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Old 09-11-2008, 10:14 PM   #1
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Hurricane Ike

Not since Allison in 2001 or Alicia in 1983, Houston braces for another hurricane, Ike (not the 34th President or the oldest Hanson brother who plays gutar & sings).

These sportig events have been moved,

CHICAGO CUBS @ HOUSTON ASTROS (Friday & Saturday)

BALTIMORE RAVENS @ HOUSTON TEXANS (Monday night; still on CBS in limited areas)

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Old 09-11-2008, 10:23 PM   #2
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I have friends in Port Lavaca, it's where I spent last summer working. I hope it doesn't take a beating or at least that they all get out of there before Ike makes land fall.
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Old 09-11-2008, 10:46 PM   #3
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These sportig events have been moved,

CHICAGO CUBS @ HOUSTON ASTROS (Friday & Saturday)

BALTIMORE RAVENS @ HOUSTON TEXANS (Monday night; still on CBS in limited areas)[/SIZE][/FONT]
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The Washington State-Baylor football game has been moved up to Friday night to avoid complications with Hurricane Ike on the Texas coast this weekend.

The game was originally scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Saturday to be broadcast on FSN. Kickoff is now scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday night.

Baylor officials said the approaching hurricane would cause travel problems for Washington State fans, as well FSN production crews, many of who are in the greater Houston area. Houston may be directly impacted by Ike.

Baylor officials said television or webcast information of the game could be announced later.

Texas had already postponed its game Saturday against Arkansas in Austin, about 100 miles south of Waco. TCU, which is located in Fort Worth about 100 miles north of Waco, moved kickoff for its game Saturday against Stanford from 6 p.m. to noon.
Go Cougs!
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Old 09-12-2008, 12:16 AM   #4
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I'll pray for all of those that will be in the path of this horrible storm. It's done enough damage over on the islands. I know the stores here last week were packed and the shelves stripped of it's water and canned goods because we thought the storm was going to head our way. Nothing worse than a hurricane coming your way. Only good things I see that come out of it is that the community has a moment of unity as we all give eachother helping hands in the aftermath of the storm, and when you have been suffering mercilessly from the hot southern summer, the hurricane helps cools things down for a bit. Just a bit.
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Old 09-12-2008, 01:01 AM   #5
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I hope something hits Florida. I need a few days off work.
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Old 09-13-2008, 12:07 AM   #6
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I'm surprised that Florida hasn't been hit more often. We are like this toe sticking out, waiting to be pounded on, but all of the threatening storms have been dodging us and hitting the gulf. Makes me wonder if there is some sort of gravitational or magnetic field in the gulf that's been drawing all of these storms lately.
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Old 09-14-2008, 04:45 PM   #7
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I just learned that the Monday night game has been cancelled.

The Houston Texans & Baltimore Ravens will use Week 2 as their bye weeks instead.

WEEK 9
Cincinnati Bengals (who were scheduled to have that bye week) will play @ Houston. They will have Week 10 off instead.

WEEK 10
Baltimore @ Houston rescheduled here.
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Old 09-15-2008, 09:38 PM   #8
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I have a friend down there. He lost power at his house but other than that he's OK.
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Old 09-15-2008, 09:49 PM   #9
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They evacuated the campus were I got to school at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, but we didn't eve get a drop of rain. Basically I got 4 days off. All the people I know from the Houston area say it's pretty bad up there though.
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Old 09-15-2008, 10:36 PM   #10
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Speaking of Ike, I was on YouTube and found this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW0M-DvkEn8
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Old 09-16-2008, 12:12 AM   #11
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^Yeah, I saw that! It was kind of funny. There's this one photo of a teenage kid hanging on to a metal light post or something, his body vertical to the ground, showing how powerful those winds could be! Don't want to screw with mother nature, she'll kick your ass if she wanted to!
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Old 09-17-2008, 08:44 PM   #12
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I am north of houston... we lost our power at 3 am and have not gotten it back since.
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Old 09-17-2008, 08:55 PM   #13
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I am north of houston... we lost our power at 3 am and have not gotten it back since.
Same for my friend. He lost his power at 2 am Saturday.
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Old 09-18-2008, 12:16 AM   #14
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Speaking of Ike, I was on YouTube and found this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW0M-DvkEn8
I like how he admits "Im gonna be a star on YouTube now!"
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