ErinBrookeTX Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Hey Guys! Here in corpus but from SE Houston area. Things don't look good. My area is still out of power and downtown looks like it will not be open for work Monday. Looks like I will be here for a few days till power comes on in my area. Could be weeks I heard. Been told from friends it looks like a disaster zone everywhere you drive. I am too curious of the Bullet's status. Here is what one person posted on a Houston site. If I hear more I will update. Pray that the death count is low and Houston/Galveston will be up and running soon. "I don't know the status but they looked really bad on TV. Some looked like they are under water. I bet it is going to be a long time before Kemah boardwalk is rebuilt. It looks totally messed up. Tillman Fertita was on the news last night and he said he is definitely going to rebuild the Boardwalk. I hope he does. Once it is rebuilt we have to go out and support it. This was such a bad day for the Houston/Galveston area. I still can't believe how bad this hurricane was, it seems so surreal." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttonman700 Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 First off all, our thoughts a prayers to all that live in this part of Texas. We have good friends in Spring Texas, they will be without power for two weeks at least. I am glad I go to see the Kemah Boardwalk last April. This is very sad. My hope are they will rebuild, and carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verticalzero Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Taken 13th Sept http://galvnews.com/photographs.lasso?view=grid&category=front&category=news Hi There "Bullet" standing strong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttonman700 Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 ^ thank you for posting these. I took a student group to Houston in April and Kemah was one of our half day trips, The kids will be interested in seeing these. Looks bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verticalzero Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 More Pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okinawaboy11 Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Cool pictures, but why would you sit in that water? Mmmm.... Malaria! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedarpointfangirl Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 ACE's Winterfest was supposed to be at Kemah's, doesn't look good for it!! I was looking forward to going, lived in Dallas for 18 years and have never been to Galveston! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdude5 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Sad sad... Hopefully they can get back on their feet quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelegendarymatthew Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 I hope it doesn't get SFNO's fate. I dont even know whats going to happen to it. Hope its either relocated to another park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astroworldfan1 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 ^ They said they were going to rebuild. The City of New Orleans (owner of SFNO) didn't care about SFNO so they didn't rebuild it. -Tatum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinBrookeTX Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 http://www.statesman.com/news/mediahub/media/slideshow/index.jsp?tId=119336 Here's some close up of the damage on Kemah. Some of the rides are gone. Starts around 22 thr 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verticalzero Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 A BBC link which shows the "Chaos" ride at Kemah: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7616194.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astroworldfan1 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Wow, that Chaos was brand new! I also noticed that the Ferris Wheel was missing a few gondolas. -Tatum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercrazy216 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Oh my God. This is crazy. I was praying for the bullet to be washed away not the whole boardwalk. This sucks because what if they do not have the money to rebuild the place. It also looks like they are going to have to get a new carousel. Maybe this time around they will buy rides from companies better than Chance. Also maybe they will build a rapids ride or a log flume so that the damage will be minimal. God this sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astroworldfan1 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 OK seriously, how can a company like Landry's (a nationwide resturant chain) not have enough money to rebuild? They said they were going to rebuild. This will be like the 5 time BB will have to be redone. -Tatum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercrazy216 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Well ya, but maybe they won't want to rebuild, but okay. James "I am PRAYING for a new BB" Whitcomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astroworldfan1 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 ^ They even said they would rebuild the BB. They also said they would try to have the resturants up and running within a few days. -Tatum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinBrookeTX Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Kemah is a very popular and known place in the Houston area. I would be surprise if it didn't get rebuilt it. How soon? Can't guess. I believe it might be a while. Probably restaurants first...then the rides. That's just my guess. This place brings in tons of money and guess from the greater houston area and galveston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuruGuys Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Kemah will be rebuilt, and quickly too. They have insurance that covers things like this and I was told they are OVER insured. The Bullet was going down for long term work regardless (this time they hope to fix the problem which is causing all the other problems and making it ride so differently from the way it was designed). They will have the restaurants up and running in no time at all. Someone said the chaos was new, it was new to the park but was a used ride. It was a portable ride, as is many of their other rides, which were mounted in a more permanent manner. The portable rides, if they decide to get replacements and not repair the existing ones0, would be able to come in and get installed pretty quick as well. There is NO question at all wether Kemah will be rebuilt. Once it is it will be better than ever. -GG P.S. My Scion XB, on the other hand, is totalled when we got 3 feet of water flooding yesterday, and will not be rebuilt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdude5 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 It's good to hear that they will be back. This place does seem to be very prominent in the area and along the gulf coast (my friends in New Orleans know about it!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfreak101 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Just curious, but wouldn't a new Boardwalk Bullet that utilizes the Gravity Group hybrid structure fare a little better in hurricanes (not storm surges, but hurricanes and flooding) than the current, all-wood structure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Jacket Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Here is a link to an interview with somone from Landry's at the Boardwalk. Lots of damage--no decent shots of the coaster. http://www.khou.com/video/news-index.html?nvid=282748 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercrazy216 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Thank God its getting rebuilt. I would die without a decent park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinBrookeTX Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Thanks for the info GurGuy! How are you? I am still in corpus with my sister's family waiting for power to come back on at my apartment. Friend is going to let me know. Just glad everyone is ok. Sorry to hear about your car. Luckly I think my apartment didn't flood or anything. Just bad roof damage. I am on the second floor so hopefully I don't have to worry about that since there is a floor above me. Don't know about windows yet. Take care! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRapidsNerd Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 1. Glad people are ok so far. That one's important. 2. Bummer on all the damage. Poor Kemah got the beat-down. 3. "Yeah, I think we'll be needing another ferris wheel..." gave me a laugh. 4. Tatum has inadvertently doubled his historical park info contributions this week. If Dixie Landings gets it for whatever reason, he'll have a hat trick. I wish Kemah the best on the rebuild. Ouch, but keeping good thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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