oh poo

An old man and his wife have gone to bed. After laying there a few minutes the old man farts and says,"Seven Points."His wife rolls over and says, "What in the world was that?"The old man replied, "It's fart football!"A few minutes later the wife lets one go and says - "Touchdown, tie score!"After about five minutes the old man farts again and says - "Touchdown, I'm ahead 14 to 7!"Not to be outdone the wife rips another one and says, - "Touchdown, tie score!" Five seconds go by and she lets out a squeaker and says - "Field goal, I lead 17 to 14!"Now the pressures on and the old man refuses to get beat by a woman so he strains real hard but to no avail. Realizing a defeat is totally unacceptable he gives it everything he has but instead of farting he poops the bed.The wife looks and says, "What the heck was that?"The old man replied, "Half-time, switch sides!"

Guessing time

Let's see if anybody can guess as to what this is.

Back From Mom's House

Well we are back from mom's house and as I get older I am appreciating going home more. Especially since I lost some of my family members. Here is a pic of my journey, above is a church in Messilla New Mexico. Perrrty HUH.

The only problem this year was that it was 80 degrees. Now I didn't want a blizzard or anything, but C'mon 80 degrees?

Casa De Fong

Ok so we didn't do much this year. to tell the truth I didn't want to climb the ladder to get the lights on the roof. Next year I will do a better job.

Snowman Funeral

Winter Wonderland

Perrty Huh my Cousin took this pic

UH OK!!

Hey Dick!

Last night as I was doing some Christmas shopping I noticed something. It happens every year. In almost every store. I was being tailed by the house dick! Now I know I am a big stocky Hispanic looking Chinese guy (don't ask) but come on! And maybe these stores should hire people who are not dumb asses. Pretend you are looking at women's clothes for you wife. Hell I was there shopping for my wife. And here is a tip, stay more than 20 feet away from me at all times and quit making eye contact! Wait, maybe he was looking for a nice guy for a date.

Ok now we start all over

Since I jacked up my blog I will have to start anew. So have some patients while I work on this.

this is jacked

I don't know how my blog got all jacked up. S I may just blow this up and start a new one. Details to come.

this is jacked

I don't know how my blog got all jacked up. S I may just blow this up and start a new one. Deatails to come.

Christmas time in Texas

This time of year is busy for me which is why I have not posted for awhile. But I will try and do better. Christmas lights like these make me love this time of year. To see some great decorated house check out this site. http://www.planetchristmas.com/

Tough Times

With work being scarce on Sesame Street the neighborhood had to resort on having one of their own for Thanksgiving. It was a big wishbone too!

Guilty of sex with student, teacher avoids prison

Attorney abandons insanity defense in plea deal for 'tired' client
(CNN) -- In a last-minute effort to keep herself out of prison, a 25-year-old middle school teacher pleaded guilty Tuesday to having sex with a 14-year-old. Debra Lafave, a former remedial reading teacher at Greco Middle School in Temple Terrace, Florida, pleaded guilty to two counts of lewd and lascivious behavior, and was sentenced to three years of house arrest followed by seven years probation. She also must register as a sex offender.
She could have faced up to 15 years for each count filed in Hillsborough County. She also could have been charged in Marion County, because one of the incidents happened there.
"I want to apologize to the court, to the young man involved and to his family for my actions," Lafave said. "I accept full responsibility for my actions, and I am very sorry for everything which has occurred."
A 14-year-old boy told investigators he had sex with Lafave three times in four days in June 2004, according to court documents. One of those times was in a car while his 15-year-old cousin drove them around, he told authorities.
He also said she performed oral sex on him multiple times, including once at her home, the documents said.
Defense attorney John Fitzgibbons said he began negotiating the plea deal Monday after he deposed the boy's cousin.
"We believe that this was a very fair resolution of this case," Fitzgibbons said, adding that Lafave avoided prison time with the plea and will be allowed to continue her mental health treatment.
"Very importantly, it allows the young man involved here to go on with his life, just as Debbie can go on with her life," he said. "He does not have to participate in a trial or deposition."
Fitzgibbons had originally planned an insanity defense, saying earlier this year that Lafave had "some profound emotional issues" and that "once anyone reads what the doctors have to say, they will understand a lot more."
Asked how she felt after the plea deal was announced, Lafave said only, "Tired."
It was a change of heart by the boy's parents that made the plea deal possible. At first, they had insisted that Lafave serve at least three years in prison, but they recently relented, allowing prosecutors to strike the deal before the trial began.
"Because of the media coverage of these cases, I fear that proceeding to trial will negatively affect my son's emotional and psychological well-being," the boy's mother said in an affidavit filed in Hillsborough County on Tuesday.
She added that her son did not want to testify and merely "wants to resume his life in as normal a manner as possible."

OK NOW HERE'S A QUESTION. THIS IS MOSTLY FOR THE GUYS. WOULD YOU BE MAD AT YOUR SON FOR HAVING SEX WITH A WOMEN THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT?

'Ugly dog' Sam dies at 14

SANTA BARBARA, California (AP) -- Sam, the dog whose ugliness earned him TV appearances, limousine rides and even a meeting with millionaire Donald Trump, has died, the Santa Barbara News-Press reported Tuesday.
The pooch with the hairless body, crooked teeth and sparse tuft of hair atop his knobby head died Friday, just short of his 15th birthday, said his owner, Susie Lockheed.
"I don't think there'll ever be another Sam," she said, adding wryly, "Some people would think that's a good thing."
Sam became an international celebrity after winning the ugliest animal contest at the 2003 Sonoma-Marin Fair in California -- a victory he twice repeated. The purebred Chinese crested hairless made appearances on TV in Japan, radio in New Zealand and in Britain's Daily Mirror tabloid, stayed in luxury hotels and met Trump on a talk show set.
Lockheed marketed his visage on T-shirts, a calendar and even a coffee "ugly mug."
At the time of his death, Sam was scheduled to be filmed for a Discovery Channel series on the world's ugliest species.
Lockheed said she was initially terrified of Sam when she agreed to take him in as a rescue six years ago on a 48-hour trial basis. Although she fell in love with him, his appearance repulsed her then-boyfriend and prompted the man to break up with her.
Later, however, Sam became a matchmaker by bringing together Lockheed and her current beau, who saw a picture of the two on an online dating site.
Lockheed said she had Sam euthanized after a veterinarian told her Sam's heart was failing.
She said she's felt a little lost ever since, and is sleeping with Sam's favorite toy -- a stuffed bear he picked up and carried home.
"I have snuggled Sam under my blankets on my bed for six years," said Lockheed, who has three other dogs named TatorTot, TinkerBell and PixieNoodle.

