Awww man that looks like fun!! I love poker. And beer. And storms. And dogs.

My good friend stayed behind (hunkered down) in Huntsville. We haven't heard from her yet. I could just shoot her - I offered her a plane ticket outta there, but she wanted to stay because of her pets. I guess I can't blame her.

she should be fine, seak. the worst of it happened east of there. louisiana and such. poor bastards, they've been through enough already. i have to fly relay again in the morning in the geronimo, door better be fixed by then!

Hey jinxy, your dog looks a bit like mine (see below - he enjoys displaying his manhod but no photoof that position....yet!) - mainly a French breed called Beauceron, but not pure - great temperament.

Just put the phone down on a shipowner we have a current contract with who is based in Houston (home) and Galveston (office). He's just got back home and phone just been turned on. Office he believes is still completely out but will be checking in morning - all blue skies and still air now outside he says!

pretty dog! cuba is mike's rot, i do though plan on getting a rot in november though...
yeah, the day turned out alright. can't complain....

My story
 

The first thing I see when I go outside is my neighbor's flagpole. Old Glory may be a bit tattered, but never torn. This was encouraging.

At approximately 0400 today, we were awakened by a loud crash. Forty feet of my back fence just blew down into my yard.

Rita con't
 

We were more worried about the palm tree, but as it turns out it probably provided additional protection. A few more inches and the fence would have been inside my bedroom.

More Rita
 

I could look at this as losing a fence, or I could look at it a gaining a boardwalk. The other pic is a rare view from my back neighbor's. His place is so nice, I'm thinking of suggesting we don't need to rebuild.

Damn NBN , See what happens when you PISS on your fence posts !!!!

Nest
 

On a short walk around the 'hood, it appears I got the only damage. I found a birdnest that was blown out of a magnolia tree, but remarkably intact. I took it home as a souvenir.

Glad to hear you guys are OK. :thumb:

Thanx, Brucie. Actually I was surprised there weren't any crossbow bolts sticking out the other side.

You want to rebuild that fence. Not for the sake of your view of your neighbors, but for the sake of the neighbors' view of you. We've seen what happens behind that fence. Think about it won't you?

NBN needn't worry.

Neighbor will build fence Sunday morning following Saturday night.

Looks like you all didn't get much than a good summer thunderstorm might have been able to do. After all the dire predictions, it is good to see that you've emerged relatively unscathed.

You are exactly right. All throughout we never got more than a hard drizzle and gusty winds in the 60 MPH range, but certainly no worse than a decent summerstorm. What was bad was the duration, 18 hours of this shit. Could have been a lot worse.