PATTERSON ADJUSTING TO LIFE AFTER HURRICANE
Fri, 2008-09-19 09:00
Thomas Patterson gained a measure of what his Pro Modified race car experiences regularly last weekend.
The veteran Pro Modified driver from Houston, Texas, was one of the hundreds of thousands of residents, affected by Hurricane Ike which slammed into the Texas coast last weekend.
Patterson learned that his physical body cannot cut through the wind as well as his Dodge Daytona-bodied race car can.
“A whole lot of wind,” Patterson said, taking time away from his massive property clean-up efforts. “You certainly didn’t want to run out there and stand in it. We weathered out the storm and it got scary at times.
“I’ve never seen so many trees knocked down in my whole life as there are on our property. We’ve spent most of our days since the storm clearing out the tree damage.” Thomas Patterson gained a measure of what his Pro Modified race car experiences regularly last weekend.
The veteran Pro Modified driver from Houston, Texas, was one of the hundreds of thousands of residents, affected by Hurricane Ike which slammed into the Texas coast last weekend.
Patterson learned that his physical body cannot cut through the wind as well as his Dodge Daytona-bodied race car can.
“A whole lot of wind,” Patterson said, taking time away from his massive property clean-up efforts. “You certainly didn’t want to run out there and stand in it. We weathered out the storm and it got scary at times.
“I’ve never seen so many trees knocked down in my whole life as there are on our property. We’ve spent most of our days since the storm clearing out the tree damage.”
Patterson said his home and shop was spared heavy damage, but incurred some nonetheless.
“We have no power still,” Patterson said. “At least not in the conventional sense, we don’t. We’ve been running on the race car generators in addition to the generators we’ve got on our house.”
“We’re doing okay, just bus y working clearing stuff out, that’s all.”
Patterson estimates his power will be restored next Monday and has yet to assess the damage to their second home in Galveston, Texas.
The veteran Pro Modified driver from Houston, Texas, was one of the hundreds of thousands of residents, affected by Hurricane Ike which slammed into the Texas coast last weekend.
Patterson learned that his physical body cannot cut through the wind as well as his Dodge Daytona-bodied race car can.
“A whole lot of wind,” Patterson said, taking time away from his massive property clean-up efforts. “You certainly didn’t want to run out there and stand in it. We weathered out the storm and it got scary at times.
“I’ve never seen so many trees knocked down in my whole life as there are on our property. We’ve spent most of our days since the storm clearing out the tree damage.” Thomas Patterson gained a measure of what his Pro Modified race car experiences regularly last weekend.
The veteran Pro Modified driver from Houston, Texas, was one of the hundreds of thousands of residents, affected by Hurricane Ike which slammed into the Texas coast last weekend.
Patterson learned that his physical body cannot cut through the wind as well as his Dodge Daytona-bodied race car can.
“A whole lot of wind,” Patterson said, taking time away from his massive property clean-up efforts. “You certainly didn’t want to run out there and stand in it. We weathered out the storm and it got scary at times.
“I’ve never seen so many trees knocked down in my whole life as there are on our property. We’ve spent most of our days since the storm clearing out the tree damage.”
Patterson said his home and shop was spared heavy damage, but incurred some nonetheless.
“We have no power still,” Patterson said. “At least not in the conventional sense, we don’t. We’ve been running on the race car generators in addition to the generators we’ve got on our house.”
“We’re doing okay, just bus y working clearing stuff out, that’s all.”
Patterson estimates his power will be restored next Monday and has yet to assess the damage to their second home in Galveston, Texas.
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