mrking

I darn near killed myself in it a few times...it lasted 4 years. I was sitting at a stop sign on a rainy night and some lady lost control of her car and skid broadside into me. I had the body fixed, but it messed up the frame. Anything over 30mph and it rattled after that. Had to let it go. Traded it in for a 1970 corvette, yellow, t-top, 427/390hp with A/C...only 200 of them built! Guess what, in 1972 it was stolen, never found. I love corvettes, they just gave me bad luck! MK ps - one time in the 1966 vette (before I-45, when 75 was still a two lane) I was late for a date in Houston and drove Dallas to Houston in 2hrs, 30min...stopped for gas twice!

I remember Boyd Mullen chevrolet very well...when I was 17yo, my Dad bought my first corvette there. I wanted a hot yellow new 1966 t-top coupe, but it was $4700, Dad did not want to pay that much. They had a special order come in that the guy did not take...it was a new 1966 convertable for $3600...no airconditioning, blue. I told Dad I could live with it...he was not much into cars so I did not tell him why it did not have A/C...it was a 427cu/425hp (factory!) with racing clutch, heavy duty 4-speed, 3.7 rear end with solid lifters....70mph in 1st gear! (in a hurry). I loved that car, even with 10mpg! MK

Yes, we lost everything...no FEMA to help anyone, no rising water insurance then. All we had was each other to help survive and start over. The Salvation Army gave us food and water as my family tried to repair our home. The Red Cross charged us for everything they gave us, sent us a bill. I have never given a dime to the Red Cross, but give something back every year to the Salvation Army! I think Rita had the potential to be devastating to this area had it not veered north...first time I was scared since Carla....I have since Audrey been a hurricane nut, tracked all of them and even wrote a speadsheet to forecast their movements... MK

I lived in Texas City in 1961 (I was 12yo)...never will forget Sept 9-11. On the Saturday morning before Carla, my Dad went fishing as he did every Saturday morning. He would come home at noon, cook his fish caught on the Texas city dyke, then watch baseball. This Saturday morning was different, he came home by 10:00am and looked like he had seen a ghost...he said in two hours, the water rose 3 feet...we had to leave. We rode out Audrey in 1957, he this one would be very different. By noon we were on our way to Houston, just took a few clothes...and we stayed at the Lamar hotel, near the under construction Texas Bank of Commerce (as I recall). I watched the radar and Dan Rather all weekend and it veered west the last 100 miles hitting Port O'Connor. Carla was travelling less than 10mph and it seemed over 24 hours that the wind in downtown houston was so strong, blew many windows out. Looking at a map, Port O'Connor was a long way away, but Carla was so big physically. All the homes at the resort on the shore side of causeway were gone. The railroad tracks by the county hospital in La Marque had 10-15 shrimp boats resting on it...we had a weekend home in Lake Alaska, it was gone. I recall going to Galveston a week after Carla and besides the piers, most damage seemed to be from tornadoes. We lived 6 blocks from the seawall in Texas City, near Blocker Junior High...and had 4ft of water in our home, destroyed everything and we never found our fence. My Father's business was destroyed....I was in West Houston for Alicia and all of the others since Carla. I just pray we never have one like that ever again.... MK

I am sorry for being so late to read and reply to this topic, I just recently discovered this wonderful forum! Regarding Larry Kane and Jerry Roe (even later Geoffery Underwood), I must confess to being one of the group. The location for the studio was downtown on Caroline? I am 58 now, maybe at the time was the youngest. I started taking lessons from Jerry Roe in 1961 and took lessons from him and Jeffery Underwood for over 5 years continuously. Exact dates elude me, but I was one the Larry Kane show weekly for over 6 months. I am looking at the certificates on my office wall at home now received from my efforts. Bronze Star on April 8, 1961, Bronze Medal on April 9, 1962, plus 3 others. Issued by the "Jerry Roe Dance Studio". Signed by Jerry Roe. I do not recall the year I danced a solo perfomance at the medal ball at the Shamrock Hilton, but it was a mambo and the live band was Perez Prado. Never will forget that moment...to Mambo #8. Most of the names of my contemporaries escape me..most memorable was Alfred Arispe. Great style, also names remembered are Stephani Chifani, Bonita Brocco (went to her birthday party I think). Forgive me, it has just been too long! One thing I will never forget is the many dances and fun I had. I moved away and lost contact but I promise you, it was wonderful!!! MK