Parrothead Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Just curious--1. Where are you currently in Houston?2. Are you leaving?We are in West Houston, BW8 and Memorial/I-10...and I think we're leaving tonight or tomorrow to go to Dallas...Good luck to everyone!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Location: HeightsStatus: Riding it outWhere: In a 3-story warehouse/office next to Minute Maid Park. Will take pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 using the same format Location: Uptown Status: Riding it out Where: Between Westhiemer and Richmond by the Galleria, tall skinny townhome, riding it out too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Location: Spring (just south of the Spring Creek, which seperates us from the woodlands, and immediately south of Willow Creek, a tributary which feeds into Spring Creek, which has flooded before....)Status: Hunkering down in a 2-story house not built to withstand a Cat. 5 (or 4) hurricaneAttitude: very nervous, I lived through Alicia, and watched the bricks being peeled off the side of my all brick apartment building in southwest Houston, and then saw the apartment above me crash down into mine after its' roof blew off and filled it with rain, so as I say, very nervous.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west20th Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Location: HeightsStatus: Riding it out at home w/husband and two dogsThe house is newer but I'm not sure COH building codes account for hurricane force winds like they might in Galveston. Hope it holds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston born and raised Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 I live in Arkansas now but my parents live in Sugar Land and they are going to ride it out. My brother and sister live in north Houston and are also riding it out. My brother's in-laws live in Clear Lake and left this morning to stay with my brother. My niece lives on Westheimer and is leaving tonight to come up here and stay with me for a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestGrayGuy Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Location: Midtown/4th WardStatus: Leaving for Austin tomorrowReason: Fear of no electricity...I did it once during Alicia...never again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowspark Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Location: near Meyerland, one story houseStatus: gonna stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1fd Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Location: Just North of 610 between Ella and ShepherdStatus: Packing up the BullDog and getting out of town late late tonight to try to avoid traffic.Where: Going to Nacogdoches, TX Why: No water, no electricity, no interweb = no fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 BastropNot evacuating. We have folks who will take us in, but not the cats, so we are staying put. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Uptown Taking the family and dog to Dallas. I'm lucky to go 2 weeks without losing power, no way I'm riding this one out without AC. Good luck folks. Oh and if you end up looting my place... please trash it. Danke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamtagon Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 My brother and his family live in Victoria. They're taking off for weekend camping in the Hill Counrty - Leakey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 no Im not evacuating - I live just east of the Med Center (really just east) on the second floor. I plan on going over to my sisters apartment (just north of Buff. Bayou) and weathering the storm with her.Of course - if the storm remains a cat. 5 and turns directly for Houston then I may evacuate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houstonian in Iraq Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Location: Tikrit, Iraq Status: Watching storm updates periodically on CNN and the net Where: In a cramp six person tent with 12 other soldiers May the Force be with you Houston (please, No rioting or looting that would be a bit embarrassing ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Location: Tikrit, IraqStatus: Watching storm updates periodically on CNN and the net Where: In a cramp six person tent with 12 other soldiers May the Force be with you Houston (please, No rioting or looting that would be a bit embarrassing ) Dude, I think I'm jealous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escapee Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 We bugged out a year ago. Up in NE Texas now. Still have a place in Houston, tho. Up for sale/lease. Hope it doesn't float away. I had a sister in Gulfport and one in Mobile thru Katrina. My husband's family is in Houston. Glad we are here, but very concerned about family left behind. Anybody in the Heights who can share about how it's going..............we'd sure appreciate the updates. God bless y'all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thWardBoy Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Location: 4th WardStatus: waiting it out, possibly leaving tomorrow if storm continues in our directionDestination: brother in Dallasi was thinking going through austin to get to dallas, probably better than 45, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmancuso Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Location: UptownStatus: Riding it outWhere: Yorktown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayouCityGirl Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Where: Southwest HoustonMigrating to my dads house near th eDome/Reliant stadiumWhy: I don't think my apartment is safe and it leaks when it rains.Looting: spare me