Pressure Dropping

The pressure is dropping here very quickly. My ears are constantly popping and the doors in the house keep swinging on their hinges (no, they don't normally do that).

Ike Getting Stronger

Crazy. The closer Ike is getting to the coast, the stronger he gets. The winds are now at 110mph (1 mph short of Cat 3). Not only that, the pressure is dropping.

Good luck to those 40% of the population that stayed on Galveston Island.

They're predicting 30+ ft. waves.

The seawall is 17 ft. tall. The math does not bode well.

Ike's Getting Closer...

The Black 'X' is me....

Just plain Idiots

Now, I'm all for a good hurricane party. But these people are just idiots. Good luck and God Bless.

Welcome to Lake Surfside

every time they show the bridge to Surfside they are another couple hundred yards further inland. It looks like 4-5 ft of water is going almost half a mile into the mainland. I hope that guy got his permanent marker out before it got wet. It's not funny to joke about but I can not believe that guy wouldn't leave...

Ike 1, Geraldo Rivera 0

Okay, you know Geraldo Rivera is not your favorite person ever. And if you are a Texan, (or from the south) it probably irks you to have some northerner come and try to be a tough guy for the storm. So, here is a little bit of come-uppance for him (he wasn't really hurt, which is why this is funny).

Seriously though, leave the tough guy stuff up to Jim Cantore. Even he is smart enough to be 30 feet above sea level on the balcony of a hotel. Duh

135 miles to go...

the inner eyewall is currently 135 miles from Galveston, 200 miles from my house. the newest track puts the eye directly over my house in about 12 hours. Daybreak tomm could be very interesting....

The first Taste of Ike in Spring, TX

We just got our first little murmur of Ike. A series of wind gusts is picking up, probably 5-15 mph. Nothing to be afraid of but considering how far away Ike is it's a little disconcerting.

This storm is going to cause a lot of problems...

Local on the 8s

I think my favorite part of watching the weather channel for 24 hours a day is looking at the week long forecast.

They predict:

Thunderstorms and possible high wind.

Thank you captain obvious.

Passing the time...

Watching the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas....

Never knew Dolly Parden looked so much like Anna Nicole Smith when she was young.

'It'll be like putting 2 bowling balls in a marble bag' .... hrmmm....

Ike still coming to crush Houston... hasn't broken up in the last 20 minutes unfortunately..