Excuse me while I step out for a smoke

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -- A French woman who is terrified of flying admitted in an Australian court Monday that she drunkenly tried to open an airplane door mid-flight to smoke a cigarette.
Sadrine Helene Sellies, 34, was placed on a good behavior bond after pleading guilty in Brisbane Magistrates Court to endangering the safety of an aircraft.
Sellies was traveling on a Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to the east coast city of Brisbane on Saturday when the incident occurred at the start of a three-week Australian vacation with her husband, the court heard.
She walked toward one of the aircraft's emergency exits with an unlit cigarette and a lighter in her hand and began tampering with the door, prosecutors said. But a flight attendant intervened and took Sellies back to her seat.
Sellies was arrested and charged by police on arrival at Brisbane airport.
Defense lawyer Helen Shilton told the court Sellies was terrified of flying and had taken sleeping tablets with alcohol before takeoff.
Shilton said Sellies has no memory of what happened on the flight and that she has a history of sleepwalking.
But Magistrate Gordon Dean sternly warned the woman: "You must understand, if you are on a plane you must behave yourself."
Sellies, who did not speak in court and was aided by a translator, was placed on a 1,000 Australian dollar (US$734; euro623) bond -- meaning she will have to pay that amount if she commits another offense in the next 12 months.

Nine Things I Hate About (Nearly) Everyone



1. People who point at their wrist while asking for the time.... I know where my watch is pal, where the hell is yours? Do I point at my crotch when I ask where the toilet is?

2. People who are willing to get off their butt to search the entire room for the TV remote because they refuse to walk to the TV and change the channel manually (even though often do this myself.)

3. When people say "Oh you just want to have your cake and eat it too." Of course I do! What good is cake if you can't eat it?

4. When people say "it's always the last place you look." Of course it is. Why would you keep looking after you've found it? Do people do this? Who and where are they?

5. When people say while watching a movie "did you see that?" No, Loser, I paid $12 to come to the cinema and try to figure out what that sticky stuff is on the carpeted floor.

6. People who ask "Can I ask you a question?".... Didn't really give me a choice there, did ya sunshine?

7. When something is 'new and improved!' Which is it? If it's new, then there has never been anything before it. If it's an improvement, then there must have been something before it, so it couldn't be new.

8. When people say "life is short." What the heck? Life is the longest thing anyone ever does!! What can you do that's longer?

9. When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks "Has the bus come yet?". If the bus came would I be standing here?

HAPPY GOATS!!

CHEEESE!!
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY GOATS!!

Everyone knew uncle Bill was a little strange.

Dear God shoot me now!

I remember the instant when I became uncool and somewhat felt like an old man. We were at a quincinera, that a birthday celebration for a catholic girl when she reaches 15 and becomes a women. We were sitting there drinking and having fun when the DJ plays some song. All the kids screamed and jumped on to the dance floor in excitement. I looked at my wife and asked what the hell was going on, she replied with "Hell if I know". At that moment I realized that I am no longer cool and I was getting old. We all know that back in the day we would have known exactly what was happening.

That bring s me to this. Last night I was catching the last part of Jimmy Kimmel Live. Paul Anka was introduced as the musical guest, singing a new song from his new Cd "Rock Swings". He had horns, guitars and basically the whole big band feel goin on. I thought this might be cool, then I began to recognize the melody. It sounded very familiar but I just couldn't place it. Then he began to sing the lyrics. "Load up our guns, bring your friends It's fun to lose and to pretend She's overboard and self-assured I know, I know , a dirty word". Hmm I swear I have heard this before, he continued. "Hello, hello , hello how low,Hello, hello, hello,how low,Hello, hello, hello..." Oh god don't tell me, please for the sake of all that is holy don't tell me this is what I think it is. He sang "With the lights out, it's less dangerous Here we are now, entertain us I feel stupid, and contagious Here we are now , entertain us A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido,Yeah. Holy shit!!! It's smells like teen spirit from Nirvana! Paul Anka is covering the song that basically kicked off the grundge movement! Why oh why are they allowing him to do this. Now I am not by any means a Kurt Cobain worshiper, in fact when he died I said "whoa that kinda sucks" and went about my day. When they were comparing him to John Lennon I thought they were high, but still this is an anthem for many in my generation. I wanted to puke on my comforter. I think my stomach actually turned. Now I know some of you may say Tony Bennett did this a few years ago but let me say that he still has cool factor associated with him, this is fucking Paul Anka for Christ sakes. What the hell is cool about Paul Anka? He finished butchering the song and they to a commercial break. When they returned they thanked him and let him "play the show out" with his version of Bon Jovi's "It's my life". I wanted to throw a shoe at the screen. I say in retaliation we should take one of Paul Anka's hits and let Slayer redo it, see if they like it!

Nudie Mags for the blind!!

31 things I learned from watchin porn!

1. Women wear high heels to bed.

2. Men are never impotent.

3. When going down on a woman 10 seconds is more than
satisfactory.

4. If a woman gets busted masturbating by a strange
man, she will not scream with embarrassment, but rather
insist he have sex with her.

5. Women smile appreciatively when men splat them in
the face with sperm.

6. Women enjoy having sex with ugly, middle-aged men.

7. Women moan uncontrollably when giving a blowjob.

8. Women always orgasm when men do.

9. A blowjob will always get a woman off a speeding
ticket.

10. All women are noisy fucks.

11. People in the 70s couldn't fuck unless there was a
wild guitar solo in the background.
12. Those tits are real.

13. A common and enjoyable sexual practice for a man is
to take his half-erect penis and slap it repeatedly on
a woman's butt.

14. Men always groan "OH YEAH!" when they cum.

15. If there is two of them they "high five" each
other. (and the girl isn't disgusted!)

16. Double penetration makes women smile.

17. Asian men don't exist.

18. If you come across a guy and his girlfriend having
sex in the bushes, the boyfriend won't bash seven
shades of shit out of you if you shove your cock in his
girlfriend's mouth.

19. There's a plot.

20. When taking a woman from behind, a man can really
excite a woman by giving her a gentle slap on the butt.

21. Nurses suck patient's cocks.

22. Men always pull out.

23. When your girlfriend busts you getting head from
her best friend, she'll only be momentarily pissed off
before fucking the both of you.

24. Women never have headaches... or periods.

25. When a woman is sucking a man's cock, it's
important for him to remind her to "suck it".

26. Assholes are clean.

27. A man ejaculating on a woman's butt is a satisfying
result for all parties concerned.

28. Women always look pleasantly surprised when they
open a man's trousers and find a cock there.

29. Men don't have to beg.

30. When standing during a blowjob, a man will always
place one hand firmly on the back of the kneeling
woman's head and the other proudly on his hip.

31. There's nothing a woman likes more than 4 guys
slapping her face with their penises.

I went to high school with these guys!

New Rules

New Rule: Stop giving me that pop-up ad for Classmates.com! There's a reason you don't talk to people for 25 years - you don't particularly like them! Besides, I already know what the captain of the football team is doing these days: mowing my lawn.

New Rule: Don't eat anything that's served to you from a window unless you're a seagull. People are acting all shocked that a human finger was found in a bowl of Wendy's chili. Hey, it cost less than a dollar. What did you expect it to contain, trout? Luckily, it was only a finger! If it was a whole hand, Congress would have voted to keep it alive.

