Guest guest Posted May 1, 2002 Report Share Posted May 1, 2002 , Are you any where near that BIG Fire there in Houston??? Are you alright and able to breath fine??? Let me know when ya can... Worried here in Ohio... Helen <center></center> If People were more like Angels, Earth would be more like Heaven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2002 Report Share Posted May 1, 2002 Did you ever find out what was causing all that smoke yesterday ??? Hugs Helen <center></center> If People were more like Angels, Earth would be more like Heaven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2002 Report Share Posted May 1, 2002 Hello Helen That is about twenty to thirty miles away and I believe the wind is blowing the other way. Interestingly, I had taken my car in to be inspected yesterday (last day before the new emission tests are required) so I had to take the bus over to the shop after work. While I was waiting for the bus I could see huge black clouds billow from the freeway just to the east of where I was. Eventually a bunch of fire trucks went by and the clouds turned to white steam while a news helicopter circled around. I was a bit worried cause the clouds were coming pretty close and I don't like breathing problems. I'll bet that if the big explosions in Pearland hadn't occurred this morning, yesterday's fire that I was near would've been in the news. Regards, angelbear1129@... wrote: > , Are you any where near that BIG Fire there in Houston??? Are you > alright and able to breath fine??? Let me know when ya can... Worried here in > Ohio... > Helen > > .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2002 Report Share Posted May 2, 2002 How close is Pearland to Houston ??? On our news here it said that the plant that blew was in Houston... That's why it worried me about you living there also... ((( Happy Hugs ))) Helen <center></center> If People were more like Angels, Earth would be more like Heaven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2002 Report Share Posted May 2, 2002 Hello Helen No I never did. I had thought about driving around to see what was burnt out but it didn't seem worth the time. I had missed last night's news and today's news is all about the plant explosion and fire in Pearland. Regards, angelbear1129@... wrote: > Did you ever find out what was causing all that smoke yesterday ??? > Hugs Helen > > .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2002 Report Share Posted May 2, 2002 Hello Helen No I never did. I had thought about driving around to see what was burnt out but it didn't seem worth the time. I had missed last night's news and today's news is all about the plant explosion and fire in Pearland. Regards, angelbear1129@... wrote: > Did you ever find out what was causing all that smoke yesterday ??? > Hugs Helen > > .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2002 Report Share Posted May 3, 2002 Hello Helen Pearland is probably about twenty to thirty miles south of downtown Houston. It is it's own little town but essentially it's just a suburban community of Houston. It's just like how NASA isn't really in Houston but in Clear Lake but since Houston is so spread out anyways... Houston has also been known to annex surrounding towns just to get more tax revenue. Several years back, a horse race track was built just north of the city in order to avoid city taxes so the city annexed them once the facilities was built. I'm about twenty miles west of Houston right on the edge of Houston. Some of the roads here enter and exit Houston three or four times between intersections. Most of the plants and stuff are to the east and south of Houston. It gets real scary sometimes, they had a chlorine cloud once and kept tracking which way it was blowing. Regards, angelbear1129@... wrote: > How close is Pearland to Houston ??? On our news here it said that the plant > that blew was in Houston... That's why it worried me about you living there > also... > ((( Happy Hugs ))) > Helen > > .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2002 Report Share Posted May 3, 2002 Houston must be one BIG city... I'm glad I live in the country... But our little town is getting closer and closer to our place... That's what we don't want is to be incorparated into town... Those big plants near you would definately scare me if they were close to me... Toledo is our big city close to us, but we are about 30 miles from it ) That's fine with me... I did think Nasa was there in Houston... That was a dirty trick to pull on that race track... Seems like things like that could be stopped... How are you doing ??? Busy ??? ((( Special Hugs ))) Helen <center></center> If People were more like Angels, Earth would be more like Heaven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2002 Report Share Posted May 3, 2002 Sixty miles ??? Unbelieveable !!! Here I thought Toledo was too big... i can't fanthom the size you are speaking of... Travel is something I rarely do... I don't even know what ring roads are... I presume they circle the city... That's nice taking your visitors to Nasa, when you know it is so hard on you... Hugs Helen <center></center> If People were more like Angels, Earth would be more like Heaven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2002 Report Share Posted May 3, 2002 Hello Helen Houston is probably about sixty mile across in diameter. They are doing a third ring road but it's turned into a sort of a C cause they ran out of land, the circle basically reaches out over the gulf of Mexico and they are already talking about starting a fourth ring road. I like to think of the ring roads as bullseye rings. The problem with such a spread out city is that if you like having an acreage, you have to put up with an incredible commute. I don't mind what they did to the race track cause it's basically gambling and I think there's entirely too much profit in such an operation anyways. I takes me almost an hour to get down to NASA. It's kinda of tiring because every visitor wants to go to NASA but then the space program is something special. Regards, angelbear1129@... wrote: > Houston must be one BIG city... I'm glad I live in the country... But our > little town is getting closer and closer to our place... That's what we don't > want is to be incorparated into town... > Those big plants near you would definately scare me if they were close to > me... Toledo is our big city close to us, but we are about 30 miles from it > ) That's fine with me... > I did think Nasa was there in Houston... That was a dirty trick to pull on > that race track... Seems like things like that could be stopped... > How are you doing ??? Busy ??? > ((( Special Hugs ))) > Helen > > .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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