Ike affecting MENA members

[~Jackie~ 30]

Millions without power. Tragic.

I heard on the news that tommorrow will see many leaving Texas, realizing they cannot live without electricity.

[brnidokiegurl 0]

any word out of our other houston members? mbp, and vp i thought was around houston also.

isnt natty down there also, or was he already on his trip

[Nasturtium 500]

Ike is here The building next door just had it's face ripped off in one part and I am thinking about locking the doors here to keep them from opening so much. Lots of rain!

[S and S 12]

Ike is here The building next door just had it's face ripped off in one part and I am thinking about locking the doors here to keep them from opening so much. Lots of rain!

Nothing here, I am just a little too far east of Ike. All we get are clouds, but no rain. I hope everyone in the path stays safe and their homes are saved.

[Nasturtium 500]

Ike is here The building next door just had it's face ripped off in one part and I am thinking about locking the doors here to keep them from opening so much. Lots of rain!

Nothing here, I am just a little too far east of Ike. All we get are clouds, but no rain. I hope everyone in the path stays safe and their homes are saved.

Are you guys even going to get any rain?

[S and S 12]

Ike is here The building next door just had it's face ripped off in one part and I am thinking about locking the doors here to keep them from opening so much. Lots of rain!

Nothing here, I am just a little too far east of Ike. All we get are clouds, but no rain. I hope everyone in the path stays safe and their homes are saved.

Are you guys even going to get any rain?

We have a chance of rain and thunderstorms today (Sunday), but nothing for the next couple days after that.

[Nasturtium 500]

Ike is here The building next door just had it's face ripped off in one part and I am thinking about locking the doors here to keep them from opening so much. Lots of rain!

Nothing here, I am just a little too far east of Ike. All we get are clouds, but no rain. I hope everyone in the path stays safe and their homes are saved.

Are you guys even going to get any rain?

We have a chance of rain and thunderstorms today (Sunday), but nothing for the next couple days after that.

Have you guys been in a drought?

[ak3 0]

every1 forgpt about us... thank god just 10 minute ago we got electricity now I can see whats going on...my husband got here safe too

[Muh and me 18]

Amal Update:

I just talked to Amal and she said all is ok. Still no electric, she don't know when they will have any and its hot. But she charges her phone on her car charger and sits in the air for a bit. So hopefully soon they will have electric, she said it could be an hour to a month. They have no idea. But she said thank you to everyone and they are safe.

[HLM 1]

Alhamdulillah! Thank you for the update Terrie.

[*Maureen* 0]

Amal Update:

I just talked to Amal and she said all is ok. Still no electric, she don't know when they will have any and its hot. But she charges her phone on her car charger and sits in the air for a bit. So hopefully soon they will have electric, she said it could be an hour to a month. They have no idea. But she said thank you to everyone and they are safe.

i sure hope electric comes back soon, i can't imagine being w/o electric. i go nuts when it's only 5 minutes.

[amal 4]

every1 forgpt about us... thank god just 10 minute ago we got electricity now I can see whats going on...my husband got here safe too

I was wondering if he got here safely. I was so worried! I'm glad you got ur electric back too coz maaaan its hot down here.

I'm writing from one of my friends' houses (she's one of the pharmacists that I work under at my pharmacy) We were tired of eating canned beef/chicken/turkey, and crackers. It got so hot that we were sitting in pools of sweat NOT EVEN MOVING!!! If we laid down, the part of our bodies that was touching anything was drinched within 2 minutes! We just couldn't take it anymore. Still have no power at the apartment and the water pressure is like the pressure in Jordan lol (basically nonexistant hehehe) We did manage to take showers so that felt great! We will only be staying here at my friends house for tonight and then its back home.

Apparently the only thing causing the power outage is a transformer slipped outta place. around 300 ppl are without electricity in our complex and 3 out of 30 units are completely powerless. It would only take about 5 minutes to fix but the govt mandated that the electric companies go to the areas that are the most heavily populated with the most outages first! That means it could very well be in to next week before we have anyone out to fix us!

