Good grief, it looks bad. Shout out to any of our peeps in the path of Ike.
Florida has had its share, but in our particular area it is unlikely - read,
improbable - that we could ever see anything like Galveston is about to
experience.

Hurricanes or no, we feel fortunate to be where we are. Wendy, "cross
thumbs" for Texas.

Diana

I work a lot with a lot of folks in Houston and Beaumont. Warehouses,
chemical plants, and even the port closed on Thursday, so folks could
high-tail it out of there.

Hope they did.

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies. Books, Artwork, and lots of Free Info!


"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
.. .
Good grief, it looks bad. Shout out to any of our peeps in the path of
Ike. Florida has had its share, but in our particular area it is
unlikely - read, improbable - that we could ever see anything like
Galveston is about to experience.

Hurricanes or no, we feel fortunate to be where we are. Wendy, "cross
thumbs" for Texas.

Diana

Yes Diana, have been holding thumbs & crossing fingers, have friends there
in Houston about 1 mile from the I45.
Ike has devistated the Houston, Galviston & surrounding areas & watching the
Storm Tracker on TV, it will turn & go in
a NE direction towards Rochester NY!!!!
What a mess, my heart goes out to all the people affected.
Cheers Wendy

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
.. .
Good grief, it looks bad. Shout out to any of our peeps in the path of
Ike. Florida has had its share, but in our particular area it is
unlikely - read, improbable - that we could ever see anything like
Galveston is about to experience.

Hurricanes or no, we feel fortunate to be where we are. Wendy, "cross
thumbs" for Texas.

Diana

We don't normally have the boob tube on during the day, but it's on today.
That sky scraper in Houston - wow. All the windows, gone. Do you know it,
Ray? No pictures of Galveston yet.

Diana

"Wendy7" wrote in message
...
Yes Diana, have been holding thumbs & crossing fingers, have friends there
in Houston about 1 mile from the I45.
Ike has devistated the Houston, Galviston & surrounding areas & watching
the Storm Tracker on TV, it will turn & go in
a NE direction towards Rochester NY!!!!
What a mess, my heart goes out to all the people affected.
Cheers Wendy

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
.. .
Good grief, it looks bad. Shout out to any of our peeps in the path of
Ike. Florida has had its share, but in our particular area it is
unlikely - read, improbable - that we could ever see anything like
Galveston is about to experience.

Hurricanes or no, we feel fortunate to be where we are. Wendy, "cross
thumbs" for Texas.

Diana

There are lots of towers on Houston. I have not seen enough to know which
it is.

Besides, my friends down there don't live in them...

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies. Books, Artwork, and lots of Free Info!


"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
. ..
We don't normally have the boob tube on during the day, but it's on today.
That sky scraper in Houston - wow. All the windows, gone. Do you know it,
Ray? No pictures of Galveston yet.

Diana

"Wendy7" wrote in message
...
Yes Diana, have been holding thumbs & crossing fingers, have friends
there in Houston about 1 mile from the I45.
Ike has devistated the Houston, Galviston & surrounding areas & watching
the Storm Tracker on TV, it will turn & go in
a NE direction towards Rochester NY!!!!
What a mess, my heart goes out to all the people affected.
Cheers Wendy

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
.. .
Good grief, it looks bad. Shout out to any of our peeps in the path of
Ike. Florida has had its share, but in our particular area it is
unlikely - read, improbable - that we could ever see anything like
Galveston is about to experience.

Hurricanes or no, we feel fortunate to be where we are. Wendy, "cross
thumbs" for Texas.

Diana

It's the JP Morgan Chase building, supposedly the tallest structure in
Houston at 1,000 feet, 75 stories. All the windows are shattered. It's not
residential. Other nearby buildings are similarly damaged.

The whole place is a mess. I hope your friends are all okay. The yahoos who
decided to ride it out in Galveston at a bar called the Poop Deck are, I
hope, properly chastened. Provided that they are unharmed (which I fervently
hope they are), dealing with the aftermath with a hangover should be an eye
opener.

Diana

"Ray B" wrote in message
...
There are lots of towers on Houston. I have not seen enough to know which
it is.

Besides, my friends down there don't live in them...

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies. Books, Artwork, and lots of Free Info!


"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
. ..
We don't normally have the boob tube on during the day, but it's on
today. That sky scraper in Houston - wow. All the windows, gone. Do you
know it, Ray? No pictures of Galveston yet.

