Re: [Assam] Are You All OK?
Thanks C'da for asking. So far, so good. We are all making preparations - boarding up the windows, duct taping panes, storing water, emergency supplies etc. From the local news - just heard that the eye is going to hit between Beaumont, TX and Port Arthur at 140 mph. Houston downtow to see around 100 +, North side of Houston to see 65-70 mph, Sugarland around 70+ mph. The biggest worry may be flooding come Moday or Tuesday if the hurrican stalls over any length of time (even as far as Dallas). I don't think any of the kharkhowas or markhowas have skipped town. A lot of people who left yesterday are still stuck in the freeways. Some are out of gas, or are just stuck in traffic. As a reference, there were reports that Houston to Dallas (normally around 4-5 hours) has taken 12+ hours if you are lucky. And once on the freeways (any freeeway), you can't turn back, as the freeways are now all on contra-flows to ease traffic out of Houston. More later --Ram On 9/23/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our Houston Friends:Are you all OK so far?cm___ assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Are You All OK?
Title: Re: [Assam] Are You All OK? Ram: Is Sugarland, home to so many of our Oxomiya and also desi friends, a flood prone area? Since it is not common to have window-boarding situations on Houston, are you all having a tough time with it? Most of the houses are two story there aren't they? Couldn't be easy to go board those upper story windows. Where are you Ram, are you in Sugarland? How are Rajen ( Katy), Dilip (Kingwood) etc. placed? What about Kamal's locality? Best to you all. c-da At 9:55 AM -0500 9/23/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote: Thanks C'da for asking. So far, so good. We are all making preparations - boarding up the windows, duct taping panes, storing water, emergency supplies etc. From the local news - just heard that the eye is going to hit between Beaumont, TX and Port Arthur at 140 mph. Houston downtow to see around 100 +, North side of Houston to see 65-70 mph, Sugarland around 70+ mph. The biggest worry may be flooding come Moday or Tuesday if the hurrican stalls over any length of time (even as far as Dallas). I don't think any of the kharkhowas or markhowas have skipped town. A lot of people who left yesterday are still stuck in the freeways. Some are out of gas, or are just stuck in traffic. As a reference, there were reports that Houston to Dallas (normally around 4-5 hours) has taken 12+ hours if you are lucky. And once on the freeways (any freeeway), you can't turn back, as the freeways are now all on contra-flows to ease traffic out of Houston. More later --Ram On 9/23/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our Houston Friends: Are you all OK so far? cm ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Are You All OK?
Ram-da: If you knowpeople that moved or are still moving north towards Dallas and don'thave a placeto stay, wehave space at home. I am hoping we are not going to get flooded. Stay dry and good luck - Santanu. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Ram SarangapaniSent: Friday, September 23, 2005 8:56 AMTo: Chan MahantaCc: assam@assamnet.orgSubject: Re: [Assam] Are You All OK? Thanks C'da for asking. So far, so good. We are all making preparations - boarding up the windows, duct taping panes, storing water, emergency supplies etc. From the local news - just heard that the eye is going to hit between Beaumont, TX and Port Arthur at 140 mph. Houston downtow to see around 100 +, North side of Houston to see 65-70 mph, Sugarland around 70+ mph. The biggest worry may be flooding come Moday or Tuesday if the hurrican stalls over any length of time (even as far as Dallas). I don't think any of the kharkhowas or markhowas have skipped town. A lot of people who left yesterday are still stuck in the freeways. Some are out of gas, or are just stuck in traffic. As a reference, there were reports that Houston to Dallas (normally around 4-5 hours) has taken 12+ hours if you are lucky. And once on the freeways (any freeeway), you can't turn back, as the freeways are now all on contra-flows to ease traffic out of Houston. More later --Ram On 9/23/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our Houston Friends:Are you all OK so far?cm___ assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Are You All OK?
