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Post by son of corb on Jul 24, 2008 19:52:07 GMT -6
it sucked over here. 24 hours sustained high winds. debris fields are what it looked like this morning. going on 40 hours without electricity. south side of town got back a few hours ago.
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Post by son of corb on Jul 24, 2008 19:53:50 GMT -6
cool. justsrn.com found out newbs is coming over. they got major damage from what la wifa told me.
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Post by RPM on Jul 24, 2008 20:18:14 GMT -6
lost power for a few hours but no big deal....no damage to any of my properties...just got back from a BBQ...storm was exactly what i expected...overall...I will enjoy the rest of the week off and get back to work on monday....
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Post by xlobo on Jul 24, 2008 22:05:23 GMT -6
So, who underestimated this storm. I did. I overestimated it  |
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Post by xlobo on Jul 24, 2008 22:08:16 GMT -6
Yea I think the mall was going to open up in the afternoon too im not too sure though. I was just there...most stores at Sunrise were opened up...some of the smaller shops stayed closed though... not many stores were open though right??? I know my store that I work at was.... |
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Post by RGVF Moderator on Jul 24, 2008 22:16:44 GMT -6
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Post by xlobo on Jul 24, 2008 22:19:09 GMT -6
Were alot of the stores open at the mall??? I heard that only a few were open.....only the big stores.
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Post by xlobo on Jul 24, 2008 22:20:01 GMT -6
And that the store I work at, it was open too.
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Post by OlympFan on Jul 25, 2008 0:07:52 GMT -6
If you look at the "Active Users In The Past 24 Hours" on the home page, you see the numbers haven't been as high as usual...
Obviously the worries and effects of Dolly have kept people otherwise occupied and away.
So how long before we get everybody back?
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Post by GUY on Jul 25, 2008 0:48:16 GMT -6
Well just about 45 hours without electricity .... And I'm going insane lol .... No real damage... Just wished someone would flip the switch...I mean they got one half of los fresnos on.... But what about the otherside?
A lot of damage in pi though... Most of my friends and family over there got it pretty bad...well mostly fences and trees...
I will have my video footage up asap
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Post by hunterbunter on Jul 25, 2008 0:58:02 GMT -6
i heard mostly all the docks are gone
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Post by son of corb on Jul 25, 2008 1:02:48 GMT -6
its bad over here. dark.
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Post by YellowJacketMania on Jul 25, 2008 7:15:14 GMT -6
back at work. still no electricity at my house or most of Harlingen. saw a couple of chinese buffets and el pato and capitol burfger open yesterday and they were packed. only HEB on the Expressway is open, other 2 are closed due to extensive damage.
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Post by YellowJacketMania on Jul 25, 2008 7:18:01 GMT -6
Walmart and Target are open as well and Save A lot is open too. Went thru Whataburger betwen Tyler & Harrison this morning, only Drive Tru open. Listening to KURV710 radio this morning, seems like some people will be without power for a week and some more flooding due to run off in some areas.
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Post by YellowJacketMania on Jul 25, 2008 7:20:35 GMT -6
Reading the paper this morning, due to limited power all of the Freedom Newspapers were combined into one including La Frontera and spanish section. This could be a collectors issue. Delta area looks to have been hit pretty hard mainly in the Monte Alto area with a lot of flooding.
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Post by wp2003 on Jul 25, 2008 9:24:11 GMT -6
every road leading out of weslaco to the north and east was flooded over with at least a foot. came to houston yesterday afternoon but had to go through 281 then 186 to hit 77. made for a long drive....mercedes was terrible from what i heard.....sorry to hear about the hosue red.
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Post by GUY on Jul 25, 2008 17:01:16 GMT -6
Alright soo I guess its bad enough lf is taking they're sweet butt time with the electricity.... But I just got home and come to find that they have yet to pick up anyones trash on my street... I mean I under stand the white people on the island are priority numero uno but jeeeez.....this is just getting rediculous (sp)
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Post by Redfish on Jul 25, 2008 17:15:01 GMT -6
Tough break.. was the entire neighborhood flooded or just your house? You are insured, right? Im pretty sure he is insured.  |
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Post by Redfish on Jul 25, 2008 17:25:54 GMT -6
Redfish, if there is anything we can do to help, let us know. Thanks Chucky. Water has gone down a lot since yesterday. We've been cleaning up, sweeping up water, and throwing carpet out the door all day yesterday and today. I'm exhausted. I don't recall if I gave the reason why my home was flooded. There is 15-20 ft drainage ditch that runs north and south about 200 yrs from my house. Someone forgot to open the flood gates!!!  My brother and a neighbor went to the gates yesterday and started to open them. As they were doing this, some guys showed up asking what they were doing. My brother told them about our situation and the guys simply said "Oh! That's why we're here. We were supposed to open the gates, but I guess we forgot." I can kill someone right now! In the 20+ yrs that we've live south of Mercy, we had never experienced flooding or even something close to flooding. It makes my blood boil thinking this was avoidable if someone had just done their job. |
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Post by wp2003 on Jul 25, 2008 17:33:51 GMT -6
lawsuit red?
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