We were driving the Airstream back from Cincy on Sunday after a bike race when the remnants of Ike hit us hard.  I struggled just keeping our 345 on the road.  We finally pulled off and found a safe harbor in a bar that had power, beer and burgers to wait it out.  OK, I could've stopped at the Walmart next door, but come on  - what better place to wait our a storm? 

By the time we got off I-71 both AC unit shrouds had been blown off and were somewhere in Ohio.  The awning also started coming out, but we caught it in time and rolled it back in once the wind died down.

Coming into Louisivlle it looked like a war zone.  We had to cut back and forth through little streets to make it to the house as most of the major roads were blocked with trees down.  Two houses on our street had trees through their roofs, four more on the next street over and about ten cars were crushed.

Foretunately for us, our house was fine with only minor damage and debris in the yard.  I spent the next few days helping neighbors clear trees and pick up the mess.  We still don't have power at home, but we do at the office. 

Louisvile Gas & Electric estimates 270,000 homes without power and over 5,000 poles down or damages.  This is going to be a while before we get power.  Glad we have an RV. 

Wow!  I think that Texas is just the tip of the ice burg.  Glad you're okay.  I think CW has those air conditioner shoruds if you stil need them.

We went to Eau Claire Wisconsin on Sunday to an air show with the Blue Angels and drove home in heavy rain, but not as much wind as You ran into.  I have had the wind drag my awning out previously.  You have to really be careful and make sure its locked down securely and even then I have had the wind still drag the center portion out.  Scary!

we can totally relate and feel for you and your nieghbors. 

in 2004 (the year of the hurricanes in florida)  the first eye went 60 miles north of us and the strom was small and fast moving so the damages were not bad.

then came hurricanes 2,3 and 4 and they all decided to grow move slow as they passed over us.  the damages were very wide spread (ours was minimal compared to so many others).  we were without power for almost a month.

we didn't have the MH then but we had a genset to run the frig, the cable and tv's, a few lights and fans.  we have gas for water and cooking, so we ate well and smelled ok.

when the think the clean up is just about over you will see the trucks moving the debris from local staging areas to its final destination and that takes another few weeks!

I'm honestly thinking about ditching both roof AC units and installing an evaporative unit in the bedroom closet. I can get the covers shipped but it'll be somewhere around $400 delivered. I've never liked the look of those two units on the roof and considered some sort of basement air installation years ago. This might be the poke I need.

I could probably sell the two very functional AC units (sans covers) on eBay and break even. Maybe install additional pop up vents where the AC used to be.

Something like this....http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/na...tem=364628

I might even duct it into an overhead panel.

Comments? Suggestions? Warnings?

if you do buy put it in the shower before hand to try it out, one comment on the website says it leaks everywhere.
let me know how you get on with it. i would be interested to see how well it cools your whole coach.
on shore power i find one ac is not enough for my 345

That particular link doesn't work, however Evaporative units work well where the air is very dry.  Had them in Arizona when I lived there, but wonder how well they work in more moist climates.  Also, they do require a lot of water to evaporate when they work.  Ones we had sprayed water on felt pads and then the dry wind, or air from a fan evaporated the water cooling the incoming air.  Effective to a point.

Wow, a new sun roof!  Okay, not funny I know. 

My ACs put out  a lot of cold air.  In fact I have used them while going down the road with the genset running on a near 100 degree day and it got too cold for us.  Have you checked your freon?

According to a station within a mile of my house, we got 120+ mph winds and my ac covers did great. One is original Coleman type and the other is diamond plate aluminum custom job. I did not expect the plastic one to be ok, but it was. You could hit the aluminum one with a truck and it would probably survive. We got several trees launching limbs and pecans around the old bus, but it fared very well. Found a tiny leak at the spotlight, and a little larger one at a roof rack penetration. Feeling very lucky in general even though we did get some damage others did not do as well. It is a huge mess down here and it will be a long clean up and recovery. I am proud of the local response to the hardships.