Two Assamese families who live in the south side of Houston, close to Galveston have evacuated to Austin - Rupesh and Manju Saikia, and Renita and Mike Fincke. Rajen Barua and family are in India. There were public offers from the Assamese families in Dallas and Austin to house evacuating Assamese families from Houston and we thank them all. Most of the Assamese families are staying put in Houston. The hurricane is moving east of Houston and we expect winds upto 75 miles.Heavy rain is also predicted. Katy, Sugarland and Kingwood are not expected to get flooded. We'll know by tomorrow afternoon how we fare. In the meanwhile there are two Astros games in Milwaukee. At least that will be a diversion from the Hurricane stress. Here is the Hurricane sequence that is expected in Houston - rain first and to continue, storm wind next (40+mph), and then hurricane wind (75 mph). Right now it is sunny and picnic weather in Houston, it is going to be totally different in 24 hours. Dilip Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ram: Is Sugarland, home to so many of our Oxomiya and also desi friends, a flood prone area? Since it is not common to have window-boarding situations on Houston, are you all having a tough time with it? Most of the houses are two story there aren't they? Couldn't be easy to go board those upper story windows. Where are you Ram, are you in Sugarland? How are Rajen ( Katy), Dilip (Kingwood) etc. placed? What about Kamal's locality? Best to you all. c-da At 9:55 AM -0500 9/23/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote: Thanks C'da for asking. So far, so good. We are all making preparations - boarding up the windows, duct taping panes, storing water, emergency supplies etc. From the local news - just heard that the eye is going to hit between Beaumont, TX and Port Arthur at 140 mph. Houston downtow to see around 100 +, North side of Houston to see 65-70 mph, Sugarland around 70+ mph. The biggest worry may be flooding come Moday or Tuesday if the hurrican stalls over any length of time (even as far as Dallas). I don't think any of the kharkhowas or markhowas have skipped town. A lot of people who left yesterday are still stuck in the freeways. Some are out of gas, or are just stuck in traffic. As a reference, there were reports that Houston to Dallas (normally around 4-5 hours) has taken 12+ hours if you are lucky. And once on the freeways (any freeeway), you can't turn back, as the freeways are now all on contra-flows to ease traffic out of Houston. More later --Ram On 9/23/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our Houston Friends:Are you all OK so far?cm___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org ___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
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C'da, The toughest part was getting plywood. I couldn't get any after I waited till about 12 midnight at Home Depot. They kept telling us to wait another couple of hours. So I left at that point. Went back in the morning, and they wouldn't let us in (too many people), and those who waited all night got 10 a piece. Luckly, I have a couple of sheets in my garaage, and some fence boards - those should do and will board up. I am just going to duct tape the upstairs windows - can't reach them. We are not in the 100 year flood plain. We are in the north side of Houston. As far as Sugarland is concerned, I hear they don't get flooded usually, except in some areas of Missouri City (close to Sugarland). What about Kamal's locality? Talked to KJD yesterday. They are in Sugarland too, and should be OK. --Ram On 9/23/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ram: Is Sugarland, home to so many of our Oxomiya and also desi friends, a flood prone area? Since it is not common to have window-boarding situations on Houston, are you all having a tough time with it? Most of the houses are two story there aren't they? Couldn't be easy to go board those upper story windows. Where are you Ram, are you in Sugarland? How are Rajen ( Katy), Dilip (Kingwood) etc. placed? What about Kamal's locality? Best to you all. c-da At 9:55 AM -0500 9/23/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote: Thanks C'da for asking. So far, so good. We are all making preparations - boarding up the windows, duct taping panes, storing water, emergency supplies etc. From the local news - just heard that the eye is going to hit between Beaumont, TX and Port Arthur at 140 mph. Houston downtow to see around 100 +, North side of Houston to see 65-70 mph, Sugarland around 70+ mph. The biggest worry may be flooding come Moday or Tuesday if the hurrican stalls over any length of time (even as far as Dallas). I don't think any of the kharkhowas or markhowas have skipped town. A lot of people who left yesterday are still stuck in the freeways. Some are out of gas, or are just stuck in traffic. As a reference, there were reports that Houston to Dallas (normally around 4-5 hours) has taken 12+ hours if you are lucky. And once on the freeways (any freeeway), you can't turn back, as the freeways are now all on contra-flows to ease traffic out of Houston. More later --Ram On 9/23/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our Houston Friends:Are you all OK so far?cm___assam mailing list assam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Are You All OK?