New Rule: Stop saying that teenage boys who have sex with their hot, blonde teachers are permanently damaged. I have a better description for these kids: lucky bastards.

New Rule: Ladies, leave your eyebrows alone. Here's how much men care about your eyebrows: do you have two of them? Okay, we're done.

New Rule: There's no such thing as flavored water. There's a whole aisle of this crap at the supermarket, water, but without that watery taste. Sorry, but flavored water is called a soft drink. You want flavored water? Pour some scotch over ice and let it melt. That's your flavored water.

New Rule: Stop screwing with old people. Target is introducing a redesigned pill bottle that's square, with a bigger label. And the top is now the bottom. And by the time grandpa figures out how to open it, his ass will be in the morgue. Congratulations, Target, you just solved the Social Security crisis.

New Rule: The more complicated the Starbucks order, the bigger the asshole. If you walk into a Starbucks and order a "decaf grande half-soy, half-low fat, iced vanilla, double-shot, gingerbread cappuccino, extra dry, light ice, with one Sweet-n'-Low and one NutraSweet," ooh, you're a huge asshole.

New Rule: I'm not the cashier! By the time I look up from sliding my card, entering my PIN number, pressing "Enter," verifying the amount, deciding, no, I don't want cash back, and pressing "Enter" again, the kid who is supposed to be ringing me up is standing there eating my Almond Joy. Paper, plastic? I don't have time for that. I've just been called to do a cleanup on Aisle Nine!

New Rule: Just because your tattoo has Chinese characters in it doesn't make you spiritual. It's right above the crack of your ass. And it translates to "beef with broccoli." The last time you did anything spiritual, you were praying to God you weren't pregnant. You're not spiritual. You're just high.

New Rule: Competitive eating isn't a sport. It's one of the seven deadly sins. ESPN recently televised the US Open of Competitive Eating, because watching those athletes at the poker table was just too damned exciting. What's next, competitive farting? Oh wait. They're already doing that. It's called "The Howard Stern Show."

New Rule: I don't need a bigger mega M&M. If I'm extra hungry for M&Ms, I'll go nuts and eat two packs.

New Rule: If you're going to insist on making movies based on crappy, old television shows, then you have to give everyone in the theater a remote so we can see what's playing on the other screens. Let's remember the reason something was a television show in the first place is the idea wasn't good enough to be a movie. This one is a real stretch. The preponderant number I have seen the last several years should never have been made into a movie or
TV series.

New Rule: No more gift registries. You know, it used to be just for weddings. Now it's for babies and new homes and graduations from rehab. Picking out the stuff you want and having other people buy it for you isn't gift giving, it's the white people version of looting.

New Rule: When I ask how old your toddler is, I don't need to know in months. "He's two," will do just fine. He's not a cheese.

New Burgers!!

With the bird flu and mad cow disease, burger chains are trying something new!!

AHhh the power of cheese

EVER FART AND HAVE IT SMELL JUST LIKE CHEETOS?

THAT'S COOL!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN BITCHES!

I knew it!!

Now you know what they really wear underneath those robes!!

HAPPY HNT!!!

ARRRGGG!

DAMN IT ASTROS!!

Back Home

Were all set for Game 3 here in Houston. C'mon boys lets give them a Texas sized Ass Whoopin'

pissed off pussy

NUFF SAID

Astros new NLC Champs!!

Yeah baby after 40+ years the Houston Astros are going to the world series!! Now on to Chicago to take on the White Sox!!
The City went nutz last night with people running out of their homes hootin' and hollerin'. People shot off fireworks and honked their horns on the highway. Downtown went wild when the 40ft screen in front of the park showed the final out being caught from St. Louis. Academy sports started selling the NLC shirts right after the game. Lines stretched around the stores and into the parking lot. I drove by this morning and there was still a line. This city is electrified and can't wait to get to the world series and beat the White Sox.

Have you ever?

Have you ever had to take a dump, then finish wash your hands and step out of the bathroom only to return 5 mins. later to take another? That's a cool feeling!

So Depressed!

Because of the Astros loss last night, I am completely depressed.

ONE MORE GAME!!

After a fantastic game on Sunday the Stros are one away from goin g to the World Series.

GO ASTROS!

Test Time! I scored 40

Dr Phil's TestHere you go. Try this. Below is Dr. Phil's test. On Oprah's show Dr. Phil scored 55, while Oprah scored 38. Some people pay a lot of money to learn things like this about themselves. Read on, this is very interesting.Don't be overly sensitive! The following is pretty accurate and the test takes only about 2 minutes. Take this test for yourself and then send it to your friends. If the person that sent this to you followed the instructions, he or she placed their score in the subject box. Please do the same before forwarding to your friends. Also be sure to send it back to the person who sent it to you. Don't peek down below. Begin the test at the top and scroll down and answer each question as you come to it (1 through 10). Your answers are for who you are NOW ...... not who you were in the past. Have pen or pencil and paper ready. This is a real test given by the Human Relations Department at many of the major corporations today. It helps them to get a better insight concerning their employees and prospective employees. It's only 10 simple questions, so ..... grab a pencil and paper and keep track of your letter answers to each question. Make sure to change the subject of the e-mail to read YOUR total. When you are finished, forward this to friends and family, and remember to send your response to the person who sent this to you. Make sure to put YOUR score in the subject box. Ready? Have fun!Begin
1. When do you feel your best?
a) in the morning b) during the afternoon ? early evening c) late at night

2. You usually walk ....
a) fairly fast, with long steps b) fairly fast, with little steps c) less fast head up, looking the world in the face d) less fast, head down e) very slowly

3. When talking to people you ....
a) stand with your arms folded b) have your hands clasped c) have one or both your hands on your hips d) touch or push the person to whom you are talking e) play with your ear, touch your chin, or smooth your hair

4. When relaxing, you sit with ....
a) your knees bent with your legs neatly side by side b) your legs crossed c) your legs stretched out or straight d) one leg curled under you

5. When something really amuses you, you react with ....
a) big appreciated laugh b) a laugh, but not a loud one c) a quiet chuckle d) a sheepish smile

6. When you go to a party or social gathering you ....
a) make a loud entrance so everyone notices you b) make a quiet entrance, looking around for someone you know c) make the quietest entrance, trying to stay unnoticed

7. You're working very hard, concentrating hard, and you're interrupted .....
a) welcome the break b) feel extremely irritated c) vary between these two extremes

8. Which of the following colors do you like most?
a) Red or orange b) black c) yellow or light blue d) green e) dark blue or purple f) white g) brown or gray

9. When you are in bed at night, in those last few moments before going to sleep you are ....
a) stretched out on your back b) stretched out face down on your stomach c) on your side, slightly curled d) with your head on one arm e) with your head under the covers

10. You often dream that you are...
a) falling b) fighting or struggling c) searching for something or somebody d) flying or floating e) you usually have dreamless sleep f) your dreams are always pleasant

POINTS
1. (a) 2 ... (b) 4 ... (c) 6

2. (a) 6 ... (b) 4 ... (c) 7 ... (d) 2 ... (e) 1

3. (a) 4 ... (b) 2 ... (c) 5 ... (d) 7 ... (e) 6

4. (a) 4 ... (b) 6 ... (c) 2 ... (d) 1

5. (a) 6 ... (b) 4 ... (c) 3 ... (d) 5 ... (e) 2

6. (a) 6 ... (b) 4 ... (c) 2

7. (a) 6 ... (b) 2 ... (c) 4

8. (a) 6 ... (b) 7 ... (c) 5 ... (d) 4 ... (e) 3 ... (f) 2 ... (g) 1

9. (a) 7 ... (b) 6 ... (c) 4 ... (d) 2 ... (e) 1

10. (a) 4 ... (b) 2 ... (c) 3 ... (d) 5 ... (e) ... 6 (f) 1

Now add up the total number of points.
OVER 60 POINTS: Others see you as someone they should "handle with care." You're seen as vain, self-centered, and who is extremely dominant. Others may admire you, wishing they could be more like you, but don't always trust you, hesitating to become too deeply involved with you.