the trouble and take my VCR! but leave me the tape inside if you can peel it out carefully. (its kinda jammed)Other then that...well um..save me the artwork too. I treasure that. If you want there's some food in the fridge but it may be old by the time you get it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssullivan Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Location now: Huntsville, AL at the moment; flying home 24 hours earlier than planned tomorrow afternoonLocation, when not on the road: Corner of Kirby and North Braeswood, right on Brays BayouStatus: Landing at IAH around 3:00 and heading north to Mom and Dad's to sit this thing out. My place did not flood in Allison, but there's a first time for everything. I'm also afraid of no electricity, high winds, and not being able to stock my kitchen with food and water (there's hardly any there right now) if I get to Houston tomorrow afternoon and try to ride this thing out. So at this point I'm just leaving things at home as they were a week ago when I was last there, and hoping for the best.My sister and a friend of hers, plus two dogs, arrived at my parents' place this afternoon. They live in the Clear Lake area. So there will be a number of us camped out together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelguy_73 Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Location now: Puerto Ricocoming home a couple of days early to grab the pets, the boyfriend, and figure out whether to stay in my mid-rise loft or head to College Station to visit friends. I am leaning towards riding it out as my place faces NW so perhaps is on the 'quiet' side of the building. Still, the thought of no AC for a few days is NOT nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Location: WestUI'm staying put. Got my water and food for at least a week. Gased up my cars. Not boarding up my windows, but I'm sure I'll regret it.My house was built in 1937. I'm hoping the old growth wood and the old world craftmanship will add up to making it through Rita.My parents house in Sugar Land is our secondary place if ours is a mess. They also own a vacant house near Bellaire and HWy 6, that's a third option. Also our work buildin is a fourth. Hopefully one of these will survive and have running water and electricity. If not, we're headed to Dallas.BTW, the big Krogers on Buffalo and West Park is stocked up on everything! Not the bare shelves the TV led us to believe. This was about 1 hour ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Location: Richmond/Sugarland ETJ Status: Will hold it out, in a brand new house, with special structural bracings for events like this (steel roof brackets, facade tie ins, anchor bolting, etc). Looting: I'll have your head on a stick in the front yard as a warning to others, if you try to loot my place.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westguy Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Since it looks poised to make a direct hit on Galveston, and since Rita is probably the biggest, nastiest storm ever seen in our little pond, I'm thinking of heading up to Dallas, then Tulsa. I don't have any plywood to board up the windows, but I can imagine the hell this poor house will go through this weekend. I'm not worried about flooding, but the winds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 revised plan for me - I will head up to my parents home in Champions Forestto weather the storm - that is 30+ miles north of me and the storm shouldnt be nearly as bad there as it is here (likely cat. 2 ~ winds by then).To all - good luck and stay safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westguy Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 How long will it take to get far enough away from the storm so one does not get stuck in traffic in hurrican/TS force winds? I'm thinking of leaving Thursday morning with a pet. I might have to go to Bryan-CS first before heading to Dallas. What's the best route to take? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dream Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Location: Third Ward, Riverside TerraceRiding the storm out. Got gas in all the cars, food, water, generator, etc. I hope the tree next door doesn't fall on the house.Dream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 location yesterday: southeast sidelocation now: bellairelocation (hopefully) sometime tomorrow: somewhere in the hill country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stolitx Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Location: Glenbrook Valley/Hobby Status: Riding it out. We're as ready as we can be. Enough wood to board up one or two solid rooms. Tons of water, food, dog food, batteries, battery tv & radio, flashlights, propane for grills, generator, ice, extra gas, etc. (Even some booze) We also have a pool to help cool us off.There will be about 6 of us here (my family and some friends who didn't want to ride it out alone) and 5 dogs. Only 3 of the dogs will have owners in the house, the other 2 had owners who evacuated but asked us to watch their dogs.Interesting update - around 8:00 my mom got a recorded call from the Mayor of Pasadena informing her of a mandatory evacuation Thursday by 6 am. So she's just arrived here now with my brother. Just a bit earlier than they planned on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssullivan Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Revised plan: Due to the traffic situation getting out of Houston, I've rescheduled my flight home for the third time, now tentatively coming in on Sunday. I'll be waiting it out 600 miles away in Huntsville, AL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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