Hi Santanu, Thank you Santanu. There were a few families we knew who started out for Dallas or Austin, but turned back out of sheer frustration. There were some horror stories about some people running out of water, heat exhaustion, car overheating etc - A normal drive of 30 min. took people a couple of hours. My next door neighbor's wife kids returned from going to Dallas after spending all morning just trying to get out of Houston suburbs. --Ram da On 9/23/05, Roy, Santanu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ram-da: If you knowpeople that moved or are still moving north towards Dallas and don'thave a placeto stay, wehave space at home. I am hoping we are not going to get flooded. Stay dry and good luck - Santanu. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ram SarangapaniSent: Friday, September 23, 2005 8:56 AM To: Chan MahantaCc: assam@assamnet.orgSubject: Re: [Assam] Are You All OK? Thanks C'da for asking. So far, so good. We are all making preparations - boarding up the windows, duct taping panes, storing water, emergency supplies etc. From the local news - just heard that the eye is going to hit between Beaumont, TX and Port Arthur at 140 mph. Houston downtow to see around 100 +, North side of Houston to see 65-70 mph, Sugarland around 70+ mph. The biggest worry may be flooding come Moday or Tuesday if the hurrican stalls over any length of time (even as far as Dallas). I don't think any of the kharkhowas or markhowas have skipped town. A lot of people who left yesterday are still stuck in the freeways. Some are out of gas, or are just stuck in traffic. As a reference, there were reports that Houston to Dallas (normally around 4-5 hours) has taken 12+ hours if you are lucky. And once on the freeways (any freeeway), you can't turn back, as the freeways are now all on contra-flows to ease traffic out of Houston. More later --Ram On 9/23/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our Houston Friends:Are you all OK so far?cm___ assam mailing listassam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Are You All OK?
Hi C'da:Thanks for your concern. We live in the north part of Houston -isolated from everybody else. :) Though people were fleeing Houston,Ramgopal took the opposite route and came to Houston from Austin, (as ifwe are always "destined" to do theoppositeto what others do) as Nitin I won't move from Houston. One of our biggest concerns were Caesar and Anthony - our two big dogs. Ram's sister from India has been calling us from Tuesday night to go to our nephew's (her son) place in Dallas, before even I knew it was that serious. But he has a big dog too, so we thought unless it is an emergency :), we should keep the 3 'boy' dogs in separate houses- so we stayed back in Houston. I guess if we have to, we will use the peanut butter, jelly and the other non-perishable food items that I hadgathered fornext week's collection bythevolunteer centerin our college for the Katrina victims. Anyway, God heard our prayers (and Iam writing this to you - about prayers?)and looks like it is going to be not as bad. We are starting to haveheavier winds than normalalready. But Iknow we will be okay and taking all the precautions that we can. Utpal and Santanu, thanks so much for your invitation. We will take a rain-check :)for now and know that we have 3 choices now - 2 in Dallas (Santanu and Sanjeev in Dallas) and 1 inNJ (Utpal) to go if we still decide to leave town, and if some airlines will fly us :). Seriously, a big thank you to you both. About boarding the windows, forget upstairs, I will be happy if Ram finishes the downstairs windows. Hehas his tool belt on and the tool-kit ready, but we will wait and see when he finishes. In the mean time, Ihave put duct tape on the glass windows. Anyway, you get the picture of everybody now. Thanks again for all of your concerns. Regards, - A. From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED]CC: assam@assamnet.orgSubject: Re: [Assam] Are You All OK?Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:11:20 -0500 Ram: Is Sugarland, home to so many of our Oxomiya and also desi friends, a flood prone area? Since it is not common to have window-boarding situations on Houston, are you all having a tough time with it? Most of the houses are two story there aren't they? Couldn't be easy to go board those upper story windows. Where are you Ram, are you in Sugarland? How are Rajen ( Katy), Dilip (Kingwood) etc. placed? What about Kamal's locality? Best to you all. c-da At 9:55 AM -0500 9/23/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote: Thanks C'da for asking. So far, so good. We are all making preparations - boarding up the windows, duct taping panes, storing water, emergency supplies etc. From the local news - just heard that the eye is going to hit between Beaumont, TX and Port Arthur at 140 mph. Houston downtow to see around 100 +, North side of Houston to see 65-70 mph, Sugarland around 70+ mph. The biggest worry may be flooding come Moday or Tuesday if the hurrican stalls over any length of time (even as far as Dallas). I don't think any of the kharkhowas or markhowas have skipped town. A lot of people who left yesterday are still stuck in the freeways. Some are out of gas, or are just stuck in traffic. As a reference, there were reports that Houston to Dallas (normally around 4-5 hours) has taken 12+ hours if you are lucky. And once on the freeways (any freeeway), you can't turn back, as the freeways are now all on contra-flows to ease traffic out of Houston. More later --Ram On 9/23/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our Houston Friends:Are you all OK so far?cm___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org ___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Are You All OK?
