Thanks IKE - Pictures Added
 

Well, It Looks Like Spring Around The Midwest.. Not Going To be Without Rain Until Early Next Week Here.

Just When the Farmers Thought The Crops Were Lookin' Good

:booo::booo::booo::booo:

It could be worse, you could be facing the 20' storm surges though. :moon:

hope it holds off here til the pulls are done tonight:pca1:

Very True..

Instead Ike Is Going To Urinate On Us Until Next Week

Your Pretty Well Inland Right?

you coud also have outages every 5 minutes too:madd:

I Have That Now... Thankfully Using The Laptop

Anyone In IKEs Path Be Safe!!!!!!!!!!!

i think its gettin the worst it can for me, the wind has been comming from the north the whole time and ike is starting its north northeasten path looks like already.

just been strong gusts and light rain for me with power outages....alot of them.

Been out of power for a while, windy as a SOB. :ouch:

hopefully i can pick up a FEMA contract hauling for them.........

you texas boys been awake all night?

I was awake until 5:30 to watch the coverage of Houston, then woke back up at 8:00 to see what it was going to do here. We got about 2" of rain in about an hour but that was it.

We Have Had 6" of Rain So Far...And Will Have 8" More by Sunday. Suppose To Go Non Stop.

Aaron Business is good in carpet cleaning right ?

We have not got any calls, I refuse to work with insurance companies so they call other companies in times like these.

My buddy owns a restoration company that works with insurance and he is slammed right now, he did ask us to help but I am not going to send any trucks out.

Well, My Buddy (The Guy I Race With) Is Absolutely Slammed Now. He Owns Cleanmaster's - Fire & Flood Restoration. Reported OVER 9" So Far Here.

Lets Just Say I Have Yet To Flood Since I Have Owned This Home.. But Judging By The Creek's Water Level Behind My House... I Am Gettin' Scurred. Already Reached The 100 Year Mark... :ouch::ouch::ouch:

Stay Safe Art

So, The New Rain Totals Just Aired. 9" So Far In Rain Over The Past 36 Hrs.. The Creek Behind My House Is Already Hit The 100 Year Mark. :argh::argh::argh:

I Decided To Take RedRam For A Drive To The Other Side Of Town To Pick Up Food.

Driving Down A Main Road Doin' 40MPH... Rains Pretty Thick, But Not Bad Enough To Stop. I Look Over Into The Oncoming Lane And See A Car With It Hazards On In The Pouring Rain. "Thats Odd, And That Sucks For Them"

As I Get Closer To The Car I Realize The Car Is In About 2 Ft. Of Water, Stalled. No Soon Do I Realize That

WHAM!!!!!

Thought I Hit A Brick Wall

Before I Could React Smacked My Nose On The Steering Wheel (Thankfully Has My Belt On). Water Over The Top Of My Truck - Thankfully Not In My Truck. Thats When I Realized..

I Hit That 2ft Of Water Doin' 40MPH The Whole Roadway Was Flooded - No Cones, No Signs, No Emergency Vehicles.. Just A Road Full Of Water, And Of Course Its Around A 90* Bend In the Road, So It's Almost Unpredictable.

Made It Through The Road River And Hopped Out To Assess The Damages - Sure As Shit. Cracked The Bottom Lip Of Red Rams Front Bumper & Took Out A Fog Lamp. MOTHER F'ER!!!! I Was So Pissed I Almost Drove To The Police Station To Tear Them A New One.

Grabbed My Food And Went To Head Back The Same Way To See If The Water Claimed Anymore Victims.. What Do You Know, Johnny Law Blockin' The Roadway.. A Little To Late! Two More People Stuck. I Would Have Helped But With The Turn Where It Was They Wouldn't Be Able To See The Water or My Truck Until They Were 50 Yards Away From me, Sorry Don't Feel Like Being Responsible For That Mistake.

Haven't Fully Assessed The Damages, Not Going To Until The Rain Stops - Can't Believe My Airbags Didn't Go Off, Thankfully!

Pissed Off!

thats why i stock up on food......non-perishable food......once i get a diesel service truck setup the way i want it, as long as i got fuel, i will have power in the house.......

Well The About The Whole Towns A Wash.. No Traffic Coming In - A Large Number Of Homes & Businesses Have Been Washed Out.. Or Away.

Ill Let The Pics Tell The Story.

Well Our Town Has A Couple Of Millions Of Dollars In Damage...

I'll Spare The Words And Show Just Show The Pics. They Are Large.

Whole Towns A Ghost Town - All Roads Are Closed No One Can Get In Or Out.. Unless You Have A Truck! I Can't Even Open Up Shop Today Because None Of My Workers Can Get In!

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Man thats bad, and your in Illinois?? We didnt hardly get any rain here in ohio lost of wind and didnt have power for about 8 hours yesterday trees down everywhere, blew the bedrail cover off my truck:madd: and started to pull the plastic off my bumper:argh: course that was driving 70 into a 50 mph gusts:humm:

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Is that dude fishing???

I was thinking the same thing:humm::pca1: those dern street cats:moon:

but seriously .. Ike sucked big time. I drove back to Indiana from Missouri yesterday and while in Missouri I saw fields flooded that I've never seen flooded before ... like under several feet of water. Then when I got back to Indiana I found my corn plot blown to the ground. So much for my yield trials ... but at least I'm not standing in water or without power.

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[quote=kbailey;210344]lol Yup He Was... The Fish We Happy As Can Be - They Would Swim Right Up To Your Legs. I Actually Caught One With My Bare Hands

Wow! Looks Like Those Crops Took A Beating!!!


Yes Illinois Here...

Wow! looks like we were not the only victims of IKE. Glad your doing ok.

Holy Crap.
That's a lot of water.

Yeah i think the whole midwest got hit by this thing not as bad as you guys in texas but i was without power for 8 hours, mom and dad in PA lost power for about 6 hours its all because of the wind we didnt get any rain here in central Ohio but they did up in PA:argh:

:lol: I like the "Water Truck" picture.

lol Glad Someone Picked Up On That

IKE took its toll on lots of ppl unfortunately, this year has been very strange weather!! HVAC thanks for the pictures they really speak for themselves! The water truck that was funny...but I have to admit the dude fishing thats was freakin hilarious!! When life gives you lemons..go fishing LOL

Here is some pictures of Ike that will make you appreciate its magnitude.

The short - but eventful - life of Ike - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Thanks for the pics Aaron. I am in Dallas right now, where are you at?

Keller area (Texas Motor Speedway)

I'm in the Highland park area