Thread: SRP members is the Texas Coastal area

All --

I put this post here instead of The Conversation because if it wasn't for a guy from the Houston area and his circle of SRP friends, I wouldn't still be shaving with a SR or DE. I would have tried it, gotten bored and gone back to cartridges -- which worked for me for 30 years well enough that I could hold a steady desk job.

Then came SRP, and in particular a guy you know as Sharptonn (Tom) and his circle of accomplished, talented, creative and yes "weird" and funny friends, who taught me more than I ever would have known, otherwise.

Right now, a large chunk of SE Texas, including, I expect Sharptonn's neighborhood, are experiencing one of the worst storm effects seen in the recent past. I have been, in my past, in the emergency management business and I live in a hurricane "alley". I know what it's like.

Watching the evening news, I watched these stories of the unbelievable flooding which is sweeping away from people everything they know, love and own. Then the story shifted to "and it's going to probably cause gasoline prices to jump 15 - 30 cents/gallon...."

Pardon me, but who gives a crap? We care about people, not things, and we ought to be worrying about and praying for those we know who may be impacted...not our own wallets.

I just want to ask that all who pray, please do so for the people there we know, and those we don't know, that they will be safe and they will be strong enough to go on and recover. If you don't pray, you should, but rather than taking my advice on that, just send whatever positive vibes you can in the direction of Houston and the other areas around it that are still being threatened by a once in a lifetime event.

Then lather up and shave!

Peace,

Harold

Amen brother! Well said.

At my house 22.17" so far and it's still raining.

I fear Tom and Engine are in for a very bad time . my prayers are with them

Hang in there guys. I've been keeping the TX crew in my thoughts. Hope everyone is safe!

Very nice of you, Harold!

We are getting by fine. We were in-between the storm and the bands for most of the time. The time in -between the bands let the water go down so it could come back up. Stayed up all nite and monitored it in case action was necessary.
Raining again now! Some folks got it bad. I was just damn lucky it did not sit on me like it did some.
Guess we shall send it your way soon! I have had my 22 inches!
Tom


I can judge when I might be in trouble as my neighbor's grass disappears. They always flood before I do.

This was about noon today...



A good story is about a street in my hood which is low and ALWAYS floods. The residents got tired of seeing the ditch above their street dry and their houses under. They pooled resources and rented 4 pumps and set up 2 pumping stations to pump from the gutters up to the ditch. They pumped all night and no one got flooded!

Prayers still coming your way folks.

Sure glad to hear from you guys, and that things aren't bad for you.

Originally Posted by Dieseld

Prayers still coming your way folks.

Sure glad to hear from you guys, and that things aren't bad for you.

Prayers are needed, for certain. Lots have lost everything.....

I've been thinking about our Texan friends all weekend. I hope you get through it safe.

Thoughts and prayers are very much appreciated. Rain is starting to train again, but the 2 hr. pause let things go down abit. Where I live has pretty good drainage to the local bayou and I'm close enough to Galveston bay that it doesn't build much unless debris makes a dam. Then it causes problems.

There are many who are losing everything and they say more water on the way.