Surviving the Storm

[YenkoYS-199Stinger]

Well, I survived the storm. I am on the backside of Galveston Bay (400' from the water) and lets say it was FUGLY. El Lago / Seabrook took it hard. I did not take on water from the surge, but I did lose four 50 year old oaks and a palm tree. At least they all fell away from the house. The backside of the eye was where it all was. I had 120-130mph winds. I still have no power and won't for at least another 10-20 days. I saw my first postman walking the street today--the first since last Wed. I drove YS-199 out of there on Friday morning in full race trim and on slicks to the warehouse about 30 miles away. I had one cop give me a look, but he never came after me. My Cigerette Top Gun was already in the warehouse as I have had the drives off of it having them freshened up. Down at the El Lago marina there is quite a bit of marine carnage. Lots of 30-50' boats up against each other and Nasa rd. 1. Almost all of the boats left in the marina in the boathouse in the slings are either off and submerged or have been slamed into the upper beams and the topsides of the boats are destroyed. There is going to be a firesale on $300K boats with serious power. I may have to do some shopping for a nicer pair of motors for mine. I finally have my cleanup complete with the exception of hanging fence boards on 5 sections. I am ready for a few days off......

[Xplantdad]

Good to hear that you weathered the storm as well as you did Chris!

Take some time off now....

[six-corners]

In Cincinnati we had steady winds about 40-70 mph with gusts up to 80 on Sunday. The tri-state area had about 600,000 people without power at the height of it all. It was directly related to the hurricane, but we had no rain, just the winds. My power was out from Sunday (14th)around 2:00pm and just came back on tonight (18th) around 9:00 pm. I had friend who was up in Chicago and was headed out of Ohare on Sunday, they braked on the runway, turned around and delayed the flight due to the high winds. Local news stated it was record winds...meaning it being steady, and without a storm or rains associated with it.