Title: Re: [Assam] Are You All OK?
Hi A:
First and foremost, take of care of yourselves. And keep an eye
on Ram on that ladder, playing the Toolman. You should have put Nitin
up to that instead of Ram. Is he on hurricane duty? I heard moments
earlier that the wind speeds have fallen below Cat 3 level. See, your
prayers are working already :-). Congrats. on your completion of
duct-taping the windows. How do you clean the glue after removing
them? That would keep you busy for a few days I guess.
guess if we have to, we will use the peanut butter, jelly
and the other
*** Do you mean you didn't keep any 'poita-bhat' to tide you
over? I know Ram would not eat 'pwra goroi maas', but
kesa-jolokiya, mitha-tel and patot-diya kerelar pitika with poita-bhat
could be unbeatable a hurricane fare.
And give Sizar and Tony a belly-rub for me.
c-da :-).
At 1:27 PM -0500 9/23/05, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
Hi C'da:Thanks for your concern. We
live in the north part of Houston -isolated from everybody else.
:)
Though people were fleeing
Houston,Ramgopal took the opposite route and came to Houston
from Austin, (as ifwe are always destined to do
theoppositeto what others do) as Nitin I won't
move from Houston. One of our biggest concerns were Caesar and Anthony
- our two big dogs.
Ram's sister from India has been calling
us from Tuesday night to go to our nephew's (her son) place in Dallas,
before even I knew it was that serious. But he has a big dog too, so
we thought unless it is an emergency :), we should keep the 3 'boy'
dogs in separate houses- so we stayed back in Houston.
I guess if we have to, we will use the
peanut butter, jelly and the other non-perishable food items that I
hadgathered fornext week's collection
bythevolunteer centerin our college for the Katrina
victims.
Anyway, God heard our prayers (and
Iam writing this to you - about prayers?)and looks like it
is going to be not as bad. We are starting to haveheavier winds
than normalalready. But Iknow we will be okay and taking all the
precautions that we can.
Utpal and Santanu, thanks so much for
your invitation. We will take a rain-check :)for now and know
that we have 3 choices now - 2 in Dallas (Santanu and Sanjeev in
Dallas) and 1 inNJ (Utpal) to go if we still decide to leave
town, and if some airlines will fly us :). Seriously, a big thank you
to you both.
About boarding the windows, forget
upstairs, I will be happy if Ram finishes the downstairs windows.
Hehas his tool belt on and the tool-kit ready, but we will wait
and see when he finishes. In the mean time, Ihave put duct tape
on the glass windows.
Anyway, you get the picture of everybody
now.
Thanks again for all of your
concerns.
Regards,
- A.
From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CC: assam@assamnet.org
Subject: Re: [Assam] Are You All OK?
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:11:20 -0500
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Ram:
Is Sugarland, home to so many of our Oxomiya and also desi
friends, a flood prone area?
Since it is not common to have window-boarding situations
on Houston, are you all having a tough time with it? Most of the
houses are two story there aren't they? Couldn't be easy to go board
those upper story windows.
Where are you Ram, are you in Sugarland? How are Rajen (
Katy), Dilip (Kingwood) etc. placed? What about Kamal's
locality?
Best to you all.
c-da
At 9:55 AM -0500 9/23/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
Thanks C'da for asking.
So far, so good. We are all making preparations - boarding
up the windows, duct taping panes, storing water, emergency supplies
etc.
From the local news - just heard that the eye is going to
hit between Beaumont, TX and Port Arthur at 140 mph. Houston downtow
to see around 100 +, North side of Houston to see 65-70 mph, Sugarland
around 70+ mph.
