Gonna get some weather...

I'm watching a press conference hosted by our mayor and a county judge. From the sounds of things, Houston is about to be wiped off the map by Hurricane Ike. Of course, the track keeps shifting, and we have about 40 hours left, so this thing could still miss us by a long distance. The current track takes this thing right over my house on the Northwest side of Houston. This should be interesting. We have the necessary supplies, and I'll be securing all loose items tonight. Hopefully this thing doesn't do any damage around here.

One thing I think the local leaders figured out is that evacuating Houston is pretty much an impossible task. At this point, they are asking everyone but those on the coast and those in the low lying areas to stay put. When Hurricane Rita was heading this way a couple of years ago, Katrina was fresh on the mind (most of those people were still in shelters here in Houston). The freeways were clogged, and there was no gas to be found anywhere. Some of our neighbors left that Thursday morning and returned home that evening, 8-10 hours later having driven only 10-12 miles.

I'll post more later, gotta go to work now.