Hurricane force wind gusts in Nederland, while storm surge levels continue to rise

Hurricane force wind gusts are now occurring in the Beaumont /Port Arthur area. A wind gust of 84 mph was measured at 12:25 p.m. at the Southeast Texas Regional Airport in Nederland, according to the Lake ...

[Grace Bodemuller]

How bad is the damage in Nederland?

[Skip]

how bad is Nederland?

[Julia in Fort Worth]

What about Groves.I have a brother that lives right behind cemetary accross from Jefferson city. Is it flooded

[Dustin]

What does Nederland look like?

[Jennifer]

Julia in Fort Worth wrote:

What about Groves.I have a brother that lives right behind cemetary accross from Jefferson city. Is it flooded

Julia, I am in Louisiana and have been told from a friend that stayed in Groves, they have not flooded.

[Becky]

My family is on Franklin in Nederland. They are safe but had some limbs down and a broken window. The land telephone lines are up but there is no cell service, water, electricity at this time. They have been asked to stay off the roads. They had a scary, sleepless night and should have evacuated.

[Amy]

I have family from Nederland that has evacuated here. Does anyone know if there has been any flooding?

[Nolan]

Comments about no service, but no time and date for reference!
Are there any water, sewer, and electrical services as of 6:00 PM om Saturday 9/13/08?
If not, is there an estimated time for these?

[Lisa]

My family lives just west of mid-Jeff airport in B. Gardens. Does anyone know how that area looks after the storm. My parents didn't have wind storm coverage because of Rita.

[evelyn den sprgs la]

my sister lives in north vidor and they did great. her son and grandson went to nederland and port neches to check families homes. all did fine. the worse was small damage in b. gardens (nothing major) unless a tree fell, this was a cake walk compared to rita. nephew that lives in central gardens area had water on already. no flooding in any of these areas.

[lacassine louisiana]

i was wondering if anyone has information on the Ford Park area south of Beaumont? I have family in that area.
Thanks for the help.

[STUCK IN AR]

Does anyone know about the griffing park area 12th ave in port arthur,tx?

[Corey - Baton Rouge LA]

Does anyone know anything about Boston Avenue in Nederland? I am in Louisiana, and need to go back to Nederland for work. Trying to figure out whether I can get back or not.

[Desire]

How bad is Nederland, TX? Does anyone have any photo's of Nederland and does anyone know anything about Kinard Estates in Little Cypress, Orange, TX. My e-mail is [e-mail]

[yobeaux]

Corey - Baton Rouge LA wrote:

Does anyone know anything about Boston Avenue in Nederland? I am in Louisiana, and need to go back to Nederland for work. Trying to figure out whether I can get back or not.

Corey, Read either the Beaumont Enterprise or Port Arthur News on line. To start with, you can not get to Nederland. Nederland had some wind damage but came out in good shape. Water plant is working. Sewage plant should be running some time today

[Elizabeth]

Lisa wrote:

My family lives just west of mid-Jeff airport in B. Gardens. Does anyone know how that area looks after the storm. My parents didn't have wind storm coverage because of Rita.

My mother lives in B. Gardens, too. No electricity or phone service as of 9 a.m. Sunday. A carport on 3rd street and concrete steps of mobile home. Some wind damage and neighbors roof damaged. Not too bad. Mom only had minor damage in Rita.

[Mary Wright]

I am looking for any info on 1 1/2 St. -Nederland , and any more places to find photo or info.

[Joyce]

It seems that they are out of power and that's the reason why they can not post any photos or information on this. My boyfriend is living there and according to him, everything is fine by far. Trees are blown down and they are out of electricity and water. Let's just pray!

[LA Cook Red WIng MN]

My friend Sharon and her husband Mike stayed behind in Nederland with their elderly parents. I cant get through, cant find much of anything on Nederland. Thank you people here. I think I am going to keep believing they are safe and sound and protected.

My heart and soul is out to all of you hit by IKE, I am in MN if there is anything me or my family can do, JUST ASK!
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[Christa]

Grace Bodemuller wrote:

How bad is the damage in Nederland?

My husband and I weathered the storm in the north west area of Beaumont. We had fences and patio walls blown down, but the house survived without damage. The area is near Folsom and Dowlen. We did see many trees down, but no flooding in the area.

Out house is in Nederland off of Nederland Ave and S 4th St. We had no flooding and no major damage to the house. There were trees down but not at our home.

Driving between the 2 cities on 69, we saw many trees down and some minor flooding, but nothing like what was projected on the news prior to Ike landing. We did hear that if your home is in Bridge City/Orange, you will most likely have severe damage; water reached to the roof tops there.

The latest information is that the electricity will be out for 2-4 weeks because of the widespread destruction to the infrastructure and main power plants that control electricity in the region.

Hopefully this helps those of you in this area out. We fled to Arlington Tx while the area is being restored.