Diana

"Wendy7" wrote in message
...
Yes Diana, have been holding thumbs & crossing fingers, have friends
there in Houston about 1 mile from the I45.
Ike has devistated the Houston, Galviston & surrounding areas & watching
the Storm Tracker on TV, it will turn & go in
a NE direction towards Rochester NY!!!!
What a mess, my heart goes out to all the people affected.
Cheers Wendy

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
.. .
Good grief, it looks bad. Shout out to any of our peeps in the path of
Ike. Florida has had its share, but in our particular area it is
unlikely - read, improbable - that we could ever see anything like
Galveston is about to experience.

Hurricanes or no, we feel fortunate to be where we are. Wendy, "cross
thumbs" for Texas.

Diana

On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:47:01 -0400 in Diana Kulaga wrote:
We don't normally have the boob tube on during the day, but it's on today.
That sky scraper in Houston - wow. All the windows, gone. Do you know it,
Ray? No pictures of Galveston yet.

Ever landed at the Houston airport?
If you look across the swamp while you're getting off the plane towards
Houston, you'd think Houston was the holy city of some phallic deity.
You might want to specify which sky scraper, although I can pretty much
bet that it's the case for every sky scraper on Galveston island.
Currently I'm very glad I always said no to the insurance companies that
wanted me to work IT in Galveston. I just hope that most folks could
actually heed the warning (I seem to recall the evacuation order wasn't
until last moment).

Oh, and speaking of obscene skyscrapers... If you're ever in
San Francisco, you should look for the group of Oracle buildings
in Redwood City... they're flipping the bird in the general
direction of Redmond, Washington.
--
Chris Dukes
"Let all the babies be born. Then let us drown those we do not like."
-- G. K. Chesterton.

I should have been more specific. It was the JP Morgan Chase building. Of
course, others were impacted as well.

As the photos continue to appear, I feel as if we were whining here in FL in
'04 after Frances, etc. No power and some buildings damaged. Wowee. Compared
to what has happened in TX, it was a piece of cake. It looks like Galveston
is basically destroyed.

Diana

wrote in message
...
On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:47:01 -0400 in
Diana Kulaga
wrote:
We don't normally have the boob tube on during the day, but it's on
today.
That sky scraper in Houston - wow. All the windows, gone. Do you know it,
Ray? No pictures of Galveston yet.

Ever landed at the Houston airport?
If you look across the swamp while you're getting off the plane towards
Houston, you'd think Houston was the holy city of some phallic deity.
You might want to specify which sky scraper, although I can pretty much
bet that it's the case for every sky scraper on Galveston island.
Currently I'm very glad I always said no to the insurance companies that
wanted me to work IT in Galveston. I just hope that most folks could
actually heed the warning (I seem to recall the evacuation order wasn't
until last moment).

Oh, and speaking of obscene skyscrapers... If you're ever in
San Francisco, you should look for the group of Oracle buildings
in Redwood City... they're flipping the bird in the general
direction of Redmond, Washington.
--
Chris Dukes
"Let all the babies be born. Then let us drown those we do not like."
-- G. K. Chesterton.

On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:49:43 -0400 in Diana Kulaga wrote:
I should have been more specific. It was the JP Morgan Chase building. Of
course, others were impacted as well.

*sigh* for some reason this reminds me of an Annie Lennox song...

As the photos continue to appear, I feel as if we were whining here in FL in
'04 after Frances, etc. No power and some buildings damaged. Wowee. Compared
to what has happened in TX, it was a piece of cake. It looks like Galveston
is basically destroyed.

You'd think they would have learned something in 1900...

Diana

wrote in message
...
On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:47:01 -0400 in
Diana Kulaga
wrote:
We don't normally have the boob tube on during the day, but it's on
today.
That sky scraper in Houston - wow. All the windows, gone. Do you know it,
Ray? No pictures of Galveston yet.

Ever landed at the Houston airport?
If you look across the swamp while you're getting off the plane towards
Houston, you'd think Houston was the holy city of some phallic deity.
You might want to specify which sky scraper, although I can pretty much
bet that it's the case for every sky scraper on Galveston island.
Currently I'm very glad I always said no to the insurance companies that
wanted me to work IT in Galveston. I just hope that most folks could
actually heed the warning (I seem to recall the evacuation order wasn't
until last moment).

Oh, and speaking of obscene skyscrapers... If you're ever in
San Francisco, you should look for the group of Oracle buildings
in Redwood City... they're flipping the bird in the general
direction of Redmond, Washington.
--
Chris Dukes
"Let all the babies be born. Then let us drown those we do not like."
-- G. K. Chesterton.




--
Chris Dukes
"Let all the babies be born. Then let us drown those we do not like."
-- G. K. Chesterton.