51 TO 60 POINTS: Others see you as an exciting, highly volatile, rather impulsive personality; a natural leader, who's quick to make decisions, though not always the right ones. They see you as bold and adventuresome, someone who will try anything once; someone who takes chances and enjoys an adventure. They enjoy being in your company because of the excitement you radiate.41 TO 50 POINTS: Others see you as fresh, lively, charming, amusing, practical, and always interesting; someone who's constantly in the center of attention, but sufficiently well-balanced not to let it go to their head. They also see you as kind, considerate, and understanding; someone who'll always cheer them up and help them out.
31 TO 40 POINTS: Others see you as sensible, cautious, careful &practical. They see you as clever, gifted, or talented, but modest. Not a person who makes friends too quickly or easily, but someone who's extremely loyal to friends you do make and who expect the same loyalty in return. Those who really get to know you realize it takes a lot to shake your trust in your friends, but equally that it takes you a long time to get over if that trust is ever broken.

21 TO 30 POINTS: Your friends see you as painstaking and fussy. They see you as very cautious, extremely careful, a slow and steady plodder. It would really surprise them if you ever did something impulsively or on the spur of the moment, expecting you to examine everything carefully from every angle and then, usually decide against it. They think this reaction is caused partly by your careful nature.
UNDER 21 POINTS: People think you are shy, nervous, and indecisive, someone who needs looking after, who always wants someone else to make the decisions & who doesn't want to get involved with anyone or anything! They see you as a worrier who always sees problems that don't exist. Some people think you're boring. Only those who know you well know that you aren't.

They're tied 1 game a piece!

The Astros are coming home! The juice box is going electrified for the weekend as the Astros take on the Cardinals. Being in their home park the Stros hopefully will cream the birds!

HNT

HAPPY HNT!!

Here we Go!!

I was sad to see the yanks be taken out of the world series equation but, oh well. The Stros remember the pain of losing to the Cardinals last year so let's see if we can go all the way!!

LET'S GO ASTROS!!

Meet me in St. Louis!!

After 5 hours of play and 18 innings the Houston Astros beat the Braves!! Now on to St. Louis, the same team that knocked us out of the world seris last year. Here is some advice for "the good guys". Remember revenge is a dish best served cold!!

Let's go boys!!!

Ok boys we can do it!! This year we have to go all the way!! If I can only say the same thing about the Texans. I love the fact I live in a city with major league teams. I have to admit I don't like watching baseball on the tube, I have to actually to the ballpark to enjoy it. There's nothing like eating a hot dog drinking a beer and having a bag of peanuts while heckling the opposing team. At least the prices are still reasonable to see a game. $10 can get you decent seats at the juice box, although they do hose you on the food and drinks. But that is still cheaper than the Texans, $40 for the cheap nose bleed seats. I am really disappointed with that ball club. I never got to see an oilers game, and I have yet to see a Texans game. With the way they are playing I really don't think that amount of moneys is worth it. Enough about them back to "The Good Guys" I think it'll be the Yanks and Stros. I will be happy if they just make it to the world series!!

GO ASTROS!!

EVER NOTICE?

Ok is it just me or do all public restrooms have air vents right above the toilet seat. You see all the news reports about cameras being hidden in these things yet they still place them right over the can. I'm a bit paranoid now, but hey when you have to go you have to go.

Now this is scary

This is a picture of the skies over west Houston when Rita was moving in. My friend Jenny took this in front of her house. This is just the outer bands, remember the center came ashore about 150 miles to the east. Houston got really lucky, I live about 40 miles east of her and eye witnesses say the sky over my house was completly dark. This picture was not altered and that is the true color of the sky. Creepy!

Pay attention to signs

Always read the small print. I wish I had!

Still unpacking

Well we have been home for a few days now and we are slowly returning to normal. The shelves at the wal mart and grocery stores are bare because people are re-stocking thier homes with food. When the power went out all of the food spoiled. The freeway to Beaumont has reopened and people are begining to pick up the pieces. I asked my wife "are you afraid to unpack?" Meaning what if we have to run again. She said all we can do is keep our emergency box ready and hope we don't have to. I have to admit I am watching the tropics closely now.

We're Baaaaaacccccccckkk!!

Well we ran from Rita and now we are back. Let's see where to start, well last Tuesday my wife and I packed up all of the stuff that was important to us. Pictures wedding gifts and so on, we did this "just in case". Well on Wednesday they ordered the evacuation of Galveston and all low lying areas. They were composed of 4 zones, we were in zone 4 set to evacuate on Thursday at noon. Knowing that we had packed up everything and were pretty much ready to go helped out. I had filled the tank up on Wednesday morning and told my father in law to do the same. He brought his gas can and I had a half full one that we use for the lawn mower. Man we are lucky we did that. I called my sister in Dallas and told her to expect us that night. I kept up with the traffic reports all day, the roads were clear until about noon. That's when all hell broke loose. On the way home the news was saying that in order to speed up the evacuation from Galveston all on the entrance ramps to 45 north were closed. Well that posed a problem for us because that's where we needed to go. We got home and packed up and fast as we could. I strapped the gas cans on top of the suv and locked up the house. We didn't board the windows up because Lowes had run out of plywood so we decided to leave the house in God's hands. My neighbors were getting ready to leave also. I called a few friends who work in the traffic dept. and I asked how I could get to 45 north, they said no chance in hell!! Any freeway you land on is the freeway you're committed to is what they told me. So in a blink of an eye we were forced to go to plan b which was el paso. We left my house at 8pm and got on to I 10 west. traffic was ok up to the galleria area. That's when it gridlocked. I was fortunate enough to be forced on to the HOV lane which is like a carpool lane that they had opened. It moved pretty well until it to came to a stand still. This is where I am so happy I filled the tank in the morning. If I had not we would have been stranded. There was no gas anywhere in the city, stations that had gas had lines stretching miles long. We played stop and go for 11 hours, tail light to tail light. Our average speed was under 5 mph. Our top speed 40mph for about 5 mins. It took us 11 hrs to get from my house to san marcos TX, which is usually a 3 hour drive. So after being up for over 24hrs I pulled into a gas station that was off the main road and was not swarming with people. We filled up again and stopped at the next rest stop and I ordered everyone to sleep. After a 2 hour nap we hit the road again, we passed though San Antonio to Kerrville to fill up again because I knew it would be the last chance before reaching Ft. Stockton. The Shell station ran out of gas just as we got there, luckily there was another station up the road so I got there before it got swarmed. All this time I was thinking someone was goin to jack me up for the gas cans on top of the car but luckily no one tried. After that the road was normal, 24 hours later we pulled into El Paso. We were all tired cranky and hungry and oh yeah my cat was pissed that we took him form his home. We got to my moms house and I pretty much spent the rest of my stay entertaining my inlaws, and doing honey do's for my mom like some tree trimming and baking on top of the roof fixing the AC. I have to give props to jojo and his brother for doing most of that work. They are truly great friends. I took the picture on this page from my moms roof top. While 800 miles away the Hurricane was possibly washing away my home. Luckily nothing happened to my house. The dish for my satellite was still there so I figure we didn't get hit too bad. My inlaws lost a few shingles and that's it. We Really dodged a bullet but if another one comes this way I will assure I will run again. My wife's life and my life is more important to me that my TV or "things" you can replace.

