LoveSalads
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Post by LoveSalads on Jul 12, 2024 9:17:58 GMT -5
Hi everyone. Yes, I am again "in the dark" thanks to the hurricane. We are fortunate to have a generator, natural gas for stove and water heater, and uninterrupted water service. We had a small amount of property damage (fence, landscaping, etc.) and cleanup has been miserable in the heat and humidity.
I hope any other AGers who live in the path of the storm are all OK. Good to hear from you. Glad you are ok. Sometimes the hum of generators in the neighborhood is reassuring. Texas has been getting hammered way too much over these last years. Hopefully you get power back sooner than later. |
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Post by slw on Jul 14, 2024 16:17:53 GMT -5
Good to hear from you. Glad you are ok. Sometimes the hum of generators in the neighborhood is reassuring. Texas has been getting hammered way too much over these last years. Hopefully you get power back sooner than later. Thanks. It is now Day 6 of no power or internet and the drone of generators pervades everything. I'm grateful to have one but the noise is truly awful. It is maddening because the opposite side of our street has power so we can see the glow of their windows at night...gah.
I'm so glad I only have one little AG planted... a Harvest Elite with a cherry tomato plant. Not sure it's going to survive but it's hanging in so far.
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CatHerder
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Post by CatHerder on Oct 4, 2024 17:24:46 GMT -5
Half a million people in Harris County are still without power, so there is a substantial probability that they are not even able to get on line to check in here. Storms took down some major transmission towers, and the prognosis for repair is not in terms of hours or even days, but in some cases, weeks.  Problem now is dealing with the heat and humidity to stay cool, because after a storm like this, Houston feels like being in a dog's mouth. Keep Cool and Carry On, and we hope to hear from you Houston folks soon. Hey, that was right behind our house in Cypress!! Took out the entire line and all the subdivisions around the area were out. We had no power for about a week - so yes, when this was posted - no power. |
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Post by CatHerder on Oct 4, 2024 17:31:31 GMT -5
I know we have a couple of members from the Houston area.
slw and CatHerder are you guys ok? Were you impacted from the recent powerful storm? Missed this when you posted - had no power for about a week. Those power towers that were down, were ours - in the green strip behind our subdivision. The derecho caused an EF1 tornado. It took our fence and most of our roof with it as we watched it rip through our back yard. Not fun. I know it's late - but Thanks for checking on us!  |
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Post by CatHerder on Oct 4, 2024 17:45:15 GMT -5
Hello all and thanks for thinking of us. We are OK... no property damage but it was scary. No power/internet since last Thursday. I have limited connectivity but thank God for generators. My AGs are all toast.
Take care everyone. I hope Catherder is OK, too.
Sorry so late to reply... We had no power/internet (Canyon Lakes area) for about a week due to those power lines being down (right behind our subdivision). We actually witnessed the tornado go through the neighborhood from our windows on the back of our house. We watched two trees right behind us just 'lay down' as it went through. Most of our roof shingles were ripped off, our fence ended up in our neighbor's yard, most of my outside plants ended up dying even though I moved them closer to the house for protection as the news warned us a storm was coming. Most of my AG's died (I had five at the time) due to the extreme heat and no power. It was very scary. But no one was injured here. |
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Post by lynnee on Oct 4, 2024 17:54:32 GMT -5
Wow, that was too darned close, CatHerder!  Knocking on wood as I say this, but I prefer living in earthquake country to living in tornado country. (Grew up in Omaha, which wasn't exactly "tornado alley", but we had a lot of tornado watches.) |
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Post by Clovis Sangrail on Oct 4, 2024 21:09:26 GMT -5
Wow, that was too darned close, CatHerder ! Knocking on wood as I say this, but I prefer living in earthquake country to living in tornado country. (Grew up in Omaha, which wasn't exactly "tornado alley", but we had a lot of tornado watches.) I've lived my entire life in the Midwest, and most of that in Kansas, but I have worked in Orange County and in the Bay area, and I will tell you this -- I prefer the devil I can see to the devil I cannot see. But I do have an earthquake rider on my home insurance. About 30 years ago, my insurance agent called and asked if I wanted an insurance rider for earthquakes (This is in Kansas), and I said "How much?" "$1.36," he said. "Sold," said I. Years later, I was home, working in the dining room, and I felt a bit of shaking. "Hmm," thought I. 'That felt like an earthquake." But I dismissed it because . . . because I was in Kansas. Then my kid came in and said "Dad, did you feel something shaking?" And sure enough, I looked on the internets (learned how to working in Oakland), there had been an earthquake in freaking central Oklahoma (Thank you, fracking), that we felt all the way up in NE Kansas. But I was by god covered. Fortunately, there was no damage. It seem that since the entire Midwest is made of limestone, thanks to having been an inland sea, earthquake vibrations transmit much farther than they do in California. |
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CatHerder
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Post by CatHerder on Oct 5, 2024 13:49:35 GMT -5
Wow, that was too darned close, CatHerder ! Knocking on wood as I say this, but I prefer living in earthquake country to living in tornado country. (Grew up in Omaha, which wasn't exactly "tornado alley", but we had a lot of tornado watches.) What's weird is: Houston isn't known for having tornadoes. They are quite rare. The three tornadoes that day were created by a Derecho that 'blew' through, and the straight-line winds did most of the damage. The wind gusts were more than 140mph. On our culdesac street alone, out of 10 homes, 9 now have a new roof (the other guy is still fighting with his insurance). So that tells you how bad that wind was. We also had more than a dozen two to three story pine trees either completely uprooted or snapped in half and blown away. Never seen anything like it. Not even with the hurricanes that have come through. Houston/Texas is definitely hurricane country. I think I'd choose hurricanes over earthquakes. I'm from Pennsylvania - off Lake Erie - we had horrible snowstorms.  I guess wherever we live, there's something! |
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Post by CatHerder on Oct 5, 2024 13:54:41 GMT -5
Wow, that was too darned close, CatHerder ! Knocking on wood as I say this, but I prefer living in earthquake country to living in tornado country. (Grew up in Omaha, which wasn't exactly "tornado alley", but we had a lot of tornado watches.) I've lived my entire life in the Midwest, and most of that in Kansas, but I have worked in Orange County and in the Bay area, and I will tell you this -- I prefer the devil I can see to the devil I cannot see. But I do have an earthquake rider on my home insurance. About 30 years ago, my insurance agent called and asked if I wanted an insurance rider for earthquakes (This is in Kansas), and I said "How much?" "$1.36," he said. "Sold," said I. Years later, I was home, working in the dining room, and I felt a bit of shaking. "Hmm," thought I. 'That felt like an earthquake." But I dismissed it because . . . because I was in Kansas. Then my kid came in and said "Dad, did you feel something shaking?" And sure enough, I looked on the internets (learned how to working in Oakland), there had been an earthquake in freaking central Oklahoma (Thank you, fracking), that we felt all the way up in NE Kansas. But I was by god covered. Fortunately, there was no damage. It seem that since the entire Midwest is made of limestone, thanks to having been an inland sea, earthquake vibrations transmit much farther than they do in California. I'm not sure if it was the same one, but I swear I remember (in the late 90's?) that we felt shaking in Houston from an earthquake in Oklahoma. Or was it that explosion.... I don't know. It has been awhile. We have flood insurance. Pay a pretty penny for it too. Yikes! But here, you most certainly need it. It's very, very flat here. Made it through a couple of historic floods so far without damage, so fingers crossed! |
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