As one who looks at power outage maps frequently (living in the boonies) I can really see the total pain in the ass that restoring power to Houston will be over the next few weeks (yea, weeks). Centerpoint Energy has a good outage map in PDF form here, but I’ve taken the big bit and [...]
The Washington Post is reporting that residents of Galveston face ‘certain death‘ if they remain in their homes for Hurricane Ike. Unlike recent storms like Katrina, Ike is going to hit Galveston and Texas at full force, somewhere around Category 3 (135mph). “This water as it comes in could be almost like a tsunami,” Dewhurst [...]
Ike is about to leave Cuba, and when it hits the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Hurricane hunters should be flying through it again. It should start to pick a general path that can be estimated a bit better and folks along the Texas coast may have a better idea of what [...]
Again we still have to wait for the Cuban spin, the tilt the hurricane is going to take after it passes over pretty much the entire length of Cuba, but once it does, the NHC has the hurricane making a line for Galveston, Texas and nearby Houston. Interesting week ahead to say the least.
Yup, what a difference a day makes. Depending on how long Ike stays over Cuba, we’ll see a different ’spin’ out into the Gulf and final resting point somewhere along the US Gulf Coast. Originally it was Pensacola, then the possibility of New Orleans, but today’s computer models are sending it toward Texas (though without [...]
Well…guess that’s all over. Really we didn’t have much of a storm. From about 10-12, there were some decent gusts and sheets of rain, but after that it barely reared it’s head again. We had a 90 minute power outage which is incredibly short for around here (we go 24 hours with just a decent [...]
Yup. Ok, it’s still early, and Ike is a mess. It’s going all different directions so don’t run out the door just yet (unless you are in South Florida). But the current curvature of Ike puts it on a direct collision course with New Orleans. However, the computer models (which you really should examine more [...]
iPhone update as power is now out. Winds not much worse but enough to keep power crews indoors for now. Will start generator in an hour or so for refridge and maybe get one computer back online.
Just had our first power spike. Came back quickly but I suspect some grids are down nearby. Winds and Rain are now steady, but occasionally ’sheeting’ and gusting quite a bit stronger. Waves have not crashed over the seawall just yet, but heavy rain amounts means most of the area down there is underwater (including [...]
Picked up all the junk in my yard Tied my canoe up about 15 feet above sea level Filled coolers and pots with drinking water. Filled trash can, buckets and bathtub with water for toilets (joy of a well pump w/ no power) Filled generator with gas Bought more gas Bought milk, bread, water, soda, [...]
It’s up for now but not sure how long I will have power. Watch live video from PenguinSix’s channel on Justin.tv
Hurricane Ike is the one we’ll probably be talking about for a few days. It’s a pretty major storm that will be off the coast of Miami on Monday, probably. It’s track is going in many different directions, but right now it is a category 4 (though it will weaken a bit tonight). Where it [...]
I’ve let the lawn grow out this week. It was one of the lessons I had from Isabel–the longer the grass and other foliage, the more water that will be trapped / kept out of the soil when these big storms come (and thus, the less change of landslides). I’ve also got the generator set [...]
These wind speed projections show it’s going to basically suck in a few days over the house. We’ve had four power outages this year > 6 hours and I’m fed up (one was 36 hours). I suspect this weekend is going to mega-suck which means it is time for a generator. Now I just have [...]
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