Oh yeah we were a featured story on the local fox station. They interviewed us and everything. Huh Looks like Rita gave me my 15 mins of fame. The good news is we are back in our home safe and sound. Please excuse the bad writing and grammer, I am really worn out from the drive.

High and Dry!

Ok this is the first chance I have had to post. Put it simply we could not get to Dallas so we are in El Paso. I am with family in friends along with my in-laws. I will post in more details about our exodus when I have a chance.

Her She Comes!!

Well we packed up last night. I went to Lowes and tried to get some plywood for the windows but they were out. I drove by this morning and there was a line from hell!! My wife and I discussed it and decide not to board up. Lets face it 144mph winds are going to ripe your house off the foundation anyway. So tomorrow morning my wife and my in-laws and I are getting the hell outta dodge. We are going to my sisters place in Dallas and will be back when it is safe. Say a prayer for the Space City!

FOR MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS, HURRICANE RITA

JUST IN CASE YOU ARE WONDERING, IF IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GONNA GET HIT WITH THIS THANG MY WIFE AND I ARE GETTING THE HELL OUT. WE ARE NOT TAKING CHANCES WITH THIS THING.

Hurricane Rita. Stay away Bitch!!

Oh crap here we go again. Well I have never experienced a Hurricane, just a tropical storm, and trust me I don't wanna be around to see one either. If it looks bad my wife and I are outta here. You can believe that!! I have never boarded up my windows though, that should be an adventure considering I am not good with tools, especially sharp ones!

California Power Devistation

Hollywood Power Outage Sends City Into Chaos No electricity for 26 minutes. 'This is our Tsunami.'
By Joshua GatesActor, Photographer. Victim.
LOS ANGELES, CA, September 12, 2005 - Horror and disbelief swept through the greater Hollywood area this afternoon as a minor power-outage turned the city into a virtual war zone and local residents struggled to deal with the devastating aftermath. The outage struck at 1:35 PM, during L.A.'s busy afternoon coffee and Pilates rush hour. Traffic lights fell dark, local gyms and sushi restaurants were without power for nearly 30 minutes and many businesses were illuminated only by the light of the sun and its blistering 78 degree heat. "It was horrible," said out of work actor and voice-over artist Rick Shea. "I was in a Jamba Juice on Melrose when it hit and the blenders simply shut down. A woman lunged for my Berry Lime Sublime an after that, well, it got pretty ugly." In the ensuing panic, local radio stations broadcasted conflicting reports as to exactly which local businesses would be offering relief supplies. Almost 100 people flocked to the Starbucks at Santa Monica and La Brea only to find helpless baristas, no hot coffee and a totally meager selection of baked goods. "My mother is 83 years old and we heard on the radio that this Starbucks was going to be up and running. If she doesn't get a venti Arabian Mocha Sanani, I don't know what's going to happen to her, I really don't." said Lucinda Merino of Los Feliz. To make matters worse, those few people who did manage to get coffee were further thwarted by a total lack of artificial sweeteners on site. "Sugar in the Raw? Are you frigging kidding me?," sobbed avid salsa dancer, Enrique Santoro. "I'm on the South Beach Diet and my insulin levels are going to go crazy if I use this. Why isn't the rest of the country doing something?" Deteriorating conditions will force authorities to evacuate the thousands of people at local Quiznos, movie theaters and upscale shopping centers, including the The Beverly Center, where a policeman told CNN unrest was escalating. The officer expressed concern that the situation could worsen overnight after patrons defaced multiple "So You Think you Can Dance" posters, looted a Baby Gap and demanded free makeovers en masse at a MAC cosmetics store during the afternoon. At least 2,000 refugees, a majority of them beautiful, will travel in a bus convoy to Beverly Hills starting this evening and will be sheltered at the 8-year-old Spago on North Canon where soft omelettes with confit bacon and Hudson Valley foie gras was being airlifted in by The National Guard. Honorary Mayor of Hollywood Johnny Grant told a group of embedded reporters at a Koo Koo Roo Chicken restaurant on Larchmont that, "The scope and scale of this disaster is almost too much to comprehend. Local carwashes are at a stand-still, the tram tour at Universal Studios has been on hold for almost an hour now and I've been waiting for a rotisserie leg and thigh with a side of green beans for upwards of 15 minutes. This truly is our Tsunami." "We want to accommodate those people suffering in the Beverly Center as quickly as possible for the simple reason they have been through a horrible ordeal," Grant said. "We need water. We need edamame. We need low-carb bread," said Martha Owens, 49 who was one of the thousands trapped in the Beverly Center when the escalators stopped moving. "They need to start sending somebody through here." Along miles of coastline, the power simply surged, causing writers to lose upwards of a page of original screenplay material, causing Direct TV service to work only intermittently and forcing local residents to walk outside and look helplessly at the Pacific from their ocean view decks. "I can hardly begin to put this experience into words," said longtime Two and a Half Men writer John Edlestein. "I was just getting into my rhythm and making some real headway on a scene where Charlie Sheen parties with a busload of female volleyball players when my Power Book crapped out. I have nothing. Simply, nothing." Delivering his weekly radio address live from the White House, President Bush announced he was deploying more than 7,000 additional active-duty troops to the region. He comforted victims and praised relief workers. "But despite their best efforts, the magnitude of responding to a crisis over a disaster area this sunny and trendy has created tremendous problems," he said. "The result is that many of our citizens simply are not getting the help they need, especially in the Hollywood Hills, and that is unacceptable

MOTIVATION!

AS I TRY TO LOOSE WEIGHT I PUT THIS ON MY FRIDGE IN ORDER TO MOTIVATE MYSELF.

THE SAD THING IS IT IS NOW BEHIND THE PIZZA COUPONS.

WOW!!!

