texas friends

it seems ike wasn't as bad as feared, but still bad enough. hope our
friends in texas are safe and suffered no damage. anybody heard from
big dale?

jeff

On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:09:37 -0400, jeff
wrote:

it seems ike wasn't as bad as feared, but still bad enough. hope our
friends in texas are safe and suffered no damage. anybody heard from
big dale?

jeff

I haven't heard from or about him, but I've heard from others in the
immediate strike area and DFW, and only a coupla-three people are
believed killed, all from doing stupid stuff (for example, reports are
that one person was outside and got hit by a tree or part thereof).
While DFW is due to get some bad weather, it doesn't appear to be
anything extreme or unheard-of for the area. In fact, if the weather
there is what is currently predicted, I've personally seen worse in the
DFW area. Where I wouldn't want to be (and thankfully, it is much
less-populated than Houston/Galveston or DFW) is the big pines area of
east and southeast Texas - I do not like being in the drop zone of pines
in serious blow, and the upper right quad of a hurricane is the worst
area.

TC,
R

as an aside, I saw a poignant image during coverage last evening. There was
what I believe to be an anti-littering road sign that read: "Don't Mess with
Texas". The sign stood, waving wildly in the wind, while about 2 or 3 feet
of water, littered with seaweed, driftwood and chunks of what appeared to be
siding from a house blasted past it. A still image would have been a
priceless reminder that Mother Nature will mess with Texas(or any other
place) whenever she damned well pleases.
Tom