Well that was fun

We survived Hurricane Harvey.  My house was basically destroyed.  My Suburban was destroyed.  My main computer was destroyed.  I'm typing this on my netbook that I set up to make KTD drives since it wasn't really good enough or fast enough for anything else.  I doubt my house is repairable, I KNOW my Suburban isn't repairable.  When Salt Water Surge basically buries your car to the roof top, there is nothing salvageable in that.

I was able to recover my firearms.  If you have been watching my twitter feed you'll know that my youngest son and I tried to clean up 3 of my Mossberg 500 barrels.  However that is about impossible.  The salt water did too much damage.

My Beretta 71 also came very close to that state, however I was able to get to it sooner.  My sons didn't bury it in the bottom of the pile of stuff like they did my Mossberg 500 barrels.  It's slide however will need a re-blue in it's future.  Dozens of magazines however may be beyond all help I can give, which is slightly upsetting since Tokarev Magazines are a little hard to find.

I also have to deal with over a thousand 12 ga. shells with corroded bases.  That is going to be fun.

Now on to the pictures.  I won't be able to give proper descriptions as this netbook is acting real goofy about certain HTML coding.

back of the house taken from 1 street over.

see that pile of stuff in the fore ground?  That was my ex-wife's house and it's gone.

according to a neighbor, the flood water were to the top of my suburban

he said the only part of it he saw was the roof rack

the water blew out the back window of the suburban

it took 2 days before I could actually drive on my street.  Between the water still being 3-5 feet and the downed power lines

you can see some of the flood water which was still over my street in places.

I lost windows, siding, parts of the roof.  The ceilings fell down inside raining insulation everywhere.

I was standing in almost a foot of water taking this photo. 

That WAS my bathroom window

and I used to have a walkway and steps in front of my house.

My Rubbermaid shed that held parts of my solar setup is in pieces, 2 of my charge controllers and one inverter is just flat out gone.

So you can see, I'm in bad shape.  I need to replace my suburban and a whole bunch of other stuff.

I'm really concerned because I had to register my sons in the school district almost 25 miles away, and there is no bus service, and I can't have them ride in the bed of the S-10.

If you can help us, any help would be appreciated.

My PayPal quick link is paypal.me/greylocke

If someone has a real inexpensive minivan or a car big enough for 3 big teenagers my 21 year old son who has Aspergers, plus myself, I really really could use it as quickly as possible.

My boys need to get back to school.  For now we have a roof over my head, although sleeping on the couch and air mattresses on the floor isn't exactly comfortable, it's more than some people have.

My oldest daughter, you might know as Sprog #1 has started a Go Fund Me campaign to try to help, if you can help here is the link.  https://www.gofundme.com/help-for-anderson-family

The picture shown there is my Ex-Wife's trailer shoved against my storage shed.  My daughter took it from her car window as she still couldn't get out of her car because of the water in the driveway.

Please if you can help out, anything would be appreciated.

My kids and I and my Ex- Wife Michele, we have lost almost everything.  So if you have it to spare, please consider donating.

Thank you for reading my scribbles.

There was an active shooter near me last night

About 9:50 pm CST a call came over my scanner for a domestic disturbance.  Less than 4 minutes later it was shots fired, then it was more shots fired and a possible hostage situation.  I e-mailed the information to my local TV Station KRIS-TV, and kept e-mailing them as I heard updates come over the scanner.  There was confusion as to whether or not he was holding his own child as a hostage.  Finally when I heard the Police were closing down the road and were moving residents of the apartments that they had evacuated to the main fire station I loaded up my cameras and headed there myself.

I got to the station, got interviewed myself by the KRIS cameraman, then went down and took some video of the entrance of the complex and some of the fire fighters blocking the road.



As I was heading back around to try and get some video from the other side of the complex I heard over my HT that the police were using a suppressed .22 to shoot out the lights in the complex.  It was weird, I heard them setting up a Designated Marksman spot, who could shoot into the apartment.  I heard the police calling the fire department to cut down a section of the fence around the complex so they could get a better angle on the apartment.  And I kept hearing officers calling out where more lights needed to be shot out.

Around 0145 I heard the Site Commander tell all of the officers to get ready, 5 minutes later I heard him call for the perimeter units to hold position.  Then 8 minutes later came the call for EMS FAST.

The shooter was dead, I don't know if the police shot him or he shot himself, but the child he had as a hostage was fine. 

Now I'm listening to the aftermath of them collecting evidence, evidently several of the adjacent units have bullet holes in their walls, several cars were shot by the subject and the J.P. had to come declare him dead.


If I do actually make the news, I'll post the video on this post later when I wake up.

From KRIS TV's website: Road shut down for police standoff

KRIS-TV's last report :Identity released of armed suspect in Rockport-Fulton standoff

I'm going to lie down.

They just confirmed the shooters name over the scanner.  I'm not going to post it out of respect for his family.

Looks like I may have a new neighbor

"Rumors About Ammunition Plant Spread Through Rockport

ROCKPORT - There is lots of anxiety this week in a neighborhood on the western end of Rockport about the possibility of an ammunition plant being built down the street.

The area of Copano Heights in question is currently undeveloped land, but it's right next to a neighborhood with dozens of homes.

Naturally, neighbors were alarmed to hear rumors about secret plans to build an ammunition plant and all sorts of negative impacts that come along with it."

This is only about 4 miles from where I live.

My opinion?

Bring it on!!

I'd LOVE to get an ammunition plant in the area.  It would bring in at least 30 full time jobs, and the area where they are planning on building it is just undeveloped lots with brush and pin oaks.  Plus I have 4 boys who are mechanically inclined who might be able to get hired on as they get old enough.

Can you say "Employee Discount"?

I knew you could ...