Greg Jowaisas Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Has anyone heard from Dan Worrall or other concertina.net members who live in the Houston, Texas area. The hurricane reminents just came through the Ohio Valley and Midwest where I live and 3 out of 4 houses in the Cincinnati area are without power. I do not like to imagine what they are going through in Texas and Louisianna. Here's best of luck to Dan and others hit by hurricane Ike. Let us know how you are doing and if there is anyway to help. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Evans Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 I have heard nothing. I know that both Dan Worrall and Stephen Mills are in the Houson area. That either one of them could have power at this point would be very slim. Isn't the Harrington shop in the Galviston area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Jowaisas Posted September 15, 2008 Author Share Posted September 15, 2008 The Herringtons have a Rowlett, Tx address which is near Dallas. They should be OK. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Worrall Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Thanks for the concern. My wife Mary and I made it through the storm just fine, except we have no power (and a big mess of tree limbs down). Being on a farm, we have a generator though (have to have it for the water well, otherwise the cows don’t drink either)….so we have water, a fridge, an electric lamp and a fan running off it. The weather is pleasant, so we don't miss the ac ...the quiet of the area (and the darker night skies) are actually pleasant. Neighbors are using our showers, our main advantage. My sister, in a nearby town, still has power, so I’m over at her place for a few hours, catching up on email and the like. Two other siblings around here also are without power. It was a wild ride. The peak storm hit in the middle of the night; we took turns staying up, mainly so that we could hear any approaching tornadoes in the dark, the main risk out here during a night hurricane. The house shook a few times during several hours of big gusts (100+mph), but came through unscathed. Most in the city (Houston) had a similar story; the unlucky ones had trees fall on their homes or took on a little water. The areas on the coast are in very bad shape, as the storm surge scraped whole towns. It will be a long, long climb out for a lot of people. Most in and around Houston….nearly 3 million people…are out of power, and doubtless, that includes Stephen Mills. His area has well built homes and not too many big trees, so I am quite hopeful that he and his family came through fine. He told me before the storm they were hunkering down in place, as did most in his area. Best, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Jowaisas Posted September 15, 2008 Author Share Posted September 15, 2008 Thanks for checking in, Dan. Good to hear you and yours are OK and we hope to hear the same from Stephen. I grew up in S. Florida and went thru a couple of scary hurricanes during the 1950s and 60s. I can only imagine a banshee's wail as a suitable rival to those storm winds. My hometown of West Palm Beach was under 50,000 population back then and I never remember the power grid as being down very long. Then again the tv was black and white and there was no air conditioning. Perhaps electricity didn't seem as important. My parents didn't add the color to the tv or bother with a.c. until I had left home. I suppose they wanted us to grow up tough. The Galveston area looks very badly hit. "Wasn't it a Mighty Day" is a folk song recounting the 1900 Galvaston hurricane. I think one of the lines goes, "...the earth was all in a motion..." Thank goodness for satellite imaging and a mandatory evacuation. Enjoy the lack of night light pollution while it lasts. I wish you and your fellow Texans a speedy recovery from the storm. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 It was a wild ride. The peak storm hit in the middle of the night; we took turns staying up, mainly so that we could hear any approaching tornadoes in the dark, the main risk out here during a night hurricane. The house shook a few times during several hours of big gusts (100+mph), but came through unscathed. Dan, And you were complaining about the weather here... Glad to hear you're both OK though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Hi I heard from family in Columbus Ohio that they got hit (possibly to a lesser degree -60mph winds) state of emergency declared. So I hope players in Ohio are ok (poss Asdomire?) I guess we, in England, are luckier - generally the only strong winds we get tend to be hot and from politicians chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdormire Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Backyard is full of fallen limbs, but I've got power. I just got back from Walmart which was closed as they just got their power back minutes ago. In a way, I am lucky here as with all the new fancy houses built in the last few years, our power lines have all been redone to feed the new housing. Robin called me yesterday when she got to work to let me know that all the grad students and her boss were with out power, but they all live in older neighborhoods in Columbus. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Worrall Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Enjoy the lack of night light pollution while it lasts. I wish you and your fellow Texans a speedy recovery from the storm. Greg Greg, Many thanks. We just got our power back here, but most in the city are not yet so lucky. The pictures from down the coast are looking grim indeed. Hard to believe that storm caused so much power outage in Cincinnati. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Worrall Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 (edited) Stephen, What, me complain about Irish weather? I merely asked, politely I thought, whether it ever stops raining there. With our Augusts here in Texas, and our accoasional September hurricane, even Irish rain is a pleasure....as is the Guinness. Cheers, Dan Edited September 16, 2008 by Dan Worrall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdormire Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 There saying up to a week to get the power back up completely here. We had seven straight hours of 60 mph winds on Sunday here in the Columbus area. My biggest problem with the storm is getting replacement batteries for my lanterns in anticipation for my trip to NESI. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wntrmute Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Stephen, What, me complain about Irish weather? I merely asked, politely I thought, whether it ever stops raining there. With our Augusts here in Texas, and our accoasional September hurricane, even Irish rain is a pleasure....as is the Guinness. Cheers, Dan Murphy's. Just sayin'. (Ordering Guinness in Cork will earn dirty looks at the very least. As I learned a while back.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieppe Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 It sounds like it's over, but I was originally going to suggest that anyone in the path of the hurricane to please mail me their concertinas. English only though. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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