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Sunday, September 14, 2008

 

Hurricane Ike


I live in Houston, Texas which was in the direct path of Hurricane Ike. I live in the zone where we were told to shelter in place or "hunker down". Storm surge was not expected in my area, just wind and rain.
The place I work closed early at noon on Thursday. I left about 10:45. On the way home, I noticed that the new 84 Lumber had a makeshift sign that said "We have hurricane supplies". I had planned to try and find some plywood if possible even though I figured it would be nearly impossible. The 84 Lumber location was a new store that was not even open yet. I got 6 pieces of 4'x8' OSB (cheap plywood).
I drove home slowly and unloaded the plywood into the garage. The only saw that I had was a hand saw. It was gonna take forever to cut this plywood to fit the windows. I cut one piece by hand. It took forever. Just before dusk I asked one of my neighbors if I could use his saw or get him to cut mine for me. John, who lives across the street, happily agreed to cut it for me. I was ecstatic. I went to bed Thursday night early with a plan to get up early and put up my plywood during the day.
I got up about 6 am on Friday. I needed to go to Home Depot to try and find some screws and a circular saw in case I needed to cut anymore wood. It was open when I got there at 6:45. There was a line, but most of them were in line for plywood. I was able to get in right away. There were almost out of saws except for the most expensive ones. I just grabbed it and went to find some screws. They were out of the ones I wanted, but I found some I think that would work. I checked out and drove home.
I put the plywood over my front windows. I put several screws in each one, but I wasn't happy with how they were attached. It was too late to try and get more wood to make then fit better. I used the leftover pieces of plywood to cover the top half of each of the 3 windows on the back of my house. I used some different screws that I had on these pieces of plywood.
A friend of mine who lives in Pasadena, Chad, asked if he could ride out the storm in my house. His house normally floods and he knew that my house normally doesn't flood. He got at my house around 1 pm. He brought several things like his Xbox 360 and his computer. He also brought some frozen pizzas that we cooked before the power went out. We played Rock Band and Guitar Hero Aerosmith for several hours. We also watched the movie Total Recall until the power started going on and off. We watched all of the movie (except the last couple of minutes) when the power started flickering. It went off for good about 12:30 am. It came back on briefly (10 seconds) about 4 am.

The hurricane winds started coming soon after around 1 am or so. At some point I heard a weird noise. I got up and looked at the front of the house. One of my plywood panels had come off. No window damage however. The rest of the ones on the front came off at various points through out the night. They all just fell straight down into my bushes. The back half of the hurricane was MUCH stronger than the front side. The winds were a lot stronger and came from what appeared to be from the west.

Whenever the storm had passed and it was light out, we went out to survey the damage. I had several shingles off of the roof on the west side (front side) of the house. Also, when the back half of the storm came through and the wind was coming from the west, water was blowing in the under my front door. I put towels there to stop it but a lot of it had already gotten in and got the carpet wet. None of my windows were broken. Overall, I was very blessed to not receive much damage.



Some others in my neighborhood were not as lucky but overall, this area did OK. Several fences were blown down. A few carports were turned over, as well as a few people who lost windows.

I also was very blessed to have my power restored around 5 pm on Sunday. It is very nice to have A/C again. It was very hot and hard to sleep.

The place I work will be closed on Monday and most likely until the latter part of this week. So I will have some extra time on my hand. I will try to drive over there and see what I can see tomorrow.

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Monday, September 08, 2008

 

Rock The Bayou Day 4

First up for the last day of the Rock the Bayou festival was Broken Teeth from Austin, Texas. They played from 11:30 until 12:17. The band lineup was:

Next up was Bang Tango, who played from 12:33 until 1:18. The band lineup was:

Next up was Pretty Boy Floyd, who played from 1:34 until 2:18. The band lineup was:
Their set list included:

Next up was supposed to be Firehouse. They canceled several weeks back. Nobody filled this lineup spot on the main stage. Instead they had a Miss Rock the Bayou bikini contest.

Next up was Kix, from Baltimore, Maryland who played from 4:06 until 5:25. The band lineup was:
Their set list was in order:
  1. Hot Wire
  2. Girl Money
  3. Red Lite, Green Lite, TNT
  4. The Itch
  5. Same Jane
  6. Midnight Dynamite
  7. Don't Close Your Eyes
  8. She Dropped The Bomb
  9. Cold Shower
  10. Cold Blood
  11. Sex
  12. Blow My Fuse
  13. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

