Will this week's game be postponed or moved due to Ike? [Yes]

[HPF Bob]

Originally Posted by popanot

Reliant is open to a large expanse of nothing, whereas MMP is shielded by a large city, freeway structure, and GRB. There's a big difference. Ike was hardly "a gust of wind" judging by the devastion in the area, which we are all experiencing to some degree or another.

I disagree. Ever been in any downtown when it is windy? The tall buildings amplify the wind speed around them making it even windier at ground level. That's part of what happened to the Georgia Dome during the SEC basketball tournament last spring. These downtown venues are far more vulnerable to wind damage, not "shielded".

Frankly, I couldn't give a rats ass about the Texans schedule, Reliant, or the impact of having the bye week in Wk2. My main worry is how to keep my wife and 3 young kids cool, fed and healthy in the next couple of weeks. It's going to get nasty around here if they can't get power going and the food, fresh water and gas supply going soon.

And yet you had time to come online to a football website and vent. I'm glad you and your family made it through okay. Once you get the electricity back, everything will return to normal and they will have crews from all over the country down there working to get you back on as fast as they can. If they have to replace a lot of lines where you are, you'll probably have to wait longer but I predict that 80-90% of the affected area will be back on by the end of the week. Only the hardest hit areas will need to wait longer.

I went through Alicia myself and I have had family scattered all throughout Florida and the Gulf Coast so I know how recovery goes. The media will always paint the worst possible picture for you. Pockets of devastation down by the coast will be really hard times but much of the rest of the region will be largely back to normal by the end of the week.