Isn’t Life Strange?

A slightly nicer day yielded some better conditions down by the river today.

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Now that I’ve been away from home for a couple of days, it seems strange checking the websites and learning all about how things are progressing in Houston.
It appears that the two power companies in the area have finished their initial assessment of the damages throughout the area. My zip code was […]

I left the Houston area at about 3 PM and am currently in an undisclosed secret location.
For the last two days, I have been listening to KTRH AM, one of Houston’s most powerful AM radio stations. They have done an outstanding job covering all aspects of the storm and its aftermath, and should […]

Well what do you know! I actually CAN sleep through a hurricane!
At about 1 AM I decided to turn off all the lights and head for bed to see what TiVo had waiting for me. I ended up falling asleep and awoke to discover that we lost power - I’m guessing at sometime […]

It’s just after midnight and Hurricane Ike is getting closer. It is expected to affect us here in the Houston area for several hours. We’ll be dealing with some gnarly winds and several inches of rain….dude…. Currently in my area, things are not as volatile as they are south of here. […]

From everything I have read and heard, Ike is a scary storm. Most of Galveston is flooded.
And then there’s this:
HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say tens of thousands have ignored evacuation orders and are staying behind as Hurricane Ike takes aim at the Texas coast.
An Associated Press survey shows that in three counties […]

The Houston Chronicle has an awesome collection of photos of the flood in Galveston and other communities. Check it out.

About 30 minutes ago, the mayor of Galveston held a news conference from her bunker she shares with her staff and emergency personnel during hurricanes. It was announced in that press conference that forty percent of Galveston’s residents decided to stay at home and weather the storm. God help them.
There is […]

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Ike is flooding the west side of Galveston Island while waves are crashing against the seawall at the tourist area of Galveston.
I did a reconnaissance mission this morning in my local area to get a feel for what people were doing today. Last minute preparation activity was still going […]

I’ve been thinking about a few things related to Ike and of storms in the past.
It seems to me that if we need a reminder of the potential damage and deadly force a hurricane brings with it, we need only look a few years into the past to Hurricane Katrina. We all know […]

Though Ike has a large wind field, it is not a particularly well-organized storm. It will still bring hurricane-force winds and rain. Some are now saying Ike may only be a Category 2 storm when it reaches land.
The eye of the storm is expected to travel north on I-45, which means […]

Not much has changed with Ike’s forecast track since this morning. It is still projected to make landfall somewhere between Freeport and Galveston as a Category 3 storm. By late afternoon tomorrow I expect there to be tropical storm force winds in my neighborhood. By about midnight or perhaps even earlier, we’ll […]

The Houston area is a flurry of activity today. People are busy boarding up their homes and making sure they have the right provisions to make it through the storm and the possible aftermath. Some folks are rightly nervous, and others are more or less stubborn and obstinate about the situation. Those […]