hi guys,
well wouldn’t you know it…my place got hit by Hurricane Rita with 100 mph winds, lots of rain, and no power for two days…my train room got soaked …it didn’t hurt the trains but the carpet is so wet that it’s ruined…it also damaged the shingles on the house, took out my front door, and my once beautiful trees in the yard are not beautiful anymore, it also knocked out my septic system…what a mess that was to clean up…anyway…a lot of other folks got hit worse than we did and looks like it’s going to be awhile until i can get into the trains again…guess that’s what makes this forum so great…i can always come here for the latest and greatest in the hobby whenever i want to…Chuck
Wow, sucks to be you (Or many of the other people in the path)
Lucky your expensive trains aren’t ruined, and carpet is easily replaceable. Maybe some nice linoleum?
Goog luck on getting back into operation
Trainboy
Thought you might have gotten it pretty good knowing where you were. My daughter and son-in-law are in Cleveland and their power is out, and forecast to be out until Oct 8th. Fortunately they have a generator, but it doesn’t run the a/c. Lots of tree damage too, but not as bad to their house.
Sorry about the carpet, but good news about the trains.
Regards
Ed
Thank God, you, yours (and your layout) survied.
The most important thing is , You and your family survived. Best of luck and hope you get “Hi-ballin” soon.
Glad to see you made it OK! I live in the Florida Keys which I guess was an advantage this time. Rita did’t have enough time to get real powerful before she moved on (knock on wood). Let’s hope the excitement is over for the year.
Terry
Like Willy6 says you and the family are the important ones, carpets can be changed, septic tank mess can be cleaned up, (not a nice job though), but at least your all OK
Chuck,
I feel bad for ya’. Best of luck, and so glad it wasn’t much worse.
Thanks for checking in with us, Chuck. Very sorry for the ‘damper’ [:D], but you seem to be reasonable content that it was not much worse. I suppose a dehumidifier might improve things quickly, if you have/can get one.
Your trains are okay, but did your scenery do okay? Too bad, also, that your carpet is ruined. Will insurance help…[%-)]
Never give up!You’ll be speedin’ round the track in a jiffy![:D][^][:)]
Chuck,
I feel for you. When we evacuated for Ivan, I was very concerned about my house and
my trains. The trains are in a room with two windows and both of them are on the
side of the house that was facing the prevailing winds. I didn’t have time to protect
these windows and still beat the crowd out of town. Luckly, the windows held and
everything turned out fine. But, I could think of nothing but my layout sitting there all
soggy.
BTW I’m glad you all made it through. Also glad to hear that you got your power
back… we went almost two weeks without it after Ivan. Good luck, Dave
Really too bad what happened, and at least a plus that you suvived better than some. I can tell you are a positive one, and will survive it the best way possible. Keep on railroading when things get straightened out.
I’m sure there are many other modelers who really suffered only the Gulf. Best of wishes to them as well.
Hal