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Some of my freelance friends have called hoping I can find somebody to talk on camera for some stories. So I may wind up heading out today as a journalist after all. If so, I'll have my eyes open for TWC people pretending like the storm is just minutes away.
Sly Fox wrote:Some of my freelance friends have called hoping I can find somebody to talk on camera for some stories. So I may wind up heading out today as a journalist after all. If so, I'll have my eyes open for TWC people pretending like the storm is just minutes away.
At least they're better than FoxNews which was saying all of Florida was going to be destroyed by a tropical storm...that was a couple years ago and the last time I watched FoxNews for hurricane coverage.
Oh yeah...get Jim Cantore's autograph for me if you see him.
Sly Fox wrote:Some of my freelance friends have called hoping I can find somebody to talk on camera for some stories. So I may wind up heading out today as a journalist after all. If so, I'll have my eyes open for TWC people pretending like the storm is just minutes away.
My grandma's husband pilots a ship for the company that takes the Halliburton researchers out in the gulf. They're in port in Louisiana right now. Last night the winds were pushing them closer to the docks and they thought they would change today and start to pull them away from the docks.
This is turning into a rather unusual storm. The amount of water is enormous but the wind speeds shouldn't be that bad. We had a weak outer band last night but this morning it is beautiful and sunny. Sly Jr. is getting impatient waiting on the real storm to start.
I realize not many on the East Coast care much about Ike other than an alleged impact on fuel supply, but we're settling in here for the storm. I grilled a bunch of meat tonight that could go bad in a prolonged power outage. We have our emergency escape bags packed and it is all Ike all the time on the tube.
My kids love these "Hurricane Parties" when their grandparents and cousins come visit and play games all night.
The winds are starting to pick up and watching the coverage on television it looks like my parents' place is probably starting to get hammered right now. We are probably still a few hours away from when the nasty stuff hits my side of town.
Yeah, it is getting pretty nasty. There were a slew of idiots down on Galveston Island who thought it was a good idea to ride out the storm. They are learning a hard lesson right now.
We are just starting to feel a bit of the outer bands of the storm. But Ike's wrath hasn't come down on the Sly household quite yet.
My parents along with my sister and her three kids left Galveston County and are asleep right now in my house. Vidor is getting hit much harder tonight than anybody expected 24 hours ago.
About 600k homes are without power right now in Greater Houston and the eye is just about to make landfall on Galveston Island.
We really haven't felt much other than a few light showers and some sporadic wind gusts. But we know much more is coming in the next few hours.
I'm the last one awake at my place. We still really haven't received much of any rain or wind other than an occasional gust. But we know it is coming.
The eye is over Galveston Island and working its way inland. Bush Intercontinental is reporting 60 MPH winds not far from my place. But I haven't felt anything that powerful at my place yet.
Just stepped outside for a few minutes and the winds are definitely picking up. There are a bunch of broken branches lying around my yard. It is misting but not flat out raining yet.
A landmark Houston restaurant called Brennans burned to the ground last hour. It caught fire and with the winds gusting the firefighters had no chance to save the place. It is the sister restaurant to Brennans of New Orleans. When Katrina ravaged that city a few years ago they moved their base of operations to Houston. Now they will have to start over once again.
OK, it is really start to look and feel like a hurricane. I'm not sure how long I'll have power so if I suddenly stop posting, you'll have an idea when it hit my place.
- By LU Armchair coach
- By TH Spangler