SURVIVOR
'Like a ghost,' man nearly left for dead opens his eyes BY KEITH SHARON The Orange County Register
HURRICANE KATRINA

NEW ORLEANS — This was just another body in the growing number of bodies that they encounter every day.
A human foot arching at an odd angle was visible through the front window of a locked and dark home.
The National Guard team of searchers was about to call in a "DB" (dead body) at 1927 Lopez St. in the Broadmoor district when Lt. Frederick Fell decided to investigate.
In the last few days, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has ordered searchers NOT to break into homes. They are supposed to look in through a window and knock on the door. If no one cries out for help, they are supposed to move on. If they see a body, they are supposed to log the address and move on. The morticians will remove the deceased later.
But Fell broke the rules and ordered his men to bash open the door, launching a series of events that would save a man's life and revitalize California Task Force 5 from Orange County, Calif. In the last two days, the 80-member task force had identified seven dead bodies in the same neighborhood, and they had rescued no one.
But Tuesday, 16 days after Hurricane Katrina smacked this aging community in the face, an unconscious and emaciated man identified as Edgar Hollingsworth, 74, was rescued. The man is expected to survive.
"I'm on cloud nine," said Task Force leader Marc Hawkins. "It was awesome to be a part of that."
Richard Ventura, a Task Force 5 logistics specialist who works as a paramedic for the Orange County Fire Authority, was on the scene trying to get an IV into Hollingsworth.
"I feel like my battery got recharged," Ventura said. "That's why we're here."
Medics from California Task Force 5, which had been searching in the same neighborhood, were eventually able to get intravenous fluids through a vein under the man's clavicle, an intricate curbside medical procedure that may have saved the man's life.
The man had been lying on the couch in his locked and sweltering home. Fell and Sgt. Jeremy Ridgeway, who also had been searching the neighborhood for survivors, peered through the front window at the home and saw Hollingsworth's foot extending over the edge of his couch.
When they crashed through the door, Hollingsworth didn't move. But he was breathing.
National Guard medics draped an IV bag over his ceiling fan, but his veins were too weak to support the needle. They pulled him out of the house and laid him on the sidewalk. He looked as if he weighed less than 80 pounds.
Task Force 5 sent a team that included Dr. Peter Czuleger, an emergency-room doctor at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, to the scene. Czuleger didn't have the proper equipment, so he improvised, using a short needle to pierce the vein under Hollingsworth's clavicle.
"It's like trying to climb into a third-story window with a stepladder," Czuleger said.
Once the IV was in place, medics were able to pump 2 liters of saline solution into the man.
The hospital attendants hadn't expected to see a survivor 16 days after the storm.
"They were surprised at the hospital that anyone in his condition would still be alive," Czuleger said. "In 24 hours, he would have been dead.
"I think the young Army guy that found him saved his life."
Afterward, the guardsmen, like the members of Task Force 5, were excited to have finally saved someone.
"Everyone's adrenaline was pumping, but they were professional about it," said National Guard officer-in-charge Bruce Gaffney said. "We're just happy we got this guy out. He needed to be saved yesterday."
Hollingsworth had been lying naked on his blue-green couch. It is unclear if he had eaten or drunk anything for several days. He was not surrounded by food or water containers. His house was still in disarray from the storm. A chair had landed on top of the kitchen table. Medical vials with the name Lillian Hollingsworth were lying on an easy chair on the other side of the room.
A pit bull puppy was also pulled from the house. It appeared to be healthy and was transported to the hospital along with Edgar Hollingsworth.
The rescue pumped up the spirits of Task Force 5, which has been mostly marking the locations of bodies for the last week. Earlier, they had been frustrated when FEMA delayed their deployment for four days, housing them in the Hyatt Regency in Dallas.
They were frustrated further when they were given the FEMA order that they weren't allowed to force their way into houses to search them. They hope Hollingsworth's rescue will coax FEMA to rethink its directive.
On Tuesday, they were congratulating each other. They celebrated that night by eating pizza in their base camp, ordered from a recently re-opened Domino's.
"You can feel the electricity around here," Ventura said.

Goodbye!! You sack of crap!

Now I know a lot of people grew up going to this park and I admit when I moved here in '93 it was an ok place. Maybe it was because I had been to Magic mountain in Cali, and even the park in Arlington, but in my opinion Astroworld sucked. Last year my wife and I went to spend they day riding the coasters and feeling like teenagers on a date. After only 2 hours we left. The park is extremely dirty. Trash all over the place, picnic tables were nasty. The tables where you eat were full of sticky substance and parts of the park smelled like sewer back up. Not to mention that thanks to the season pass many parents were dropping off their teenagers for the day which meant that the kids just ran wild through out the park. Now these are not innocent fun loving kids, these are the thug kids who think they are bad ass and cool. This past season the park was plagued by gang fights and assaults. So in a way I am happy to see it go. You shouldn't be afraid to go to a theme park. Hey maybe we can get Disney to buy it, now that would be cool!

Those Damn Texans

Okay these guys are supposed to be professional football players right? Then why the hell do they make so many mistakes? Hey Carr, you play for the team that has bulls on the jersey, throw the ball to them not the other team. And can have the receivers and running backs out some damn glue on their fingers! Catch the ball don't drop it!! Damn it, it's like watching little league!

Damn!

That gives new meaning to "I'll give you something to cry about!"

HNT AND GAS PRICES

First of all if we are doing HNT then we should have Full Frontal Fridayz! I will start it off with my own portrait. I know I need a man-bra.
Now on to the gas prices that are sqeezing us like a bitch. I know I am feeling it simply on the fact that I have to drive 40 miles to and from work everyday. But I think this should be a signal for the american people to wake up and shout to the politicians to make a better mode of public transportation. Now cities like New York and Chicago, Boston and even San Francisco have great bus and rail lines. The rest of America needs to wake up!. I would gladly ride a train into work everyday. $1.00 to and fro is better than $50 worth of gas each week, and that's not counting my wife's car. I would car pool but no one here lives out by side of town. I think Americans need to put there personal pride aside and hop on the bus or train. Let someone else drive and hey maybe do a little walking. We would become healthier and save tons on cash.

FOOTBALL SEASON

Ok I have decided that this is Dom Capers and David Carr's last year to produce some wins!! These guys were supposed to bring the best out in the whole team, but we have yet to have a winning season. They cannot blame the fact that they are new football team, after 3 seasons you are not so new anymore.

So before I go back and root for the Cowboys I will give them one more chance. If they do not produce I think the head coach and quarterback should be replaced!

Stories of survival.

