Hurricane Ike Aftermath

On The Road To Overcoming A Disaster

Hurricane Ike blew into Houston early last saturday morning. I knew this was no joke and had been "hunkering down" for some time, prepared for the worst. By prepared for the worst I mean drinking heavily and anxiously awaiting the storm. I had been busy doing "hurricane algebra" all night to determine how soon after landfall I would feel the effects in my area.
Finally after an already dramatic evening, which included a trip to the ER, the storm finally started to affect the museum district in a bad way about 1 am. The main part was wind, lots of wind, powerful wind, intense wind with a large side of rain. The power flicked off and on several times before finally calling it quits at about 1:15. Green and Blue fire balls exploded into the sky as transformers blew up one after the other. Block after block the city of Houston was plunged into a terrible windy darkness. 100 mph winds bent trees over and snapped branches like toothpicks. No part of the city was sparred. It went on like this for about twelve hours.
The next day when I woke up to massive destruction and property damage. I had to quickly asses the situation and take control. The report on the radio said that power might be out for weeks. Food was already starting to go bad in the fridge. Huge trees had been toppled on almost every street. My brother later remarked that it looked like a "green blizzard" with all of the branches and leaves that covered everything.
I decided that it would be my best bet to leave town for a couple of days. Get my "hurri-cation" started right by evacuating to another city. San Antonio was the place that my girlfriend and her friend were going so I caught a ride with them. There is no better place to seek sanctuary from a natural disaster when you are a penniless evacuee. Thank You to the people of San Antonio for welcoming me with open arms and forgiving my drunken antics.
When I returned to Houston several days later I was nervous to find out if I had power restored to my apartment. I had electricity but over half of the city did not. It was in a random way. One street had it another didn't. Half of an apartment complex did the other half nothing. Some thought that it was the government fucking with people to get them freaked out so they could come in and take control of our minds. I don't know about all that but some crazy shit was going down. Brennan's burned down, a tiger was loose on Crystal Beach, there was a tornado of broken glass downtown, the Balinese Room was completly detroyed.
Death and Destruction rained down on every part of the area. The clean up is going to take forever. There are piles of leaves and branches on just about every curb. The whole city smells like sawdust and pine needles. Broken glass liters every part of downtown. Almost a week later and alot of people still don't have any power at all.
Galveston will take months if not years to recover. It will be a long road to recovering the area.

Thankfully me and my family made it throught the storm without injury.
God Bless Texas.
T

Live blogging the 'cane

Live here in Houston
This is Tony reporting from the Museum District.
Here is my Hurricane Ike weather report update.
The situation here is getting worse
the hurricane anxiety has been at incredible levels.
Now the day of the Hurricane has finally arrived
This is Brays Bayou near Almeda before the storm.

I'm "hunkered down" here in my fortified
compound waiting for Hurricane IKE.
It's making its slow approach staight up the a-hole
of the Houston-Galveston area.
The weather station is predicting a massive
storm surge of 20 ft.
Hurricane Ike is going to pound the coast.
I'm expecting 100 mph winds
to blow on my exposed infrastructure.

well I'm ready.
I've "battened down the hatches"
and have completed all hurricane preparations
including the purchase of tortillas and beer.
the only thing left to do is wait it out.
Good Luck
T

Hurricane Ike

Dude i'm freaking the fuck out

hurricane ike is headed right for us
i've already bought tortillas and peanut butter
going back for batteries and beer later
will probably board up house
huddle in a corner with a loaded shot gun
waiting for hordes of looters
and dangerous flood waters
sweating profusely and twitching nervously at every sound
this shit is for real


gaby's note

No
this isnt for real
we are going to be fine
sitting on our asses
getting high,drinking beer and watching movies
there'll be rain
there'll be wind
there'll be nappy naps
my two weeks vacation started a few days early
I turn 29 in 8 days
so let the party get started!

Texans Lose Again

Get used to this football fan.
texans lose in horrible way
i am jumping off the bandwagon
texans suck

Are you ready for some football ?

because i am ready for some football
some football, BBQ and beer



Hook em horns

T

I'm not crying.

i've just been cutting onions

i was making a lasgana
for one

Live from the Front Lines

Gustav
Hurrincane of Emotion



Winds of 100 miles per hour
Dodging a bullet
from 350 miles away
labor day weekend
houston tx


peace out

tony