CDUB98 said:
IIRC, Ike.
There were definitely boil notices for Houston with Ike.
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There were definitely boil notices for Houston with Ike.
Drink at your own risk, just dont expect a bunch of sympathy here when your bowels become a petri dish and you are spewing liquid from your butthole for days. All you had to do was fill up a bunch of vessels right now to store perfectly fine water.
H-town ag said:CDUB98 said:
IIRC, Ike.
I lost power for 2 1/2 weeks during Ike, lived off of a generator for a while, wife and little kids stayed with relatives, but I really don't remember city water being an issue.
I recall Ike being unique in that it was so large it knocked out lines across many areas vs just a centralized section of a city
But it didn't wreck the water supply so much as it wasn't devastating wind speed or catastrophic flooding that take out pumps and on site back generators
I could be mistaken though. 2008 was a long time ago.
H-town ag said:CDUB98 said:
You forget the multiple days during the Icepocolypse with water?
That's why.
There's no guarantee water service will continue, whether due to a power outage or loss of pressure making undrinkable.
If you're that naive, you should probably move away from the coast.
Not being naive and I get freezes, but has Houston ever lost clean water during the past 30 years over a hurricane / tropical storm? I have been here and can't recall. I get water is cheap, just asking the question.
I'm in suburbia in Mont Belvieu and we have boil water notices annually with storms or power interruptions. Most of us have local neighborhood/community water supply and not city supplied.
Project Gemini said:
Drink at your own risk, just dont expect a bunch of sympathy here when your bowels become a petri dish and you are spewing liquid from your butthole for days. All you had to do was fill up a bunch of vessels right now to store perfectly fine water.
Butt piss.
mm98 said:H-town ag said:CDUB98 said:
IIRC, Ike.
I lost power for 2 1/2 weeks during Ike, lived off of a generator for a while, wife and little kids stayed with relatives, but I really don't remember city water being an issue.
I recall Ike being unique in that it was so large it knocked out lines across many areas vs just a centralized section of a city
But it didn't wreck the water supply so much as it wasn't devastating wind speed or catastrophic flooding that take out pumps and on site back generators
I could be mistaken though. 2008 was a long time ago.
Some MUD districts had issues.
And maybe I was overly cautious….but I didn't trust the water during Harvey.
the likelihood you're going to lose city water pressure is very low
it's a better shot (although remote) that you're going be under a boil notice and not have the power to boil
water is cheap and you need it to live. So keep some in your garage just in case.
keeping cars fully gassed and having an extra 5-10 gallons stored in the garage is much more critical. you want to give yourself the ability to bug the **** out if this is a ****show.
it's a better shot (although remote) that you're going be under a boil notice and not have the power to boil
water is cheap and you need it to live. So keep some in your garage just in case.
keeping cars fully gassed and having an extra 5-10 gallons stored in the garage is much more critical. you want to give yourself the ability to bug the **** out if this is a ****show.
Project Gemini said:
Drink at your own risk, just dont expect a bunch of sympathy here when your bowels become a petri dish and you are spewing liquid from your butthole for days. All you had to do was fill up a bunch of vessels right now to store perfectly fine water.
Definitely stocking up on H2O now!
Whole dead trees are clearly visible all along Kingwood Drive. Even 2 big dead trees on our local elementary school playground- Willow Creek Elementary. Sometimes I wonder what our government employees do all day…Frok said:
Good news is the derecho probably knocked many of the loose limbs out already.
You expect them to work?
No, of course not, but they could at least call maintenance contractors!
Yeah, you ask too much of them. The horror! Those people have things to do that are truly important.
I walk Fido there on weekends and the dead trees have bothered me all year. Literally a large dead pine hanging over the playground equipment…
Our building didn't have water for a period of time during Harvey and I lived in a high rise at the time. It made me realize high rise living during natural disasters is literally a filthy nightmare. I'm with folks above, I just don't trust the water if power has been out a while or flooding is happening that could take facilities offline.
We have 5 cases of bottled water, plenty of food, and both tubs are filled.
Chainsaw ready to go as is my Dremel (you never know - I might need to perform delicate wood working surgery or round off an abrasive corner of something).
Have unplugged all electronics that aren't on surge protectors.
Unplugged my desktop and moved to higher ground (it sits on the floor).
All loose yard stuff and smaller plant pots are stored.
Hurricane shutters activated although I can't put my bolt on window covers up because I didn't prepare enough in advance to have the right hardware to do it.
About all I can do.
Chainsaw ready to go as is my Dremel (you never know - I might need to perform delicate wood working surgery or round off an abrasive corner of something).
Have unplugged all electronics that aren't on surge protectors.
Unplugged my desktop and moved to higher ground (it sits on the floor).
All loose yard stuff and smaller plant pots are stored.
Hurricane shutters activated although I can't put my bolt on window covers up because I didn't prepare enough in advance to have the right hardware to do it.
About all I can do.