My wife works for a staffing company. You know a temp service. Since the storm the office in New Orleans is obivously shut down. Well on Friday my wife happens to have a call sent to her by the front desk, a lady from the New Orleans is lost and needs directions on how to get to the Houston office. She helps her as much as she can with directions and the lady says that the main office told her to report there in hopes that she can find some work. About an hour later the lady arrives. She has a smile on her face and is very polite and signs up in hopes that the company can send her out to make some money. There's a problem though she has lost her home, clothes everything. She was wearing a mismatched clothes and some very badly beat up sandles. Yet she came in not asking for a hand out, she came in applying for work. No crying, no wimpering, just coming in to get to work. There she stood, in her mis matched clothes and sandles saying "put me to work boss". Well the way the company works (from my understanding) is that they get calls from company's looking for people to fill in temp positions. These folks have to do an interview in order to get the job. My wife asked her what size she wore and luckily it is the same as hers. Same shoe size too. Then she found out that this women is staying in an apt with her aunt and 20 other people. And her parents are still missing! And again I point out she is not crying, just standing there proudly asking for work.

Now you the how the rest of the story goes, my wife and I helped them out as much as we could. And yes the lady's parents were happily found. But I am not writing this to toot my own horn. I am writng this to remind you that all you have may be taken away in an instint. When you think the world has you at your wits end, think of this story. Think of the lady who stood in the lobby in mis-matched clothes and tattered flip flops with 20 homeless family members in an apt. with her parents missing and presumed dead saying "Put me to work, I'm ready".

Evacuees' sense of calm grows after thousands turn out to help

By JASON SPENCER

A growing sense of calm settled in today among the 24,950 Hurricane Katrina evacuees housed on the Reliant Center grounds and the George R. Brown Convention Center.

"They are less restless today than yesterday," said Harris County Tax Assessor Paul Bettencourt, who is acting as a spokesman for the operation. "It's a different mood in the hall."

Offiicals said they have room for about 8,000 more flood victims if necessary.

Nearly 10,000 volunteers — including more than 2,600 today — have reported for work at the Reliant complex since the first buses pulled into the Astrodome parking lot Thursday night.

"We have had an awful lot of volunteers come here," said Lt. Joe Leonard of the U.S. Coast Guard, who is overseeing the Reliant complex shelter operation. "It's almost overwhelming."

Dozens of volunteers lined up shoulder to shoulder guiding 2,000 evacuees who spent Friday night in the Astrodome's bleachers toward awaiting cots in Reliant Center.

So many doctors showed up that there wasn't enough work to go around, said Dr. Kenneth Mattox of the Harris County Hospital District.

"Despite rumors to the contrary, we are not short of doctors and nurses," he said. "At one point, we had four doctors for every patient."

Doctors evaluated 749 patients in one three-hour period, sending six of them to the hospital for further treatment. Five of them were children suffering from gastrointestinal symptoms, raising fears that illness might spread quickly among the tightly packed evacuees.

"We have been concerned about that since the beginning of the operation," Mattox said.

"Almost every institution in the Texas Medical Center responded," said Mike McKinney, head of the clinic at the shelter at the George R. Brown Convention Center, at a news conference today.

McKinney, of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, said the onsite outpatient clinic has access to ambulances, specialists, nurses and mental health workers.

Meanwhile, the Red Cross set up a bank of computers at the Reliant complex so evacuees could register on the agency's family links site — www.redcross.org — said Dr. Chris Johnson, who is helping oversee the relief agency's Astrodome operation. About 1,000 registered on the site in the first three hours.

Local law enforcement agencies have assigned roughly 500 officers to the Reliant complex and surrounding neighborhoods, but they have made few arrests, said Assistant Chief Brian Lumpkin of the Houston Police Department. Police made six arrests in the area last night, including one for a felony assault. The rest were misdemeanors, he said.

Officers are also investigating a possible sexual assault of a child, Lumpkin said. No arrests had been made as of mid-afternoon.

Police also reported that crime is down city-wide this weekend, Bettencourt said.

The George R. Brown

It was dangerous to stand still in the volunteer area of the George R. Brown Convention Center this afternoon. Thousands of fast-moving volunteers were likely to run you down moving carts, boxes or trucks.

Volunteers of every age, size, skin color and attire worked briskly and surprisingly smoothly together, sorting, piling, arranging, while hundreds of others waited their turn and enthusiastically applauded.

The vast room set aside for donations and volunteers was already near capacity with shoes, toys, books, toiletries, shirts, children's clothing and all the things needed by people who suddenly have nothing. The arrivals at the Polk Street door of the center were non-stop: it took four people working full-time just to sort and fold towels.

Officials late today were unable to say how many volunteers had arrived to help at the convention center but there easily were thousands prepared to offer assistance.

``This effort has just exploded,'' said Keith Amos, a surgical fellow at M.D. Anderson Cancer who was volunteering a third night after working Thursday and Friday night at Reliant Center. ``The scene in here is just amazing. It makes you feel good.''

Elsewhere, volunteers who showed up to start the 1 p.m. shift at the Houston Food Bank on the Eastex Freeway at Cavalcade today were told about 1:30 to leave. The food bank had so much food they were having to take time to organize and stack it out of safety concerns. About 200 volunteers outside the food bank had traffic stacked up in that area.

Star of Hope shelter

At the Star of Hope shelter, 1811 Ruiz, the pantry is well-stocked with donated supplies but word has been slow to circulate to those in need, City Councilman Gordon Quan said today.

``It's wonderful that so many people have given clothing and other things but it's important that people know how to access the system to receive needed supplies,'' said Quan, who had been assisting the shelter earlier.

Volunteers who turned out today to help distribute supplies had little to do, he said.

"People have volunteered time and sorted through everything, but they're just sitting around,'' Quan said. ``It's frustrating that people have been so generous but no one's picking it up.''

Evacuees can pick up clothes from 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week.

Meanwhile inside and outside the Astrodome today, there have been many people walking around with signs listing the loved ones they're trying to find. Loudspeaker announcements directed evacuees to designated areas to find relatives - half of the alphabet on even hours and the other on odd hours. There was also an announcement of free flights to Denver. And there was a man walking around with a sign offering a ride out of town.

Outside, a phalanx of hundreds of volunteers created a 200-yard-long pathway for a number of evacuees to transfer from the Astrodome to Reliant Center this afternoon. Volunteers were carrying evacuees' belongings for them and pushing them in wheelchairs across the pavement.

One of these evacuees, Arthur Combre, 79, said amid dozens of attentive volunteers, he was rescued off a rooftop in East New Orleans after three days, made it to a church shelter and finally was evacuated.

"Nobody in New Orleans was helping," he said. But "we haven't wanted for anything since we've been here."

Over at the George R. Brown, volunteers welcomed evacuees with applause as they got off the buses.

The Houston Fire Department has mandated a limit of approximately 7,000 people for the convention center. Currently, there are beds for about 2,000, mostly large inflated mattresses. More beds, including cots or sleeping pads, are needed.

"We have calls out to try to get those resources," said Rep. Rick Noriega, who is in charge of the effort at the center.

Admitting they grossly over-estimated the number of evacuees who can be sheltered safely at the Astrodome, local leaders agreed Friday to open the convention center and other Reliant facilities to Katrina victims and canceled upcoming events at some of the venues.

About 200 evacuees arrived at the convention center about 11:30 p.m. Friday, most of them in private automobiles from Baytown, where they had been temporarily sheltered after driving from New Orleans. A busload of evacuees arrived about 8 a.m. today, but it was not known where they came from.