Next up was Jackyl who played from 5:57 until 6:54. The bane lineup was:
Their set list was in order:
  1. Atomic Dog
  2. Like A Negro
  3. My Moonshine Kicks Your Cocaine's Ass
  4. Push Comes To Shove
  5. Just Like A Devil
  6. Dumb Ass Country Boy
  7. Mental Masturbation
  8. Down On Me
  9. I Stand Alone
  10. When Will It Rain
  11. Dirty Little Mind
  12. She Loves My Cock
  13. The Star-Spangled Banner
  14. The Lumberjack
Twister Sister was next and played from 7:50 until 9:05. The band lineup was:
Their setlist was in order:
  1. You Can't Stop Rock N Roll
  2. The Kids Are Back
  3. Stay Hungry
  4. Captain Howdy
  5. Shoot Em Down
  6. We're Not Gonna Take It
  7. I Am (I'm Me)
  8. Ride To Live, Live To Ride
  9. Under The Blade
  10. The Price
  11. Burn In Hell
  12. I Wanna Rock
  13. S.M.F.

To close out the festival was Brett Michaels. He started at 9:42. I'm not sure when he finished because I left after a few songs.

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Rock The Bayou Day 3

The 3rd day of the Rock the Bayou festival went like this.

First up was Black 'N Blue. They played from 11:35 until 12:12. The band lineup was:
Their set list was in order:
  1. Chains Around Heaven
  2. Autoblast
  3. Heat It Up, Burn It Out
  4. Nasty, Nasty
  5. Wicked Bitch
  6. Miss Mystery
  7. Live It Up
  8. Hold On To 18
Next up was Lillian Axe. They played from 12:33 until 1:20. The band lineup was:
Their set list was in order:
  1. Misery Loves Company
  2. All's Fair in Love and War
  3. Water's Rising
  4. Deep Freeze
  5. Ghost of Winter
  6. True Believer
  7. Star Spangled Banner
  8. Crucified
  9. Antarctica
  10. Show a Little Love

Next up was Dangerous Toys out of Austin, Texas. They played from 1:39 until 2:26. The band lineup was:
Their set list was in order:
  1. Outlaw
  2. Sugar, Leather, & The Nail
  3. Take Me Drunk
  4. Ten Boots (Stompin')
  5. Bones In The Gutter
  6. Sport'n A Woody
  7. Line 'Em Up
  8. Queen Of The Nile
  9. Pissed
  10. Teas'n Pleas'n
  11. Scared
Next up was the Traci Guns version of LA Guns. They played from 2:44 until 3:37. The band lineup was:
Their set list was in order:
  1. No Mercy
  2. Fire It Up
  3. One More Reason
  4. You Can’t Always Get (What You Want)
  5. Ballad of Jayne
  6. Shut the Fu** Up
  7. Sex Action
  8. Electric Gypsy
  9. Trees
  10. Never Enough
  11. Rip and Tear

Next up was Slaughter. They played from 4:10 until 5:06. The band lineup was:

Next up was the Swedish meatball, Yngwie Malmsteen. He played from 5:34 until 6:32. The band lineup was:

Next up was Warrant. They played from 7:04 until 8:11. The band lineup was:
Their setlist included:
Last up for tonight was Alice Cooper. He played from 9:05 until 10:45. The band lienup was:
The setlist was in order:
  1. It's Hot Tonight
  2. No More Mr. Nice Guy
  3. Under My Wheels
  4. I'm Eighteen
  5. Is It My Body?
  6. Woman Of Mass Distraction
  7. Lost In America
  8. Feed My Frankenstein
  9. Be My Lover
  10. (In Touch With Your) Feminine Side
  11. Dirty Diamonds
  12. Vengeance Is Mine
  13. Halo Of Flies
  14. Drum Solo
  15. Welcome To My Nightmare
  16. Cold Ethyl
  17. Only Women Bleed
  18. Dead Babies
  19. Ballad Of Dwight Fry
  20. Devils Food
  21. Killer
  22. I Love The Dead
  23. School's Out
  24. Billion Dollar Babies
  25. Poison
  26. Elected

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Rock The Bayou Day 2

Rock the Bayou for day 2 went down like this.

First up was the band, Little Caesar. They played from 11:30 until 12:10. The band lineup was:

Next up was Brity Fox. They played from 12:33 until 1:12. The band lineup was:

Next up was Bullet Boys. They played from 1:36 until 2:21. The band lineup was:

Next up was Enuff Z'nuff. They played from 2:51 until 3:38. The guitarist and drummer apparently are from the band the Black Mollys. They play with Enuff Z'nuff for live dates. The band lineup was:
There setlist included:

Next up was Great White. They played from 4:21 until 5:21. The band lineup was:
Their setlist included:
Next up was Dokken. They played from 5:48 until 6:43. Since Barry Sparks and Mick Brown had other touring commitments, they recruited the bassist and drummer from House of Lords. The band lineup was:
Their setlist was in order:
  1. Tooth and Nail
  2. Into the Fire
  3. Standing on the Outside ??
  4. Dream Warriors
  5. The Hunter
  6. Kiss of Death
  7. Just Got Lucky
  8. Alone Again
  9. Breakin' the Chains
  10. In My Dreams
  11. It's Not Love

