recent storm (Isabel) and the Gulf states (Katrina), we all face tough challenges from time to time. I am sure that Texans will step up to the plate and do what must be done to rebuild and recover. I am withholding most of my comments on a particular metropolitan area to prevent this post from becoming political. Have you guys in Texas received your $2000 spending money yet? :roll:
There was a Parker 2520 here in Va. that got a serious beating against a piling during Isabel and there was some damage to the hull at the rub rail. It was repaired easily and she's back on the water. Perhaps if everyone would buy Parkers there would be much lower insurance rates for boaters!
These storms will come and they will hurt anyone in their path. That is the nature of hurricanes. I feel the benefit of living close enough to the water to enjoy it is worth the risk. I don't expect the rest of the population to share that risk with me. The ocean is no place for the weak or faint of heart.
I didn't suffer any damage to either my home or condo. I did go to my brother's house in Georgia for a few days until power came back. Loaded up the wife and dogs and off we went for a short vacation. We had decided to go to our home in Costa Rica but waited too long and the Houston airport was closed.
I know two people who live(d) in a condo complex about 1/4 mile from mine and it is basically destroyed. The city of El Lago has refused to allow any of the owners to return as there is no power, water, or sewer and, they have told the homeowners not to plan on moving back. They applied to FEMA for housing assistance and have been denied. FEMA has said the complex is habitable even though the city inspected it and won't let them in even to retreive any belongings which may have survived. They appealed the FEMA ruling and it has been denied by Washington based on the local FEMA ruling. Needless to say the owners are upset.
BTW, there are no minorites in that complex if that means anything.
Generally speaking we Texans have not complained too much and haven't cried about what the goevernment has or hasn't done. Most neighbors are helping one another. If fact, I have friends staying in my condo until they can return to their home. I simply have stayed at my house north of Houston.
I know two people who live(d) in a condo complex about 1/4 mile from mine and it is basically destroyed. The city of El Lago has refused to allow any of the owners to return as there is no power, water, or sewer and, they have told the homeowners not to plan on moving back. They applied to FEMA for housing assistance and have been denied. FEMA has said the complex is habitable even though the city inspected it and won't let them in even to retreive any belongings which may have survived. They appealed the FEMA ruling and it has been denied by Washington based on the local FEMA ruling. Needless to say the owners are upset.
BTW, there are no minorites in that complex if that means anything.
Generally speaking we Texans have not complained too much and haven't cried about what the goevernment has or hasn't done. Most neighbors are helping one another. If fact, I have friends staying in my condo until they can return to their home. I simply have stayed at my house north of Houston.
JTR
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JWL":20fht17u said:
Nice to know there are good people out there willing to help.