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Hope everyone is doing well. The intention of this thread is to post a list of resources available. Some members have contacted me to tell me that they can access the board on their mobile devices but because of power outages have no access to internet on their computers. Everyone is welcome to add and update the list so others can be updated on necessary info.   [leo]

Here's a list of Home Depot and Lowe's stores open as of 9/16/08

 HOME DEPOT:

507 FM 2094 and 146, Clear Lake Shores

6800 W. Sam Houston Pkwy

2801 Woodbridge Rd., Brenham

1615 University Dr. E., College Station

6708 NE Zac Lentz Parkway, Victoria

12727 FM 1960 West

20360 Highway 59, Humble

FM 646 and I-45

Fairmont Parkway, Pasadena

HOME DEPOT SUPPLY:

4903 W. Sam Houston Parkway North, Building D, Houston


LOWES

Lowe’s stores along the Texas and Louisiana gulf coasts are up and running and ready to assist residents beginning to repair their homes. Of the 58 stores in the Hurricane Ike affected areas, 43 are open regular business hours, while 15 are open under reduced hours in areas with mandatory curfews.

5002 Garth Rd., Baytown

19935 KATY FREEWAY, Katy

200 HWY. 332 EAST, Lake Jackson

20201 N. IH45, Spring

19225 GULF FREEWAY, Baybrook

2741 BROADWAY STREET, PEARLAND

1000 GULFGATE CENTER MALL, Houston

2610 KIRKWOOD DRIVE, Royal Oaks

6161 E. SAM HOUSTON PKWY NORTH, Houston

7355 FM 1960 ROAD EAST, Atascocita

120 US 59 LOOP SOUTH, Livingston

4120 DOWLEN ROAD, Beaumont

1920 WESTVIEW BLVD., Conroe

22600 EASTEX FREEWAY/HWY 59N, Kingwood

8383 MEMORIAL BLVD, Port Arthur

3052 COLLEGE PARK DRIVE, Woodlands

3501 SOUTH MEDFORD, Lufkin

http://blogs.chron.com/closings/openings/

Good find Dr. Jones.  [thumbsup]

Gas with very little lines at San Jacinto and 59. Valero

Latest updates on power outage and restoration maps from Centerpoint:

http://centerpointenergy.com/staticfiles/ike/outages.html

It looks like more than half got their power restored.  Our neighborhood is still pitch back.  A small candle and my partially charged laptop is all I need here  ;D

http://www.chron.com/databases/ikepods.html

I am and have been working out of Austin this whole week.  Please let me know if I can be of assistance to gather information from here.  I am hearing that power is very spotty, gas is scarce, and food is also pretty limited in some places.  I know my house still has no power but it has water.  I have even heard of some reports of looting.  I hope everyone is staying safe back there!  I think I'll be home this weekend.

Looting? The Ducati motofairy left a S2R Dark in my garage last night. ;)

And for those thinking of casing my place I have my .45 loaded with hollow points.  BAM! ...and you got a whole in your head, in your m**F'n head!

been helping out at my parents' restaurant all week.  We got power there on sunday night and opened immediately.  It's been crazy since there's still no real power out in that area (park place and telephone).  We're just trying to get some hot food out to people in the area.  We would give it for free, but it's a small family owned place and we just couldn't afford that, but we've been hearing about some crazy price gouging, and that's just messed up...

Yo Dave, glad to see you post up. I thought about swinging by your place after work but wasn't sure if you would be working. Your folks have power in their home?

yeah, we have power, just no internet  :'( :'(  I'm at a friend's place now using his connection...

we've been busy as hell though, hopefully will be able to get together with everyone for that post ike party  [thumbsup]

Yo, Chill.....beers on me next time, Amigo.......(or 5).

Forgive me if I blew you guys up last week...bad form....I hope everybody is at least dry by now....I did lose a house in the Northridge quake and damn near another in the Topanga fires (pick one, any one) so I sympathize.......

If it makes you guys feel any better, companies large and small all over Austin are pumping relief supplies  your way...Costco has a huge effort, may be worth the while to buzz over to one of them thar stores.....