The biggest worry may be flooding come Moday or Tuesday if
the hurrican stalls over any length of time (even as far as
Dallas).
I don't think any of the kharkhowas or markhowas have
skipped town. A lot of people who left yesterday are still stuck in
the freeways. Some are out of gas, or are just stuck in traffic. As a
reference, there were reports that Houston to Dallas (normally around
4-5 hours) has taken 12+ hours if you are lucky. And once on the
freeways (any freeeway), you can't turn back, as the freeways are now
all on contra-flows to ease traffic out of Houston.
More later
--Ram
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wrote:
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Are you all OK so far?
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Ram-da, Alpnanaji, Dilip-da and family etc, I hope you have a safe passage through the Rita - though even US President - George Bush - of world's only super power - cannot stop the hurricane despite being a guest of Jugal-da neighborhoodat Colarado Springs US Army Base . Umesh"Alpana B. Sarangapani" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi C'da:Thanks for your concern. We live in the north part of Houston -isolated from everybody else. :) Though people were fleeing Houston,Ramgopal took the opposite route and came to Houston from Austin, (as ifwe are always "destined" to do theoppositeto what others do) as Nitin I won't move from Houston. One of our biggest concerns were Caesar and Anthony - our two big dogs. Ram's sister from India has been calling us from Tuesday night to go to our nephew's (her son) place in Dallas, before even I knew it was that serious. But he has a big dog too, so we thought unless it is an emergency :), we should keep the 3 'boy' dogs in separate houses- so we stayed back in Houston. I guess if we have to, we will use the peanut butter, jelly and the other non-perishable food items that I hadgathered fornext week's collection bythevolunteer centerin our college for the Katrina victims. Anyway, God heard our prayers (and Iam writing this to you - about prayers?)and looks like it is going to be not as bad. We are starting to haveheavier winds than normalalready. But Iknow we will be okay and taking all the precautions that we can. Utpal and Santanu, thanks so much for your invitation. We will take a rain-check :)for now and know that we have 3 choices now - 2 in Dallas (Santanu and Sanjeev in Dallas) and 1 inNJ (Utpal) to go if we still decide to leave town, and if some airlines will fly us :). Seriously, a big thank you to you both. About boarding the windows, forget upstairs, I will be happy if Ram finishes the downstairs windows. Hehas his tool belt on and the tool-kit ready, but we will wait and see when he finishes. In the mean time, Ihave put duct tape on the glass windows. Anyway, you get the picture of everybody now. Thanks again for all of your concerns. Regards, - A. From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED]CC: assam@assamnet.orgSubject: Re: [Assam] Are You All OK?Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:11:20 -0500 Ram: Is Sugarland, home to so many of our Oxomiya and also desi friends, a flood prone area? Since it is not common to have window-boarding situations on Houston, are you all having a tough time with it? Most of the houses are two story there aren't they? Couldn't be easy to go board those upper story windows. Where are you Ram, are you in Sugarland? How are Rajen ( Katy), Dilip (Kingwood) etc. placed? What about Kamal's locality? Best to you all. c-da At 9:55 AM -0500 9/23/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote: Thanks C'da for asking. So far, so good. We are all making preparations - boarding up the windows, duct taping panes, storing water, emergency supplies etc. From the local news - just heard that the eye is going to hit between Beaumont, TX and Port Arthur at 140 mph. Houston downtow to see around 100 +, North side of Houston to see 65-70 mph, Sugarland around 70+ mph. The biggest worry may be flooding come Moday or Tuesday if the hurrican stalls over any length of time (even as far as Dallas). I don't think any of the kharkhowas or markhowas have skipped town. A lot of people who left yesterday are still stuck in the freeways. Some are out of gas, or are just stuck in traffic. As a reference, there were reports that Houston to Dallas (normally around 4-5 hours) has taken 12+ hours if you are lucky. And once on the freeways (any freeeway), you can't turn back, as the freeways are now all on contra-flows to ease traffic out of Houston. More later --Ram On 9/23/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our Houston Friends:Are you all OK so far?cm___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org ___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org ___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos. Get Yahoo! Photos___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
