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[GoMeanGreen1999]

Anyone heard from Lifer or Eagle1855 in a while?

[NT Drummer]

I'm spending the weekend in Addison - I made reservations at the beginning of the week when there was talk of the game being moved to Texas Stadium, and didn't cancel it "just in case". When the storm track didn't change as of yesterday morning, and I saw the highways were moving, I decided to go ahead and get out of town, mainly because of a 50+ year-old Cottonwood tree in my neighbor's yard that has gone from slowly dying to completely dead in the last 2 weeks - and that tree is less than 15 feet from my house.

A friend called me "chicken", but I'll take his abuse like a man.

I talked with a friend who only lives 2 miles away from me (who stayed) on the phone about an hour ago, and he says he doesn't appear to have any damage - certainly no broken windows. He doesn't have power, but his land-line phone is working. Eventually he's going to go check out my house. I'm crossing my fingers.

Since 2.1 million out of 2.26 million Centerpoint Energy customers are without power, I doubt that anyone who stayed in Houston has an internet connection up to be able to read the board. Most likely Lifer, Eagle1855, etc. are OK, it's IslandEagle I'd worry about. Hopefully he evacuated.

We (my wife & I) are going to try to make it to the PourHouse tonight, but we have our two cats with us, and we have to be sure they're not going to freak out and destroy the hotel room before we leave them alone for several hours. If I make it, I'll be the one in the "Marching Band Reunion" T-Shirt.

Edit... not more than 5 minutes after posting, got a call from my friend (from my phone) - the cottonwood didn't fall or drop limbs, no damage to the house, only a few minor limbs dropped from some other trees. The neighbor with the cottonwood had a tree in their front yard fall, but missed their house. Apparently my neighborhood has a lot of trees down, while my friend's neighborhood doesn't - the difference between a 25 year-old neighborhood & a 10 year-old neighborhood, I guess.

Edited September 13, 2008 by NT Drummer

[GreenBat]

I have an aunt that lives on The Woodlands and their neighbor's 25 foot pine tree was blown over on their power lines knocking the electricity out.