Gabe

Christian Michael of WB I would assume

so bullets you are saying the suck majorly?

scooter if OU does win against UT this year it will be nice to still be able to say "OU sucks" and feel good about it

Mike oh Mike....where have we wronged you?? Remind me to make fun of you real soon... JK...if people like horse racing fine by me. But an Aggie throwing money on horses - now that is a different story

ALMVP: Dustin Pedroia NLMVP: Ryan Howard AL Cy Young: Cliff Lee NL Cy Young:Tim Lincecum AL Rookie of the Year: Evan Longoria NL Rookie of the Year: Geovany Soto Biggest Story of the Year: Tampa Bay Rays/Yankees miss playoffs in last year of Stadium Great baseball minds think alike

Im not sure what I am saying other than........"OU sucks"

Im not sure they suck as much as I hate em

LCM beat Lumberton BC beat Hardin

Id wait. It could become unfair for certain teams and could cause some untimely friction.

I do not have enough words to express how proud I am of the OF players and staff who are helping out. I talked to a BC coach today who was more than proud, that isnt even describing it enough actually. BC will rebuild and it will be because of the strong people in Cardinal Country and the assistance of neighbors like in OF. Good job guys and gals.

I have not been all over Groves today but the side near the golf course, Monroe St. area, has power. Got it earlier this afternoon. Not too sure about the rest

CAll Major Queener of the Orange Salvation Army 883-4232

At some point we will need sports By Gabriel Pruett The Orange Leader At some point the time will be right for football teams to take to the practice fields again. The emotions of Hurricane Ike will be pushed aside for a few hours. At some point a senior cheerleader will want to be back on the sideline. Her cheers will send the crowd into a roar. At some point a band member will stand up to play his or her school song with more pride than ever before. Just weeks before this time, he or she thought they might have to transfer to a different district. At some point a local refinery worker will proudly sit in the stands with his son’s jersey number on his shirt. Although his son might not play much, the father is still proud to just watch the player be a part of a team. At some point a volleyball player will be able to forget about her house being lost for at least an hour. The outcome of the match will be secondary to the fact she will cry in joy just to be able to play again beside her friends. At some point we will all long for our sporting events to return to action to help us get away from the devastation. The hours spent cheering on our team will help us not worry about flood insurance and FEMA at least for a little while. This is what sports does for all of us. Sports helped with the healing process right after Sept. 11, 2001 and more locally after Hurricane Rita. Sports will help again. The competitions we love so dearly not only are the topics around water coolers on Monday mornings but are stress relievers during the rest of the week. Since Hurricane Ike struck Southeast Texas, I like many others, stayed glued to the Weather Channel and local websites. Hurricane Ike consumed my every moment. Then came Sunday and for a brief hour I watched a NFL game. I knew I could not watch it long for there was work to be done from Arlington and the paper’s website needed updating. People were counting on information as fast as they could get it. Yet for that hour I was alone with sports and the game was my escape. There will come a time at some point when local athletes will be our escape. We will share their ups and downs and all of us should cheer for both sides. This will be a sports season like no other in Southeast Texas. The loss of homes and the number lives that will be changed will be higher than even after Hurricane Rita. We will need our sports and the athletes, cheerleaders, drill teams, bands and fans will need to participate in them. The time will come and even though it may not be tomorrow or any time this week, the time will come. At some point the time will come.

BC Mayor: No fatalities that we know of By Tommy Mann Jr. The Orange Leader Although reports of death and destruction are everywhere, Bridge City officials want the public to know only half of that statement is true. According to Kirk Roccaforte, mayor of Bridge City, no bodies have been found as of Monday. "There are no fatalities that we know of anywhere in Bridge City or in Orange County," Roccaforte said. "We still have search and rescue teams going door to door in some neighborhoods to confirm whether the residents evacuated or not, but we do not have any deaths to report." Roccaforte spoke highly of the city's police department which was among the first people helping residents who failed to evacuate the day Ike struck Southeast Texas. "Our police department and rescuers did an amazing job," Roccaforte said. "They started out early Saturday morning and by the time it was done, we believe they saved between 200 and 300 people. They did an incredible job, and the support we got from the outside was tremendous." Roccaforte said nearly all of Bridge City sustained some form of water damage. "Imagine looking at Lake Sabine from the air and all you see is roof tops sticking out of the water," he said. "That's what it looked like on Saturday in many of these neighborhoods. It's safe to say 99 percent of the homes had some kind of water damage. I doubt there are 20 homes in Bridge City which didn't have water damage." Roccaforte said citizens are able to bring spoiled food items to the Community Center on West Roundbunch. No refrigerators are being accepted and spoiled food will not be collected if placed on curbside.

