Houston, TX residents
Sep 12th 2007, 3:47 am
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Re: Houston, TX residents
Look mate I have lived in here for close on 20 years now and I10 has been an ongoing construction site since I got here. It's never ending
Sep 12th 2007, 4:16 am
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Re: Houston, TX residents
18 lanes and it still can't handle the volume.....according to the website, its 2009....but by the middle of next year I bet its back to 2011...its like painting the forth bridge......or widening the M25.....
Sep 12th 2007, 4:21 am
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Re: Houston, TX residents
Which dinner? That day's dinner, or the next day's? 
Yesterday it rained here in Dallas. As a result, my 18 mile morning commute took 1 hour and 25 minutes.
There's a good reason I don't have a gun. By the end of one commute like that and I'd either use it on myself, or one of the truck driving morons I'm forced to share the road with!
Yesterday it rained here in Dallas. As a result, my 18 mile morning commute took 1 hour and 25 minutes.
There's a good reason I don't have a gun. By the end of one commute like that and I'd either use it on myself, or one of the truck driving morons I'm forced to share the road with!
I used to work in Central London with a guy who reckoned without his morning commute on BR he wouldn't be sufficiently pissed off or aggressive enough to do his job properly....he was a trader............sad way to live
Sep 12th 2007, 3:49 pm
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Re: Houston, TX residents
Oh I can relate to that!!
Sep 12th 2007, 4:22 pm
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Great - and now we're on a tropical storm warning...that one crept up out of nowhere.....5-10 inches of rain expected in next 24 hours....guess the kids football practise is gonna be cancelled tonight then. Again.
Sep 12th 2007, 7:29 pm
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.........here we go again and yes it certainly is a sneaky one
Man the pumps everyone 'cos I don't want a repeat of last years flooding
Sep 12th 2007, 7:47 pm
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Sep 12th 2007, 9:34 pm
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Yep, just about to get the patio furniture in as it's due to be quite fierce apparently.
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 125 PM CDT WED SEP 12 2007 ..INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO WILL MOVE INLAND TONIGHT BRINGING STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH IN ASSOCIATED SQUALLS. TXZ200-213-214-226-227-235>238-130230- /O.NEW.KHGX.TI.W.0002.070912T1825Z-070913T1200Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-FORT BEND-GALVESTON-HARRIS-JACKSON-LIBERTY- MATAGORDA-WHARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALVIN...ANAHUAC...ANGLETON...BAY CITY... CLEVELAND...DAYTON...EDNA...EL CAMPO...FREEPORT...FRIENDSWOOD... GALVESTON...HOUSTON...HUMBLE...KATY...LAKE JACKSON... LEAGUE CITY...LIBERTY...MISSOURI CITY...MONT BELVIEU...PALACIOS... PASADENA...PEARLAND...PIERCE...RICHMOND...ROSENBER G... SUGAR LAND...TEXAS CITY...TOMBALL...WHARTON...WINNIE 125 PM CDT WED SEP 12 2007 ..INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE ARRIVAL OF TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO TONIGHT AS IT COMES ASHORE. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STRONGER WINDS WILL BE PRIMARILY IN AREAS TO THE EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 59 CORRIDOR...WITH AREAS IN BRAZORIA...GALVESTON...EASTERN HARRIS...CHAMBERS COUNTY HAVING THE GREATEST POTENTIAL OF SEEING THESE STRONG WINDS. SUSTAINED AND PERSISTENT WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST BEGINNING BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. THE WINDS WILL SPREAD INLAND AND INTO THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA AFTER 9 PM. THE WINDS SHOULD RELAX GRADUALLY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES INLAND. MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR IN OLDER MOBILE HOME PARKS. NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED PROPERLY. SOME SMALL TWIGS WILL SEPARATE FROM TREES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS MAY BECOME PROJECTILES...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. MOST NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS WILL BE DAMAGED OR UPROOTED. SOME ROTTING SMALL TREES WILL BE UPROOTED...AND ROTTEN LARGE BRANCHES WILL SNAP. NUMEROUS SMALL TWIGS WILL SEPARATE FROM TREES. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND WARNINGS.
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 125 PM CDT WED SEP 12 2007 ..INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO WILL MOVE INLAND TONIGHT BRINGING STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH IN ASSOCIATED SQUALLS. TXZ200-213-214-226-227-235>238-130230- /O.NEW.KHGX.TI.W.0002.070912T1825Z-070913T1200Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-FORT BEND-GALVESTON-HARRIS-JACKSON-LIBERTY- MATAGORDA-WHARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALVIN...ANAHUAC...ANGLETON...BAY CITY... CLEVELAND...DAYTON...EDNA...EL CAMPO...FREEPORT...FRIENDSWOOD... GALVESTON...HOUSTON...HUMBLE...KATY...LAKE JACKSON... LEAGUE CITY...LIBERTY...MISSOURI CITY...MONT BELVIEU...PALACIOS... PASADENA...PEARLAND...PIERCE...RICHMOND...ROSENBER G... SUGAR LAND...TEXAS CITY...TOMBALL...WHARTON...WINNIE 125 PM CDT WED SEP 12 2007 ..INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE ARRIVAL OF TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO TONIGHT AS IT COMES ASHORE. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STRONGER WINDS WILL BE PRIMARILY IN AREAS TO THE EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 59 CORRIDOR...WITH AREAS IN BRAZORIA...GALVESTON...EASTERN HARRIS...CHAMBERS COUNTY HAVING THE GREATEST POTENTIAL OF SEEING THESE STRONG WINDS. SUSTAINED AND PERSISTENT WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST BEGINNING BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. THE WINDS WILL SPREAD INLAND AND INTO THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA AFTER 9 PM. THE WINDS SHOULD RELAX GRADUALLY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES INLAND. MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR IN OLDER MOBILE HOME PARKS. NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED PROPERLY. SOME SMALL TWIGS WILL SEPARATE FROM TREES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS MAY BECOME PROJECTILES...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. MOST NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS WILL BE DAMAGED OR UPROOTED. SOME ROTTING SMALL TREES WILL BE UPROOTED...AND ROTTEN LARGE BRANCHES WILL SNAP. NUMEROUS SMALL TWIGS WILL SEPARATE FROM TREES. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND WARNINGS.
Sep 12th 2007, 9:54 pm
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Re: Houston, TX residents
[QUOTE=Mandana;5304176] NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED PROPERLY. .... MOST NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS WILL BE DAMAGED OR UPROOTED. QUOTE]
bu99er Bu99er Bu99er. I've spent the last few weekends landscaping a patch of our side garden - couple of weeks ago I planted half a dozen miniature crepe myrtles.....guess they're gonna be toast then. Unless I can "secure them" - what does that mean? Haven't got any stakes - reckon I could tie the one of the kids to each them to weight them down a bit?
bu99er Bu99er Bu99er. I've spent the last few weekends landscaping a patch of our side garden - couple of weeks ago I planted half a dozen miniature crepe myrtles.....guess they're gonna be toast then. Unless I can "secure them" - what does that mean? Haven't got any stakes - reckon I could tie the one of the kids to each them to weight them down a bit?
Sep 12th 2007, 9:56 pm
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Re: Houston, TX residents
Oh, cancel those bu99ers - we're alright Jack
Ps - wherebouts in Katy are you Mandana? Err have we already had this conversation?
Ps - wherebouts in Katy are you Mandana? Err have we already had this conversation?