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Posted: 10/7/2005 11:50:57 AM EDT
Hi friends.
I finally made it home from the Hurricane Rita evacuation. I was gone for almost two weeks. I live in Nederland, Texas, right between Port Arthur and Beaumont. Right where the hurricane came in. The town looks like a disaster area. Which it is. Lots of storm damage. I lost my big tree in my back yard.  Notice how God kindly placed it right between my two out-buildings. It did not damage either one, but I did lose some shingles on my wood working shop. I also lost a small tree. Had some damage to roofing shingles and my chimney on my house.  But nothing compared to many neighbors. The biggest problem was my refrigerator that was full of rotting food for two weeks. (No power.) Being an ex-Police Officer, I've smelled my share of dead bodies, but this was as bad as anything I'd ever smelled. I had some ground turkey meat in my refrigerator freezer in the kitchen. When I got home, there was a stench beyond belief and a dried pool of blood about 3 feet in diameter in front of my refrigerator. I did my best to clean it up, but finally just hauled the refrigerator to the curb for the trash. It was hopeless. I did manage to save my freezer, because it did not have any meat in it. Here it is, on the driveway, after several washings with Clorox. The Box O' Truth is holding the door open for it to dry in the sunlight.  All in all, I am okay, my kids and grandkids are all fine. Could have been a lot worse. I give thanks to my Savior.  I wonder if the shooting range is open?  |
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Posted: 10/7/2005 11:52:33 AM EDT
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Wow... good for you, it could have been worse. Get to shootin!
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Posted: 10/7/2005 11:53:49 AM EDT
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Glad you, your family, and your posessions are ok! Now get to the range and send us back a report...with pics
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Posted: 10/7/2005 11:56:17 AM EDT
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No box 'o truth in hurricane force winds? That would have been a neat test, with some good photos.
Glad to hear you made it ok.
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Posted: 10/7/2005 11:57:23 AM EDT
[#4]
Glad things didn't turn out much worse. Welcome home.
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Posted: 10/7/2005 11:57:46 AM EDT
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You know, I'm wondering whether you could make a REALLY big Box O' Truth out of that refrigerator? Glad you and your family are alright. MJD
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Posted: 10/7/2005 11:59:38 AM EDT
[#6]
Glad everything turned out okay, for the most part.
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Posted: 10/7/2005 11:59:50 AM EDT
[#7]
Best thing that's been posted on this site for weeks. |
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Posted: 10/7/2005 11:59:55 AM EDT
[#8]
Glad you're okay O_P.
Did the Box O' Truth make it? |
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Posted: 10/7/2005 12:00:03 PM EDT
[#9]
Refrigerator of Truth?
ETA: Darn. Got beat by a few posts above! |
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Posted: 10/7/2005 12:01:16 PM EDT
[#10]
Good to hear everything is OK! Must of been a pretty nerve wracking 2 weeks. (I get pretty hinkey just being gone 2 or 3 days from the homestead)
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Posted: 10/7/2005 12:01:26 PM EDT
[#11]
The Hurricane O'Truth? I've read of boards being driven through walls in storms. I bet I could have got some great pics.  But after seeing the damage done around here, I am glad that I was in central Texas. |
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Posted: 10/7/2005 12:02:29 PM EDT
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Looks like you faired better than my parents' neighborhood
My RITA Pics Glad to see you didn't take too much of a beating EPOCH |
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Posted: 10/7/2005 12:03:05 PM EDT
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Hi old buddy. Things like this tend to put things in their proper perspective, if you know what I mean. Stuff is just stuff. Family is what matters. |
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Posted: 10/7/2005 12:04:27 PM EDT
[#14]
How large a caliber round does it take to go all the way through a fridge?
Glad you and yours are safe. |
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Posted: 10/7/2005 12:08:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/7/2005 12:09:56 PM EDT
[#16]
Beat me to it!!!
Shoot the fridge!! (not to be confused w/DrFrige) |
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Posted: 10/7/2005 12:12:27 PM EDT
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That's great!  But he would find out that this is a "free fire zone" and I'm ready to repell borders. |
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Posted: 10/7/2005 12:16:28 PM EDT
[#18]
You think they would have caught that guy by now! |
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Posted: 10/7/2005 12:17:31 PM EDT
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If he ever really gets in front of the Box O'Truth, he's history.
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Posted: 10/7/2005 12:18:50 PM EDT
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I don't mean to make light of your situation O.P., but that pic cracks me up! 
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Posted: 10/7/2005 12:20:24 PM EDT
[#21]
Me too! It's great.
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Posted: 10/7/2005 12:23:03 PM EDT
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Another vote for ballistic refirgerator testing here |
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Posted: 10/7/2005 12:27:41 PM EDT
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Tagged for home.
BigDozer66 |
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Posted: 10/7/2005 12:27:52 PM EDT
[#24]
Glad your ok OP!
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Posted: 10/7/2005 12:29:27 PM EDT
[#25]
It's good to hear that you and your family are well!
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Posted: 10/7/2005 12:33:11 PM EDT
[#26]
Glad to see you are ok. Now break out the "Chainsaw- O -Truth" and let us see the carnage on that tree.
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Posted: 10/7/2005 1:53:50 PM EDT
[#27]
Thanks. That's all that really matters.
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Posted: 10/7/2005 1:56:23 PM EDT
[#28]
Glad to hear that your damage was minimal! |
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Posted: 10/7/2005 1:56:50 PM EDT
[#29]
Glad things are ok!
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Posted: 10/7/2005 2:03:22 PM EDT
[#30]
Glad to hear you're OK, O_P!
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Posted: 10/7/2005 2:10:03 PM EDT
[#31]
Thanks! The suspence was killing me. Lots of folks have much worse to contend with. My prayers are with them. |
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Posted: 10/7/2005 2:10:13 PM EDT
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Glad you are OK.
Now, just how many rounds downrange will that fridge try to repel? I think we need a report soon.
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Posted: 10/7/2005 2:24:34 PM EDT
[#33]
Glad to hear everyone is okay in the OP household!
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Posted: 10/7/2005 2:30:42 PM EDT
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I'd have been glad to shoot the rotten refrig. I only wish I had the technology to do a "Scratch and Sniff" to go with the report. You guys would be amazed.
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Posted: 10/7/2005 2:44:29 PM EDT
[#35]
Glad everything came out well O_P
Did the "cane" get your patio furniture?  Or is it so hot in TX, that you only bring it out in the winter GM |
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Posted: 10/7/2005 3:03:33 PM EDT
[#36]
Hurricanes are funny in that way. I had 4 lawn chairs hanging on pegs on my patio. They were uneffected. Meanwhile, a big tree was flattened like a giant stepped on it. You never know. |
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