i've been taping windows and hammering the aval. boards and all that stuff, god! this sucks....the interstate going out of houston is PACKED....this isn't good

Good luck to all the beerpals in the path of this hoss of a storm, it is huge! [V]

i just awoke and do not know if rita has hit land yet or not, but if it has, i hope everyone is okay, and if it hasn't hit yet, i hope all of you that are in the storms path and all of your loved ones are safe.

Good news, the storm is now a category three storm! Anyway, everyone still be safe. [^]

Man, I wish I was still in high school, or public schools for that matter. Because of this hurricane, all public schools in the entire state of Georgia are closed on Monday and Tuesday to conserve fuel; this is unprecedented and two snow days will be used up for these two days. This is being done because the school buses will not have to run, which in turn will conserve something like 500 thousand gallons of fuel. What a hell of a hurricane season!!! [:(] We are so dependent on fuel in this country it is unreal.

quote: Originally posted by staleyiv Good news, the storm is now a category three storm! Anyway, everyone still be safe. [^]

quote: Originally posted by staleyiv I hope this hoss of a hurricane does not destroy anymore breweries! I am not sure if any are in the immediate vicinity of landfall, anyone know? Once again I hope all remain safe and remain vigilant. [:)]

Good breweries in Texas?!? Awright, Heemer, I'll rise to the bait[;)]. Real Ale Brewing in Blanco (northwest of Austin) is the best I've encountered so far. Delicious beers. St. Arnold in Houston probably has the best distribution; some of theirs are so-so, but they have a few stand-outs, the kolsch and the IPA in particular. Sure hope they didn't sustain much damage. Supposedly, the Rahr Brothers in Ft. Worth put out a good product. Haven't had the pleasure yet of sampling their beers. San Antone has a brewery, but the names of their beers escape me just now.

i'm back at my house finally, got little damage,some trees fallen over.. but just found out that 2 of my neighbors died trying to escape..quite depressing.....but,i am just happy to be home....i need to finish cleaning up...

just think.....one more month of hurricane season...were like florida last year except were getting the fuc,king monster ones ...this last one we had two tornados touch down near were i live cause of this bitch...i hate to think what next hurricane season brings....