Cornick.net: Where in the world is Ike?

About 55 miles south east of Galveston... That's where Ike is right now. It's 10:15pm, pitch black dark (The Woodlands is a low-light city) but from what I can see it's breezy out there. The sound is actually quite amazing when we open the patio door. The local geckos have sought shelter on our front foyer window - three so far. I shudder to think of how many will be in the garage by tomorrow. It seems when there is rain, they like to sneak into the garage and then jump off the door as it's going up. I have learned to let the door rise, THEN walk under, lol.

Latest forecasts show hurricane force winds descending upon The Woodlands around 3am, with the eye of Ike passing over us around 11am. We are now expecting up to 12 inches of rain which The Woodlands bayous are prepared for.

Television broadcasts have reported at least 315,000 people in Houston and area are without power at this time. We are hopeful that we won't have power interruption and that if we do it will be short lived. Our power provider is also a generator and they have stated that there will be 7,000 technicians on call after the hurricane passes to address any issues on the grid.

Our primary concerns at this point are the chance of tornadoes and power outages. We have moved the kids into our walk-in closet as a precaution. We have set up both air mattresses and have loaded the closet up with non-perishables and flash lights as well as our weather radio.

This will probably be my last post for the evening as we're going to head to bed shortly in the hopes of getting a bit of sleep before the show begins in the wee hours. The kids have been asleep for a couple of hours, hopefully with any luck they will sleep through most of the night as well.

I've posted some pictures with this entry. Tonight's sunset was amazing so I couldn't resist snapping a few shots - yes the sky was really that vibrant!