Gotta Love Texas...
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i'm from silsbee i was there for rita... happened 3 days after i got back from iraq. i drove from central louisiana down through dequincy to silsbee FIRST thing that morning. good thing i had the old chainsaw because i was cutting most of the trees out of the road... picture my truck driving down the road with all the trees down and then a guy jumping out with a chainsaw 
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no electricity for about 9 days i think.that wasn't the worse part. worse part was finding supplies after it happened. we were some of the first allowed back in beaumont.
get plenty of canned foods, throw a tarp over the woodpile so all the wood isn't wet, and buy about 5 chainsaws, 5 generators, 200 tarps, and all the gas you can. you can either be REALLY prepared or REALLY rich...
REDNECkno electricity for about 9 days i think.that wasn't the worse part. worse part was finding supplies after it happened. we were some of the first allowed back in beaumont.
get plenty of canned foods, throw a tarp over the woodpile so all the wood isn't wet, and buy about 5 chainsaws, 5 generators, 200 tarps, and all the gas you can. you can either be REALLY prepared or REALLY rich...
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yeah firewood to cook. and keep the mosquitos off. speaking of it... buy about 20 cans. towards the end when power comes back on you can use them for homemade fire bombs..
trust me, warm food is nice when you don't have it for awhile...
trust me, warm food is nice when you don't have it for awhile...
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this tropical storm is a tiny little thing. Nothing is going to happen except lots of rain and maybe a couple trash cans get knocked over.
I have been through a catagory 4 hurricane (Hugo) when it passed over Puerto Rico back in 1989-90. That was scary! There were 170mph wind gusts! Lost power for 2 weeks and running water for 1 week. I also went through a bunch of hurricanes in Florida and non of them came even close to Hugo. Unless its a catagory 3 or higher you have nothing to worry about unles you live in a trailer or you live on the water.
I have been through a catagory 4 hurricane (Hugo) when it passed over Puerto Rico back in 1989-90. That was scary! There were 170mph wind gusts! Lost power for 2 weeks and running water for 1 week. I also went through a bunch of hurricanes in Florida and non of them came even close to Hugo. Unless its a catagory 3 or higher you have nothing to worry about unles you live in a trailer or you live on the water.
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lol i'm in albuquerque now and don't even look at the weather... i have no clue what size storm it is..
it was bad where we were. right on the sabine river... it was amazing though right after the storm...
it was bad where we were. right on the sabine river... it was amazing though right after the storm...
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Hard to believe you are still in a drouth!
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wood is just as expensive out here.... i cant wait to move back home where i don't have to PAY for wood..
yeah my kerosene heater got sold at the garage sale...i bought another set of long johns with the money
yeah my kerosene heater got sold at the garage sale...i bought another set of long johns with the money