Hopefully we can get a sticky for this.

All members from Texas or Louisiana that may be affected by hurricane Rita please sign in with member name and location and try to sign back in ASAP after the the storm passes.

Maybe we can keep track of each other and make sure everyone is okay. And if help is needed we might be able to help each other.

I did not see this in any of the other forums. I hope it's not a dupe.

I will also post this in the Texas forum.

Good luck all.

MikeS369 Lafayette LA


ETA,

I will be checking in from time to time to add people to a list I am keeping here at home. I'll keep checking for as long as I can, electricity permitting.

After this monster passes and I am able to get back online, I will list all members who answered the call. Once people are able to check in again I will add C/I (checked in) and something like "okay" after their usename. If we have not heard from someone I will add, D/K (don't know) after their username.

If someone else is able to get online before me, feel free to create the list.

Stay safe everyone and good luck.

Mike

ETA,

Alright, I finally got power!

Here's the list of those that checked in before Rita made landfall. Please re-check in ASAP. Happy to hear everyone that has checked in so far is okay.

Louisiana

huggybro-------d/k
TheMaddMan---d/k
LArifleMan------d/k
CajunMojo------c/i  okay
Sambeaux------c/i  okay
Zack3g----------c/i  okay


Texas

WalkerTexasRanger---c/i   okay
Madhouse---------------c/i   okay
Tonster------------------c/i   okay
uhsammy---------------d/k
NFA_Investments------d/k
Slumlord----------------c/i   okay
Powergen---------------d/k
Knight_Shadow---------d/k
pointtarget--------------d/k
jadams951-------------c/i   okay
KIANAM-----------------d/k
SouthernYankee25----d/k
djboon------------------d/k
eklikwhoa--------------c/i   okay
photokirk--------------d/k
fook--------------------d/k
drj3828----------------d/k
noobshooter-----------d/k
badlnb-----------------d/k
Timanator-------------c/i   okay
COZ_45---------------d/k
J_Guynn---------------d/k
338winmag------------d/k
CMOS------------------d/k
Murderman------------c/i   okay
cowboydave----------d/k
J929626---------------d/k
doctorfireant---------d/k
Capn_Crunch--------d/k
oilfieldtrash1---------d/k
THR_Thumper-------d/k
txsouthpaw----------c/i   okay
voldermortist--------d/k
MuRDoc--------------d/k

WTR checking in.  

West Houston - Copperfield

NW Houston here (Jersey Village / Bear Creek area).

Tonster- NW 290 Area

uhsammy - Howard - SW Side aka Sharpstown

Fort NFA Investments here (Spring, TX).  My extended family and pleasnt of neighbors are here for the long haul.

Galleria here.

Kingwood here, riding it out in place.

Me and mine Spring, Texas
stay safe amigos!

Me and mine Spring, Texas
stay safe amigos!

eta:
grr dub post. ar15.com acting up for anyone else?

290 and Huffmiester. Where's all of the gas ? it took me four and a half hours to go from
Bingle & I10 and home "WTF" did'nt want to go anywhere today, but my CEO needed
help.

Bear Creek, Houston area where I live but west houston is where I patrol.  

Spring, at the GF's folks' place

Spring/Woodlands border.....staying in Spring for the storm

djboon - tomball  here

I45 and gulfbank/w.mt.houston/249

1960 and Jones road.  We're bunkered down and ready.

Closed up the safe house in Houston two days ago. Back home in the Goliad area.

Anderson- Grimes County. Whatching all the traffic from down south heading north. Folks running out of gas and have no ideal where they are at. I did give one lady with three kids 5 gallons to get her to a gas station so she could fill up. Hope every body stays safe and makes it through this OK.

NW Houston Here (Jones & Grant rd.).  Stay safe yall!

El LagoTexas North shore of Clear Lake.  Riding it out in Crosby. Ready to Jump off after the storm head back to the house (or whats left of it) with my rifle ready to defend it.

SW side, Bellaire and the Beltway 8. Started digging in to my lock down raman noodle stash already since all stores are closed.

Quoted: SW side, Bellaire and the Beltway 8. Started digging in to my lock down raman noodle stash already since all stores are closed.

WTF?  Tim I give you a -10 rating for your preparedness rating.  You can't dip into your SHTF stash until the SHTF.  

North Houston here. FM1960 and Walters rd. in Olde Oaks subdivision.

Me, Ms. Coz, Swampthing (my son),  Austin (Male Jack Russel), Beignet (female JRT), Stella(Bull Terrier), and Rita, yes, Rita...half JRT half Corgi are all hunkerin down. I've got flashlights, Iluminsticks, water, food and ammo....

Quoted: WTF?  Tim I give you a -10 rating for your preparedness rating.  You can't dip into your SHTF stash until the SHTF.

But I am hungry....

I live in Missouri City and work at the Stafford Police Station.  I'm their IT guy so I have to be on-site 24/7 until everything clears up.  Wife and son are in Georgetown.

Liberty County checking in.


We are riding it out here.  