Local officials were also stationing people on the road between Houston and Lafayette, La., to count the buses en route here and to evaluate passengers so more will be known about their needs once that arrive here.

"Our system has been tested and we are ready for the rest of the week," City Councilman Adrian Garcia said. "We are expecting from a couple of hundred to 5,000 more people (at the convention center)."

Aaron Bayles, a registered nurse who works at St. Luke's Hospital, brought his stethescope and blood pressure cuff to the Astrodome this morning after he heard there was a need for medical personnel, but officials there asked him to go to the convention center instead, where they said there was a need for registered nurses.

Officials postponed today's scheduled Labor Day Classic at Reliant Stadium between football rivals Texas Southern University and Prairie View A&M. And they canceled Fiestas Patrias, a Mexican independence day celebration that had been expected to draw up to 50,000 to Reliant Center on Sunday.

Mayor Bill White said the situation was so dire in Louisiana and elsewhere on the Gulf Coast that the Houston area needs to do what is necessary to aid that region's homeless.

"We're going to kick people out who were planning to do things. This is an emergency," he said. "If it entails somebody suing us, then OK."

Six Flags Astroworld, across the South Loop from Reliant Park, announced it will be closed today, Sunday and Monday to ensure traffic does not interfere with relief efforts.

During a visit to Reliant Park Friday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said he would be sending 1,000 National Guard troops to Houston to help with security around shelters. Some may be arriving by Sunday, he said.

The Astrodome housed 15,000 evacuees Friday night, with 3,000 at Reliant Arena and 8,000 at Reliant Center, Red Cross spokeswoman Denise Bishop said.

Local officials had planned since early Wednesday to use the Dome as shelter for 25,000 evacuees from the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, which lacked electricity, air conditioning and working toilets.

The plan was based on the premise that a stadium that held 62,000 for football could comfortably house 25,000.

But late Thursday, officials at the Astrodome stopped taking evacuees when its population reached 12,000, and Mike Ivy, interim fire marshal for the Houston Fire Department, deemed it overcrowded.

Some evacuees were moved into Reliant Arena, while others remained on the buses.

Harris County Judge Robert Eckels said emergency planning coordinators in the county Homeland Security & Emergency Management division are learning on the fly what works and what doesn't.

"The plan is evolving, continuously changing," he said.

About 35,000 cots had been delivered to the Astrodome, but only a few thousand were set up on the Dome floor, and the fire marshal's office concluded more would be dangerous.

Evacuees slept Thursday night in Dome seats, on the floor and in the grass outside.

"Easily, 800 people were sleeping outside the Dome on the grass on cardboard boxes," said Tracy McGaugh, a South Texas College of Law assistant professor who worked an overnight shift as a Dome volunteer.

On Friday night, only 4,500 of the 15,000 evacuees in the Dome had cots, Bishop said.

McGaugh and Kathy Bergin, a colleague from the law school who also volunteered, said security at the Dome seemed inadequate. Few officers were in sight, and groups of young men congregated in various places, making passers-by uneasy, McGaugh said.

Eckels said security has been added, along with an increased presence of volunteers among the evacuees.

White said Houstonians have nothing to fear of the recent arrivals. "I've met with some of the survivors," he said. "They are just people who are scared. They've been through hell and are thankful there's a city with a big heart to welcome them."

Eckels said he hoped to reduce the number of evacuees in the Dome from 15,000 to 12,000. Reliant Arena eventually will house 3,000, with another 8,000 in the large exhibition halls at Reliant Center. George R. Brown will take about 7,500, White said.

White's staff called an emergency City Council meeting for Monday to decide whether to set aside $10 million in a special fund to help with the evacuees.

Mayra Beltran / Chronicle Officials hope to reduce the number of evacuees at the Astrodome, currently 15,000, by opening other shelters.

The council is expected to be briefed then on the efforts.

The money would pay for shelter, transportation, food vouchers and clothing. The city would seek reimbursement from the federal government.

Louisiana officials initially intended to send only Superdome evacuees to the Astrodome. That plan has changed. Evacuees from around Louisiana are now being bused to Houston, Eckels said.

Earlier Friday, a long line of cars formed on Kirby, waiting to turn into the Reliant Park complex or a makeshift donation site that has popped up nearby.

Gracie Conner of Sugar Land inched along in her SUV on a return trip to the site. Earlier, she had met evacuee Danielle Harper, who began crying, saying she couldn't find any clothes that fit her. Conner bought a load of clothes, gave some to Harper and dropped the rest off.

She invited Harper to stay with her and her husband, and Harper accepted.

"It hurts me. Can you imagine one day you wake up and you have no house, no car, no food? I am going to put people in my house," Conner said.

Volunteers from a number of churches may begin helping prepare meals for Reliant Park evacuees Tuesday or Wednesday, Eckels said. They would likely supplement the services of Aramark, which is providing food now.

Aramark is not taking food donated by area restaurants and residents on the orders of city officials, said company spokeswoman Kathleen Keenan.

Cnn, Fox, Msnbc, and others

I am sick of the negativity on the news. Ok we get it! now go help someone. Since you guys seem to have all the answers why don't you fix it. We here in Houston will continue to help these poor people!!

Please help how ever you can!

National donationsWhile a variety of government and private agencies are en route to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina, federal officials said people wanting to help should not head to the affected area unless directed by an agency. Instead, Michael Brown, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, urged people to make cash contributions to organizations.
• Adventist Community Services: 800-381-7171
• American Red Cross: 800-HELP NOW (435-7669) English, 800-257-7575 Spanish
• America's Second Harvest: 800-344-8070
• Catholic Charities, USA: 703-549-1390
• Christian Disaster Response: 941-956-5183 or 941-551-9554
• Christian Reformed World Relief Committee: 800-848-5818
• Church World Service: 800-297-1516
• Convoy of Hope: 417-823-8998
• Lutheran Disaster Response: 800-638-3522
• Mennonite Disaster Service: 717-859-2210
• Nazarene Disaster Response: 888-256-5886
• Operation Blessing: 800-436-6348
• Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: 800-872-3283
• Salvation Army: 1-800-SAL-ARMY (1-800-725-2769)
• Southern Baptist Convention -- Disaster Relief: 800-462-8657, ext. 6440
• United Jewish Communities: 800-554-8583
• United Methodist Committee on Relief: 800-554-8583

Hurricane Katrina is a BITCH!!!

This is why when they say evacuate you should do so.

God help those poor people. Many of the people escaping the storm came to Houston. All of the hotels are booked and shelters are full. The Museum of natural science is offering free admission to those with a Louisiana ID. The red cross left here last night along with Centerpoint energy lineman. Many people that came here are now homeless. Along with thousands of pets. Intstead of goods the red cross says they need money to buy supplies. To make a donation click the link.

https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation-form.asp

Hurrican Katrina!! This Bitch Blows!!

I live on the east side of town. There was a complete line of cars stretching as far as the eye can see. Man the power of nature is awesome!