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Re: Gustav

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If ya'll aren't coming up here, how am I supposed to get any Tiger Sauce?
c'mon it's labor day weekend and I'm cooking out. I need my Tiger sauce. WTH?
(seriously though, good luck)
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"I hope you did something important today, 'cause it cost ya another day of your life."

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alright, i sort of feel like a veteran of hurricanes here it's getting close, i hope you guys are safe and secure. altho i'm out of danger (from this one at least) i'm still watching

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So those of you that are staying, are you ready to take on the cops like it was during Katrina? Are we going to see louting?
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The winds have really picked up. It's not raining alot, just the winds are causing it to be a driving rain.
I still have power and Internet (obviously), so that's a good thing. I'm sure at some time during the day I'll lose both of those as there have been reports of power outages already.
For now everything is ok.
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I gave up drinking and eating bad food. And in 14 days, I had lost 2 weeks.

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anybody able to check in?

Here. Most of the rain is past us now. No damage to my home. Trees and branches all over the place. I've seen roof damage on homes and fences down.
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I gave up drinking and eating bad food. And in 14 days, I had lost 2 weeks.

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800k lost power..so some will be having hard time checking in

Drex glad you're okay
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i am not a lawyer but I do play one on the internet

Nothing like a laptop with a Verizon wireless card.

Oh and having parents with a generator...that helps.
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I gave up drinking and eating bad food. And in 14 days, I had lost 2 weeks.

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((Excellent hearing you're ok))

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Ya'll need to take this stuff back.
The wind is knocking over my beer-can pyramids, the trees are losing limbs and I'm sure I'll lose power before morning.
All this rain should make my food plots do well though.

Glad you guys fared well.
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"I hope you did something important today, 'cause it cost ya another day of your life."

Fared well, but the news on getting power is NOT good. They said 14 transmission lines that serve our area were down. They have one online, but the rest experienced severe damage. We are basically an island detached from the system. Getting us back on the "grid" could take weeks. If we don't get power (or continue to find gas), we'll be leaving until we do get power.
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I gave up drinking and eating bad food. And in 14 days, I had lost 2 weeks.

When you get done with our linemen, we want them back.
Our power supply isn't as bad as yours, but we're having a few problems. Some phone service too, but nothing like ya'll's stuff.
Good thing I live on a hill. The little babbling brook in my back yard is about thirty feet wide now.
Hell, If I thought this would have happened, I'd have had a hurricane party Monday. I could do for a "pat-o-brian's" mix right now.

Welp, gotta fire up the chainsaw. I'm outta here.
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"I hope you did something important today, 'cause it cost ya another day of your life."

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There are alot of people here heading down there to help. Most of our emergency crews are available. Not much happened here except some light rain.

But Ike has the potential to make matters worse
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"Look up, get up, and don`t ever give up" - Michael Irvin

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I drove through baton rouge on my way back in last night. They got some damage in that area. I was just happy to find out that I had power when I got back.

Seen lots of linemen trucks coming down 55.
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Member of the US Air Force since May 7th, 2002 To March 29th, 2005

"You sneak up behind yourself and remove your pants before you realize what's going on." KOL

They were staging them in my area as well and I've seen the rolling along I-10 & Airline. Glad you have power. We are still without power and running on generator. Gas has not been an issue as of yet.
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I gave up drinking and eating bad food. And in 14 days, I had lost 2 weeks.

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I'm back. Still no phones or electric. I set up our whole company network on tons of those Verizon wireless cards. We also bought a ton of Verizon cell phones. That was the only thing working. There are crazy oak trees everywhere. My place is fine, but everything around it is destroyed. There are phone poles, electric lines, and trees still laying around everywhere. That was a crazy storm.
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