Sprincg Branch (I10 & Gessner).

Dug in and ready for whatever may come . . .

CMOS

Murderman here - bunkered up in Cypress with my wife, my mom [from N.O.], and a slightly freaked out attack cat.

290&Tidwell/Hollister area.    Lookin' like a ghost town, but at least on my part of 290 is clear!!

Stafford area. Currently in Jacksonville, NC (youngest son returning from the Sandbox). Left home before the storm knew it was a storm. Starting back tomorrow with at least one stopover in Columbus MS.

Conroe, TX area, really live off of fm 1488, closer to The Woodlands than Conroe.

Sitting it out with my wife, kids, dogs, and horses.

Good luck to all in Rita's path!!

Magnolia Springs (Jasper County) here.

Riding it out, fully prepared.

West Conroe here. Watching and waiting...
GodSpeed to you all.
Oilfieldtrash - over and out

Ft Bend County here.

Waiting it out in style with generators, AC window units, hurricane straps, and local deputies stopping by to play.

txsouthpaw here

West Houston - Copperfield Neighborhood

The hatches are battened and the AK mags are loaded

Stay safe guys.

Cameron County here. My family and I bugged out. If it had been me alone I'd have stayed but my mother cannot be in a place without A/C in her condition. Would not be good.


So we've bugged out to relatives down in brownsville. normally takes 6 hours to get here but took 10. it was gridlock in a lot of places. madness.

I'm here at home on the south side of Houston @45 & bw8, my house is boarded up, got food and water. Looters started showing up wed

Quoted: txsouthpaw here West Houston - Copperfield Neighborhood The hatches are battened and the AK mags are loaded Stay safe guys.

I am in Westcreek - hardly any rain and still light winds...  

So far - good to go.  

Quoted: Quoted: txsouthpaw here West Houston - Copperfield Neighborhood The hatches are battened and the AK mags are loaded Stay safe guys. I am in Westcreek - hardly any rain and still light winds...   So far - good to go.

I am still in Westcreek - still hardly any rain, a little stronger winds, nothing bad though...

So far - still good to go.  

Galleria area here.................Doing fine, might even go for a walk its so pleasant outside.

Alief here, about to plan a bar-b-que and Rita fairwell party.

This town is so deserted...

NW checking back in - little wind and rain, basically a non-event for this area.

I want to chow down on some chips, hot sauce, queso, and green sauce from gringo's bad.  

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: txsouthpaw here West Houston - Copperfield Neighborhood The hatches are battened and the AK mags are loaded Stay safe guys. I am in Westcreek - hardly any rain and still light winds...   So far - good to go.   I am still in Westcreek - still hardly any rain, a little stronger winds, nothing bad though... So far - still good to go.

Westcreek also.  A few small tree limb s down, nothing major.

Quoted: NW checking back in - little wind and rain, basically a non-event for this area.

Ditto that...not even any big limbs, but hey thats a good thing

Went to check the status of a couple local gas stations and the 290 traffic is going to be a pain.  
It is somewhat bumper to bumper but flowing...I bet in about 2 hours it will be stop and go.

Tonster

Quoted: Quoted: NW checking back in - little wind and rain, basically a non-event for this area. Ditto that...not even any big limbs, but hey thats a good thing Went to check the status of a couple local gas stations and the 290 traffic is going to be a pain.   It is somewhat bumper to bumper but flowing...I bet in about 2 hours it will be stop and go. Tonster

+2


not even a limb just a few leaves here and there.

Just got back from driving down to my apartment complex.  There is more freeway traffic than anytime yesterday.  288 south has a couple cars every 50 yards or so now, while the south beltway eastbound looks like most weekday mornings.  Everyone is moving along at 60+.  Almeda Genoa is closed due to a large tree fall between MLK and Cullen.  Everything else I saw was wide open, no flooding, even the bayous are still pretty empty.  None were more than 1/4 full.  Power is still out at the complex but everything is quiet.  Not real damage, just some branches and a fence that blew over.  Keep in mind it was an old rotten wooden fence!!  


Photos coming on my photo thread....
www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=8&f=8&t=210715&page=2

Murderman reporting in from Cypress - pretty much the same as Tony, Todd, and Eklik.....no damage whatsoever.  The power went out at 0500, but the generator is up and running now[didn't get the chance to get it all pre-rigged due to the late return from N.O.].  Power is on a few blocks East of here.

Spoke with various family this AM:

Abbeville, LA - beaucoup rain, some shingles missing from their home, one sheet of tin torn from the barn, many trees down, power out since 0100.

Gonzales, LA - beaucoup rain, minimal wind damage, no power outage.

Algiers, LA - beaucoup rain, no wind damage, flooding in other parts of N.O., no power outage.

It looks like we were pretty lucky; I hope everybody else fared equally well.

btt

ClayP checking in, Spring Valley/Memorial area. Barely any damage, few small branches and just leaves. No house damage at all. I evac'ed Thurs am 9 hours trek to Ft Worth, and returned in 6 hours today.