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Or paralyzed.
Or paralyzed.
BillYeoman said:mm98 said:H-town ag said:CDUB98 said:
IIRC, Ike.
I lost power for 2 1/2 weeks during Ike, lived off of a generator for a while, wife and little kids stayed with relatives, but I really don't remember city water being an issue.
I recall Ike being unique in that it was so large it knocked out lines across many areas vs just a centralized section of a city
But it didn't wreck the water supply so much as it wasn't devastating wind speed or catastrophic flooding that take out pumps and on site back generators
I could be mistaken though. 2008 was a long time ago.
Some MUD districts had issues.
And maybe I was overly cautious….but I didn't trust the water during Harvey.
Didn't want to become your very own mud district?
I bought all of the bleach inside 610.
A few years back some MUD districts decided to ramp up their own police departments and went crazy.
Whatever happened with all that?
Whatever happened with all that?
There will be nothing left of anything anywhere by the time I fly in this afternoon!
Howdy Ags,
Recent graduate here who just moved to Houston for the first time. I haven't experienced a Houston hurricane before. I live in an apartment and not a house. If any fellow ags have some advice for me about how to prepare that would be awesome. Thank yall!
Recent graduate here who just moved to Houston for the first time. I haven't experienced a Houston hurricane before. I live in an apartment and not a house. If any fellow ags have some advice for me about how to prepare that would be awesome. Thank yall!
Aggie210DDS said:
Howdy Ags,
Recent graduate here who just moved to Houston for the first time. I haven't experienced a Houston hurricane before. I live in an apartment and not a house. If any fellow ags have some advice for me about how to prepare that would be awesome. Thank yall!
Go back in time and start a couple days ago?
Houston can sometimes be a head scratcher: the city doesn't rely on water towers (in fact they're disallowed in city limits) which would gravity feed water and instead pressurizes the water system with pumps. . . But then has almost universal above ground power lines.
My old mentor who spent 40 years in commercial real estate in town always said that was just so the city fathers could brag about cheap electricity rates and affordable housing vs other metros.
My old mentor who spent 40 years in commercial real estate in town always said that was just so the city fathers could brag about cheap electricity rates and affordable housing vs other metros.
Beltway in the afternoon. I leave for work at 5am so the ride through town is nice and peaceful.
In theory i could take 99 all the way around. I work right at 146 and 99, but it's 100 miles and $22 in tolls.
In theory i could take 99 all the way around. I work right at 146 and 99, but it's 100 miles and $22 in tolls.
keep your car gassed so you can leave town if the power goes out
Have a gallon of water per person for about 3-4 days, just in case. Download some shows on your iPad. Charge everything you can today. Get a battery-powered radio and lanterns. Fill your tubs with water so that you can flush your toilets.
Aggie210DDS said:
Howdy Ags,
Recent graduate here who just moved to Houston for the first time. I haven't experienced a Houston hurricane before. I live in an apartment and not a house. If any fellow ags have some advice for me about how to prepare that would be awesome. Thank yall!
First, you will be fine. A cat 1 to cat 2 just isn't a huge deal.
Second, top off your car tank. Get some non-fridge food, get water. Fill up a bathtub with water (on the low chance you lose water and/boil notice you have some water and can flush a toilet).
Third, find some friends to go have a Hurricane party.
(Seriously though, as of now and things can change, this isn't a monster storm or anything. There will be some flooding, some wind damage, but nothing crazy)
If you think there might be street flooding where you are at, locate a parking garage within walking / biking distance and move your car to the 2nd floor interior of the parking garage and leave it there. Downtown, montrose and heights have public garages that are open.
Will be protected from flooding, flying debris, trees falling on it. Go pick it up after the storm passes.
Will be protected from flooding, flying debris, trees falling on it. Go pick it up after the storm passes.
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Going to HEB for my regular grocery run. Pray for me.
The correct answer was visit the liquor store yesterday, but an HEB run for water bottles, non-perishables and beer (and maybe a cooler) is advisable.
If you're in an apartment there's not much else you need, but if in a house then a chainsaw and gas/oil maybe worth it, too.
Charge up your devices and don't drive in the rain.
If you're in an apartment there's not much else you need, but if in a house then a chainsaw and gas/oil maybe worth it, too.
Charge up your devices and don't drive in the rain.
Aggie210DDS said:
Howdy Ags,
Recent graduate here who just moved to Houston for the first time. I haven't experienced a Houston hurricane before. I live in an apartment and not a house. If any fellow ags have some advice for me about how to prepare that would be awesome. Thank yall!
Prepare your will
Thank yall for the help. I greatly appreciate it. Y'all stay safe.
Milwaukees Best Light said:
Going to HEB for my regular grocery run. Pray for me.
Godspeed….
We bumped our weekly grocery run to yesterday and it was already busier than the normal Sunday crowd. Amazing how many people had two carts, one with just like 6 cases of water.
Get some.
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