Added another 13 in "Photos Show the damage" half are BC and half are from Orange. Found them with the associated press

Just put up 18 photos of Orange area on www.orangeleader.com of photos from both Saturday and Sunday. Its not much but its hard to get photos from that area up to me in Arlington. Will try for more at some other point. Click on photo on front slugged "Photos of Ike II" for 11 photots then the second group is under "Photos of Ike"

Talked with Anthony a bit ago.... [Hidden Content] BC senior one of hundreds stranded by Ike Gabriel Pruett The Orange Leader BRIDGE CITY — Bridge City senior Anthony Cessac knows all about the flood waters in Bridge City. He does not need the television or press releases to remind him just how hard this city in Orange County got hit by Hurricane Ike. Cessac spent hours inside his attic in his house off Idlewood Street, across from Dishon Addition, in Bridge City. His family stayed through Hurricane Rita in 2005 and never dreamed Ike would be much worse. Hurricane Ike started to come in early Saturday afternoon and evening while Cessac’s mind kept thinking the storm would not pack a punch like forecasters had predicted. Then the clocked turned about 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning and the worse started. “It started to feel like the wind would take the house away,†Cessac said. “At 1:30 a.m. the water was about ankle deep in our garage. By 2 a.m. we had to go in our attic and soon after the water was over the doorknob. We grabbed our dogs, a Bible and phones. Things didn’t get too much better in the attic.†Cessac and others spent hours inside the attic while friends and family called to check on the stranded individuals. He could hear items slapping into the garage door and was not sure what the items were or what it would mean to him and his family. When Cessac and others could finally come down out of the attic, they put the dogs in Christmas lights boxes to float the pets in the flood waters. “When we opened the door of the house, water spilled out,†Cessac said. “The fridge even came out. All our furniture was just floating around in our house. Waves about three-feet high were slapping against my house. Dishon Addition looked like Sabine Lake. We couldn’t even really see my dad’s Explorer outside.†Surprises were always right around the corner for Cessac after the stranded were rescued by the United States Coast Guard. “I was in awe and was speechless,†Cessac added. “It took us about two hours to get to Texas Ave. in the back of a big truck. Other people were getting off their roofs and had to swim to the rescue truck. “I never thought this would ever happen. It was a bad choice to stay. When we got on the Cow Bayou Bridge and looked back, I saw oil everywhere. You could see that rainbow colors it makes. I looked at Waterwood and it was flooded everywhere. I am just real happy everyone is safe. Everything Bridge City lost can be replaced. It is just going to take a lot of time.†Cessac and his family were finally able to evacuate to north Texas.

Didnt she just get married as well, like right at the beginning of summer?

Coop wanted me to post this since he has troubles getting online. [Hidden Content] BC student athlete discusses town's devastation Gabriel Pruett The Orange Leader BRIDGE CITY — BRIDGE CITY – The images have become unbelievable and the stories are horrific. What a lot of Bridge City and Orange residents watched happened to New Orleans in 2005, is now a reality in Orange County. Hurricane Ike did more than just damage homes and businesses early Saturday, it also destroying lives. Bridge City junior Matt Hicks reporter his mother’s home, in the Dugas Addition, has been lost to flood waters and his story is the same as others in the community. Orange Leader photographer/reporter Tommy Mann Jr. sent a text saying, “Downtown Orange is an ocean and Bridge City is Atlantis,†at 3:45 p.m. Saturday. Hicks, who evacuated to Slidell, La., learned his mother’s house was in danger from a local television station and then was informed his father’s home could be in the same situation from a report on the Internet. “I was more in shock than anything,†Hicks, who could only sleep 30 minutes early Saturday morning, said. “We knew it was going to happen and you can think about how you will react, but when it actually happens all of that goes out the window. Just realizing that everything that has always been there is now ruined and/or gone takes a toll on you.†There are things to be thankful for though and that is the well-being of family and friends. “That's the only thing I have going for me,†Hicks added. “Everything else is just materials, they can be replaced. Family and friends can't. As long as they are safe, I know everything is eventually going to be alright.†One of Hicks’ teammates on the Cardinals baseball team, Anthony Cessac, is very fortunate to be alive after Ike forced him and his family to their roof near the Dishon Plantation. Cessac was updating Hicks through the whole storm right before he had to go into the attic. “The last things he said before going up were, ‘You can't see the Dishon Plantation. Tt's completely underwater’†Hicks reported. “Then thirty minutes later (he said) ‘It looks like the Gulf of Mexico is in my frontyard’, and 15 minutes later ‘It's coming through my door, we are going into the attic.’†Cessac was said to be in his attic and then on his roof from 3:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The group is now safe and headed for safety in Mississippi. Cessac’s full story will be told once he has a full charge on his cell phone and is in a safe location. Pictures of the Bridge City area show nothing but water and tons of it. Texas Ave. is nothing but water and it has been reported many homes and business have feet of water inside. Orange has also been reported to have serious flooding. Water was white-capping on MacArthur Drive. Those who want to report flooding and Hurricane Ike stories can contact this reporter at [email protected] . Please leave your name and location.

Im in Arlington and OK. Working like a dog but OK Prayers to everyone

my sister is in fannett. she said its not major. a whole in her husbands roof but house will not flood from it.

Did hear of a friend who lost two houses in BC. a text message said "my houses are gone. bye bye bc." A friend in Groves said he made it but it got real real bad

If you flip to fox, Geraldo is giving Cantore a run for his money, or Oscar. Admin come on bro, you know Geraldo is somewhere up here in the Dallas area where I am. That was a sprinkler with a fan to the side. He almost found Jimmy Hoffa though! ;D

Just talked to a friend in Groves and he never got close sayings its underwater. THe only thing that has gone out on him is the cable. He said he even "spit" on Ike. Then again, hes a weirdo and doesnt realize the worst is yet to come.

Made it through at about 11 p.m. last night, I turned a 4 1/2 hour drive into a 9 hour one! It wasnt bad until Lufkin and that didnt last once got past lufkin