WOOOHOOOOO INTERNET!!!!!

gone ape, i wouldn't worry about it man, a little laughter and humor would go a long way at the moment

+1, no worries Paul.  [beer] 

It's been a phenomenal response from all over the country, even Canada. Everyone seems to be chipping in  [thumbsup]


ROGER THAT.  [drink]

Glad to see you posting again David and all ok. 


Joe, have you fired that 45 recently?  You are assuming you'll actually hit something  ;D 

It's looking better and better out there. The interesting thing about any disaster is that it brings both the good and the bad things about your neighbors  :-\ :-\

that's an interesting statement, Alvin, you feel like extrapolating a bit?

I would hate for anyone to take this out of context and end up offending anyone, but since you ask  [roll]... [popcorn] [popcorn]

Within our 2 square blocks in the Montrose live a diverse mix residents that call this eclectic area home – from long time elderly residents to new comers, from professionals, to artists, and just really weird people  ;D.  And,  I’m one of the odd-balls here since my neighbors commented they can’t quite place me - a Ducati riding-Straight ok?-asian guy- that-spends-many hours-digging-in the mud-gardening-and-preserving one-of-the-oldest-smallest-house-in-the-block  [laugh]

The older mostly wooden houses would have the mature trees around them, while the new concrete town-homes do not.  As you can imagine, the older homes had it the worst. The day or two after the aftermath, us folks with the old homes that had the damage banded together and helped each other out.  While the unscathed town-homes folks with their blasting generators just ogled around with their cold beverages, oowing and aahing with amazement. It would have been nice if they at least ask if we would want a cold beverage.  I guess there is truth to the saying, misery loves company and that one can’t really understand something understand you experienced it.

I’m  disappointed that during time of disaster I would expect people to be more sympathetic, forget their differences and help others out; rather than hoard things for themselves.  I blew my fuse and just had to walk away was when I overheard two of the town-home residents chatting away about our predicaments, comparing it to the state of our economy and our socio-political system – something to the effect, ‘’..well, they brought it to themselves, why would the tax payer have to help..”  Having paid my own share of taxes, this just ticked me off.

Hello all - I hope everyone made it OK.  I lucked out with a sagging fence and a dirty lawn.
I know things are improving, but a heads up on easy access to gas and food.  In my neighborhood (Oak Forest - North of 610 on TC Jester), the Kroger has been open since Saturday and has been run pretty efficiently.  Last night they had pallets of ice.   Also, there is a gas station just West of 290 on Dacoma that took me all of five minutes to get through yesterday.

All the best, and hang in there.
--Adam

Folks,

If you have some time over the weekend, I have a couple of elderly neighbors on my block that could use some muscle to haul off some big tree trunks that we have been hacking up over the past few days off their yard and drive way.  They have tried calling a bunch of yard clean-up crew but they are either not available or wanted way too much money.  They have a huge pecan tree and great for bbq, so come on by and take some away for your grill  [thumbsup] [thumbsup]

DesmoLu and El Matador came by the other day to help out.  They were cute, all dressed-up in their workout clothes.  They had to use one of my motorcycle gloves for yard work.  Ok now, we just have to give El Matador a hard time here...Can you believe that it was his First Time using a leaf rake  ;) ;) 

howdy all!  i haven't posted mostly b/c i know i'm all alone out here near cypress. i've been thinking about you guys since i know a lot of you live in/near clear lake.  i have power and stuff and would love to help out to anyone, but it's kind of hard to lend a hand when you're 45 minutes away and there's no gas to go anywhere.  :-(  also, i've had to work all week!!  i work for the engineers who know how to put the place back together  [clap].  just let me know if there is anything i can do for you!  or if you have someone out here that you'd like for me to check on or something...

Alvin., I find your observations ironically familiar.......seems no matter which part o' the country you're in, when the worst hits it brings out the flippin worst in SOME....but it has been MFHE that alot of "the best" comes out as well.....shit yeah, you looking after your neighbors is an honorable accord.....one you alone will carry as a memory from now on...it ain't about the glory, it's about taking care of each other when we kicked in the package....