There are trees uprooted, electric poles/street light poles down (or leaning wayyy over). None of the stop lights are working properly so 8 lane highways are very interesting as 4 way intersections... There are demolished sign remains all over the place along with shingles, drain pipes, etc etc.

(by the way, the green car in the parking lot is my husbands mustang )

I am going to attempt to work tomorrow for a while so we'll see how that goes.

VP is doing fine. They lost power for a few hours but that was it. MBP is MIA and I'm worried but my phone isn't connecting well with anybody so it's a stroke of luck if I actually make contact at all!

How's noura? I know they got bad stuff in her area also so I've been praying that they didn't lose their electricity again! I really hope they get us up and running very soon coz if I have to eat 1 more can of spam....I'm gonna hurl! lmao!!!!!

Take care everyone! Thanks for the well wishes and I'll try to come back and update you more if I get to be near internet again lol.

amal

[merijan 0]

I think I will take the chances of earthquakes to tornados and hurricanes I lived in Texas in the 80's . storms are so bad. I hope Inshallah all is well with those members effected by this.

[S and S 12]

every1 forgpt about us... thank god just 10 minute ago we got electricity now I can see whats going on...my husband got here safe too

I was wondering if he got here safely. I was so worried! I'm glad you got ur electric back too coz maaaan its hot down here.

I'm writing from one of my friends' houses (she's one of the pharmacists that I work under at my pharmacy) We were tired of eating canned beef/chicken/turkey, and crackers. It got so hot that we were sitting in pools of sweat NOT EVEN MOVING!!! If we laid down, the part of our bodies that was touching anything was drinched within 2 minutes! We just couldn't take it anymore. Still have no power at the apartment and the water pressure is like the pressure in Jordan lol (basically nonexistant hehehe) We did manage to take showers so that felt great! We will only be staying here at my friends house for tonight and then its back home.

Apparently the only thing causing the power outage is a transformer slipped outta place. around 300 ppl are without electricity in our complex and 3 out of 30 units are completely powerless. It would only take about 5 minutes to fix but the govt mandated that the electric companies go to the areas that are the most heavily populated with the most outages first! That means it could very well be in to next week before we have anyone out to fix us!

There are trees uprooted, electric poles/street light poles down (or leaning wayyy over). None of the stop lights are working properly so 8 lane highways are very interesting as 4 way intersections... There are demolished sign remains all over the place along with shingles, drain pipes, etc etc.

(by the way, the green car in the parking lot is my husbands mustang )

I am going to attempt to work tomorrow for a while so we'll see how that goes.

VP is doing fine. They lost power for a few hours but that was it. MBP is MIA and I'm worried but my phone isn't connecting well with anybody so it's a stroke of luck if I actually make contact at all!

How's noura? I know they got bad stuff in her area also so I've been praying that they didn't lose their electricity again! I really hope they get us up and running very soon coz if I have to eat 1 more can of spam....I'm gonna hurl! lmao!!!!!

Take care everyone! Thanks for the well wishes and I'll try to come back and update you more if I get to be near internet again lol.

amal

I am glad you are doing fine. Thanks for coming to update us. Sorry about the electricity. That really sounds bad with the heat. Inshallah they will get you back up and running soon! Take care and I hope you get something more decent to eat soon. I hate spam so I can't imagine how you are doing it!

every1 forgpt about us... thank god just 10 minute ago we got electricity now I can see whats going on...my husband got here safe too

Glad you all got electricity and that your husband is safe. Take care and I hope conditions there improve soon.

[Donna A 4]

we experienec ike's wrath here in ohio yesterday. it was hot and humid with strong winds. i was without power for about 4 hours. my daughter called me on her way to work and said all of warren was out and trees were down on the road she takes to work and a power line also.

im glad i took a vacation day and didnt go out in that mess.