[BaadAssGremlins] Re: hurricane ike/power on 12 days later

["jgray_55" <jgray_55@xxxxxxxxx>]

Eddie. I'm very glad to hear that you,your faml;iy AND your AMC's
survived!!!! Saying a thankyou prayer was the best thing you could
have done. Hope to hear you are back to normal fairly soon. Joe--- In
BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@...> wrote:
>
> Our electricity came on at 5:21pm this afternoon, and after 12 days,
quite a 
> ride. There are 1 in 4 Houstonians without power with Centerpoint
still as I 
> write. At height of Hurricane Ike, there was over 4 million peoplw
with no 
> power.
> 
> So after 12 DAYS, we have electricity, phone, cable and internet
again. Not 
> all people do and across street have no power.
> 
> Paige, me and the boys are doing fine, and only got mimimal
hurricane damage 
> like hole in roof from 500 lb pecan branch. Luckily the 100+mph wind
blew it 
> where it did or it would have probably went thru roof, and Noah was
sleeping 
> in his bunk bed right below where it would have hit, could have been
really 
> bad. Amazingly my fence I built a few months ago by myself (140 feet!!) 
> didn't even lose a plank. Paige's 88 Eagle got cracked windshield from 
> branch, and my 72 Ambassador SST wagon and 81 Eagle, both a street
over at 
> Phil's Auto Repair, were buried in sheetmetal....but no damage,
would have 
> never known it if you saw them as could barely see either under the
metal 
> frames and sheetmetal blown off from surrounding businesses, but
both ok. 
> And neither the 69 BBO MOD Javelin and the 74 Javelin (and 74 Maxi
Blue AMX) 
> I just all got in got any damage, but were buried in my driveway
with oak 
> and elm limbs. A few houses over a tree went thru a house like
butter, and 
> then cratered the guy's 'new' 66 Chevy II Nova he had only gotten a
week 
> before Ike, I got some photos of that will post later.
> 
> The hurricane itself was one of the strangest hurricanes I have ever
seen. I 
> don't want to take away anything from those who have lost everything
(and 
> there are many) 50-60 miles from me, but whole communitis have
VANISHED and 
> are only known now thru maps like Gilchrist, Surfside, Bolivar, Crystal 
> Beach for instance. And Galveston is a huge disaster zone with piles
of mud, 
> snakes, mosquitos, no power, gas, and even alligators eating dead cows. 
> There was a 8-9 foot storm surge down there before a drop of rain
had even 
> fallen, which shows the huge size of the storm.
> 
> A plea was made for people who live in high rises and condos above
15 floors 
> to get out as wind gusts had already been measured at 130-140mph 500
feet 
> up! I think this is why so much trees and power poles down.
> 
> Have seen crews from OH, MI, FL, AZ, CA, ID, OK, GA, LA, MS, AL, MO,
NE to 
> name a few places linesmen have been brought in from to help put
"the energy 
> capital of the world" back online.
> 
> Not sure how many of you have ever ate a MRE (meals ready to eat)
FEMA and 
> Red Cross pass out but they are quite good. All sorts from
enchaladas to 
> spagetti and most have a small packet of Tony Scheries or tiny airport 
> bottle of Tobasco in them. Tons of carbs and calories after all,
they were 
> designed for our fighting men and women but us civilians like them
too and 
> we ended up with several boxes of them.
> 
> I did go to St Alexander's this morning after stopping at bank, and
say a 
> few prayers. Got a lot to be thankful for on our end compared to
some of the 
> people on our street whose houses cut in 1/2 by trees weighing
TONS....or as 
> mentioned those poor folks south and east of us 50+ miles who took
brunt of 
> Ike.
> 
> If you have tried emailing me, or calling me, again, I HAVE HAD NO
POWER for 
> 12 days. If you ordered something from me, the mail has been
sporadic....and 
> please note that many US Post Offices DID NOT HAVE POWER either,
much less 
> full service, like the Town & Country one I ship things from could
only take 
> cash and only could sell stamps, so no priority mail, or anything else.
> 
> I will be attempting to try to play catch up in next few days, so if
you 
> don't hear from me, it is a huge FEMA line of emails, and ironically
the 
> first person to get thru on my phone a few minutes ago after it
powered back 
> up was longtime AMC vendor Allen Walrath in NY asking if we were ok.
If you 
> ordered something from me, I have started shipping again, especially
FedEx 
> which had powere 4 days after hurricane Ike; and now the post office
near me 
> is back up to full service so AMC stuff will be going out again
shortly, 
> thanks,
> Eddie Stakes
> 713.464.8825
> eddiestakes@...
> www.planethoustonamx.com
> email volume **EXTREMELY HEAVY**
> reply time post hurricane Ike 20+ days
>



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