What will Hurricane Ike do to the Season?
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KFDM has done an outstanding job through landfall with their streaming. Still the question of wind damage but this appears to be great news!
This is a general/preliminary assessment of our area from KFDM.com. And yes, last night there was a house fire in Port Neches...read below..
Initial reports from Groves indicate that there is no storm surge damage. However, they do have downed trees, downed power lines and no electricity. FD Chief Dale Jackson advised that they have not found any levy or surge problems. Mayor Brad Bailey asked that citizens shelter in place until given the all clear. They have low hanging lines, downed lines and no medical assistance at this time.
Reports from Nederland FD Chief Gary Collins state that the bay doors at the FD itself were blown in and they will have to cut some of the emergency equipment out of the station. There are many downed power lines and trees. There is no electricity in the area. Water and Sewer is down. No medical assistance at this time.
Reports from Port Neches FD Chief Steve Curran indicates that they have observed downed trees, power lines, fences, carports, etc. There is no electricity. Water and Sewer is down. Pt. Neches also responded to a house fire at 8:00 p.m. last night in the 2100 block of Tenth Street. The firefighters were able to rescue 6 people from the home and shelter them during the storm. The cause of the fire was misuse of a generator.
The seawall in Port Arthur held back the storm surge. There appears to be no extensive flooding except for Sabine Pass which has extensive flooding. The south end of Pleasure Island has some flooding. On the north end of the Pleasure Island water seems to be receding. Police personnel are unable to access Pleasure Island due to high winds. Tropical Storm winds are still high in the City and all of the City is without power.
Mayor Prince has issued an order banning the sale of alcohol in the City until further notice. If you are in the City stay in your homes and do not ride around. Police and Fire personnel are trying to assess the damage. Do not return to the City if you have evacuated. Re-entry into the City of Port Arthur is prohibited at this time. We will be posting updates as soon as they become available.
Initial reports from Groves indicate that there is no storm surge damage. However, they do have downed trees, downed power lines and no electricity. FD Chief Dale Jackson advised that they have not found any levy or surge problems. Mayor Brad Bailey asked that citizens shelter in place until given the all clear. They have low hanging lines, downed lines and no medical assistance at this time.
Reports from Nederland FD Chief Gary Collins state that the bay doors at the FD itself were blown in and they will have to cut some of the emergency equipment out of the station. There are many downed power lines and trees. There is no electricity in the area. Water and Sewer is down. No medical assistance at this time.
Reports from Port Neches FD Chief Steve Curran indicates that they have observed downed trees, power lines, fences, carports, etc. There is no electricity. Water and Sewer is down. Pt. Neches also responded to a house fire at 8:00 p.m. last night in the 2100 block of Tenth Street. The firefighters were able to rescue 6 people from the home and shelter them during the storm. The cause of the fire was misuse of a generator.
The seawall in Port Arthur held back the storm surge. There appears to be no extensive flooding except for Sabine Pass which has extensive flooding. The south end of Pleasure Island has some flooding. On the north end of the Pleasure Island water seems to be receding. Police personnel are unable to access Pleasure Island due to high winds. Tropical Storm winds are still high in the City and all of the City is without power.
Mayor Prince has issued an order banning the sale of alcohol in the City until further notice. If you are in the City stay in your homes and do not ride around. Police and Fire personnel are trying to assess the damage. Do not return to the City if you have evacuated. Re-entry into the City of Port Arthur is prohibited at this time. We will be posting updates as soon as they become available.
ndnwarrior
Active Member
hey png93, this is Andrew's (former NDN Spirit) dad, unable to get home, but heard groves was hardly damaged at all. can you confirm that? I've heard at least 3 to 4 weeks out before power is restored. God Bless everyone...our thoughts and prayers are with you.
pngfan93 said:
I don't think that Entergy services Houston, Centerpoint does. However there are a number of folks out of power in Conroe/Woodlands. We'll see.
Doing fine here so far.
IndianFan
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Out of the 2.16 million households in the Houston area, I'm fortunate to be in the .16 million that has power. We were only out from 4:30am-10:30am Saturday morning.
Centerpoint Energy is also saying 1 month for full restoration. Even if they padded the estimate it will be hellish conditions here in the Houston metro area for the 5 million people affected. No power also means no working gas pumps.
Sounds like Orange County was devastated. Relatives in Bridge City got 7+ feet of water in their home.
Centerpoint Energy is also saying 1 month for full restoration. Even if they padded the estimate it will be hellish conditions here in the Houston metro area for the 5 million people affected. No power also means no working gas pumps.
Sounds like Orange County was devastated. Relatives in Bridge City got 7+ feet of water in their home.
FEMA just called my mother-i-law to inform her that they would NOT be covering her hotel expenses for the evacuation. She will keep trying with them. I hope she can get it over turned. They said that her insurance policy would cover it. She will not be able to confirm that until we get back.
In my case, I have A.L.E. (additional living expenses) coverage in my policiy, as most do, but I don't think I will meet my deductable. In that case, according to the FEMA dude on ch6., FEMA should reimburse, but nothing can done until I'm denied pmt by my ins. carrier.
This is really strange, relatives of mine got calls from FEMA today saying that they WOULD cover hotel expenses from Sept 14 if you are unable to return to your dwelling do to power outage.
I just assume for and prepare for payment out of pocket or insurance, if FEMA covers so be it, but I only rely on the fedz for military defense, the states for good roads, and local Drainage District 7 for a one heck of a levee/seawall
I just assume for and prepare for payment out of pocket or insurance, if FEMA covers so be it, but I only rely on the fedz for military defense, the states for good roads, and local Drainage District 7 for a one heck of a levee/seawall
PNG NDN Fan said:This is really strange, relatives of mine got calls from FEMA today saying that they WOULD cover hotel expenses from Sept 14 if you are unable to return to your dwelling do to power outage.
I just assume for and prepare for payment out of pocket or insurance, if FEMA covers so be it, but I only rely on the fedz for military defense, the states for good roads, and local Drainage District 7 for a one heck of a levee/seawall
I got the same call today too
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