Say a prayer...

[ironglow]

  ..For all our brothers & sisters in way the storm..
    I think of friends like Wm Layton..whose home must be directly in the storm's path..May God bless and protect..

[powderman]

Done. My sister lives just north of Houston. POWDERMAN. 

[Graybeard]

While you're at it you might want to say one for the entire nation as it seems the oil companies have decided to use this storm as a pretext for an oil/gas shortage and are scalping the prices on gas to astronomical levels. By Monday gas is expected to be over $5 a gallon every where. I doubt we'll ever see $4 a gallon again after this. As you know once they manage to get the price up they are not prone to drop it again.

This has nothing to do with the cost to them it's merely a price gouge brought on by them shutting down the refineries all along the coast something they've never done before even tho this storm seems a rather mild one by comparison to others. From what I read last night it's likely to be only a cat two at land fall.

[buffermop]

AMEN to that statement TM7. It gets to the point were a few have the money and the power to control our destiny, then it time congress got off their ass and done something . The way it is now, it almost look like a Communistic domain on our energy.

[magooch]

If anyone thinks that gas is high now, just imagine what it would be if the government was running the show. 

[TribReady]

I agree prayers are needed for those affected by the storm and also for the country. 
I think this storm and the resulting gas prices it "caused" show just how vulnerable our country is right now.  I thnk we're at a cross roads of sorts and the path of the country will go one of two ways.  My fear is that we're headed for the downhill path.  Something big is coming soon IMO.
Again, best thing we can do is pray.

[ms]

While you're at it you might want to say one for the entire nation as it seems the oil companies have decided to use this storm as a pretext for an oil/gas shortage and are scalping the prices on gas to astronomical levels. By Monday gas is expected to be over $5 a gallon every where. I doubt we'll ever see $4 a gallon again after this. As you know once they manage to get the price up they are not prone to drop it again.

This has nothing to do with the cost to them it's merely a price gouge brought on by them shutting down the refineries all along the coast something they've never done before even tho this storm seems a rather mild one by comparison to others. From what I read last night it's likely to be only a cat two at land fall.

 

 Gb they wouldn't do that to us 

[williamlayton]

We survived--my son with some major damage. i will go home tomorrow.
We will be OK.
The lord gets a BIG handclap from me. I praise Him for His protection--things can be fixed.
Blessings

[Spanky]

We survived--my son with some major damage. i will go home tomorrow.
We will be OK.
The lord gets a BIG handclap from me. I praise Him for His protection--things can be fixed.
Blessings

The first two words of your post are all that matters!!
Thank God that you and your family are OK.



Spanky

[ironglow]

 Delighted to hear that Wm..I have a couple brothers whose homes are in Bridge City, near Port Arthur. They evacuated and are OK,
  but there is concern for their homes..

[BBF]

We have friends living in Santa Fe, TX and haven't heard from them. Anyone here knows how Santa Fe made out?

[powderman]

My sister, just north of Houston, had no major damage. Downed limbs and lost a big tree. No power since Friday evening about 6 pm. Prayers answered. POWDERMAN. 

[ironglow]

   I have a neice in the Conroe/Cleveland area north of Hopuston, outside of a couple tree limbs through the house roof..their cattle, generator etc
  are purring along..
 Wm, My son hauls once a month to the Akzo-Nobel plant in LaPorte..how did they weather it..he wonders if he will work next week..