Next up was Lita Ford. She played from 7:21 until 8:26. The band lineup was:
Her setlist included:

Last for this night was Sammy Hagar. He played from 9:06 until 10:27. He had a video intro from 8:58 until 9:06. The band lineup was:
His setlist was in order:
  1. I Can't Drive 55
  2. One Way to Rock
  3. I'll Fall In Love Again
  4. Three Lock Box
  5. Whole Lotta Love
  6. Why Can't This Be Love?
  7. Sam I Am
  8. Rock Candy
  9. Where Eagles Fly
  10. Serious Juju
  11. Right Now
  12. Heavy Metal
  13. Mas Tequila
  14. (You Gotta Fight) For Your Right (To Party)

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# posted by Gil @ 2:03 PM 0 comments
 

Rock The Bayou Day 1

Jetboy was the first band on the bill for the main stage at Rock the Bayou. I didn't really know what to expect because I didn't have any familiarity with Jetboy. Out they come, and their lead singer look like a punk rocker. He has a mohawk with his hair sticking straight up. The other guys looked sort of normal for bands of this era/genre of music. Since I didn't know what their songs were I had to figure out the song titles. Some of them were introduced so all I had to do is write it down. I soon realized that I didn't want to keep track of the setlists for each band or this would end up being a major undertaking. I would only do that for bands that I really like. Unless I can find a bootleg recording of this show, I will be only listing abbreviated setlists. They did open with "Down to the Bricks". They played from 12:07-1:02. They started late and played longer than scheduled to play. The band lineup is:

They played almost an hour and definitely did a good set for the small crowd of people who showed up on a workday at noon.

I was expecting Faster Pussycat next so I was surprised when Gilby came out. Actually I didn't recognize Gilby until he was introduced. I watched the Rockstar Supernova, so I figured I would recognize him. He looked a lot thinner and more like a hippie. I then wondered what happened to Faster Pussycat. Sometime during the set we were informed by Gilby Clarke that the previous band scheduled to perform, Faster Pussycat, had some flight trouble and didn't make their set time. They played several blues songs and a few GNR songs including "Its So Easy". "Tijuiana Jail" was a song near the end of their set. Gilby introduced his band but it was hard to hear the names. The band lineup is:
They started at 1:39 and finished at 2:37.

Lynch Mob was next up on the bill. They started at 3:06 and played until 4:25. This was about 20 minutes too long according to the schedule. George Lynch had a guitar pedal go out. Apparently a battery needed to be changed. The band lineup was:
They had a good set and played several classics such as Into The Fire, Mr Scary, and Wicked Sensation. While they were waiting on getting his pedal fixed, they kind of jammed on a new song. He told everyone to record it because it was the first time they had ever played it before.

Y&T was next up. They played from 4:51 until 5:54. They totally were awesome. Dave Meniketti was great. The band lineup was:
I only knew a few songs such as Summertime Girls. At one point people were yelling out song titles for them to play. I think they played several of those. They talked among themselves and decided to play what was asked of them. I'm not sure if this made their set a little long, but it was 3 minutes over their stage time. When I got their on Friday I was one of the first ones there in the parking lot and the first one to come in the Kirby parking entrance. I parked in the far corner of the lot. The guy that came in behind me was a huge Y&T fan. He was basically there to see only him. He had a framed Y&T album to get signed by Dave Meniketti. He had a general admission pass, so I left him at the entrance to the VIP section. After the Jetboy set I looked over and saw him waiting by the backstage entrance. He was there the whole time until the Y&T set which must have been over 3 hours standing in the sun while holding his album to get signed. At the beginning of the Y&T set I saw him standing on the side of the stage still holding his album. I hope he was able to get it signed. He seemed like a realy nice guy that I talked to for about an hour or so before the begining of the show.

Skid Row was next up on the bill. They played from 6:29 until 7:35. They played Piece of Me and Sweet Little Sister as well as 18 and Life, I'll Remember You, Monkey Business, Youth Gone Wild, and Slave to the Grind. The band lineup was:
They had the crowd in the palm of their hand. It was very hot, but it was getting more comfortable during their set.

Ratt was next and played from 8:12 until 9:26. The band lineup was:
They at least played several of the classics such as Round and Round, Sweet Cheater, Lay It Down, Tell the World, Nobody Rides for Free, and You're In Love.

Queensryche was the headliner fo the opening day and played from 9:50 until 11:11. The band lineup was:
They started with Best I Can. They also played Silent Lucidity, Take Hold of the Flame, Bridge, Jet City Woman, Another Rainy Night, The Hands, and I Don't Believe In Love.

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