Welcome Instapundit, Michelle Malkin, Defense Tech, and Laurence Simon readers. I have a very full inbox after taking a few hours this evening to help friends of a friend secure their house. The work didn’t take long but folks showed up with wine and a ton of greek salad so we took some time to decompress and have a few (very nervous) laughs. Of the entire crew I’m the only one staying behind. The rest are heading for San Francisco, Toronto, and other far nicer places.
One of the guys was a Katrina victim from New Orleans who had just lost 2 homes and multiple cars. He was completely wiped out by the storm and now he faces an emergency evacuation from Houston. I think he is taking the easiest route out in the morning and he’ll drive until he can find a place to stay.
I haven’t followed the storm in much detail tonight but what I could catch was bad. Very bad. I’m still comfortable with my location but having surivived hurricane Alicia and a few other hurricanes I know that we could be in for a very rough night in Houston.
On my way home tonight I drove by a gas station near downtown with maybe a hundred cars lined up. Otherwise most of the streets were pretty quiet. I’m sure the roads north are chaotic and will remain so until it’s almost too late. A nearby bar had painted “Blow this Rita” on their windows. I’m not feeling quite that cocky.
Tropical Storm Edouard Makes Landfall
The 7 AM update from the National Hurricane Center: AT 700 AM CDT…1200Z…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.6 NORTH…LONGITUDE 94.2 WEST. THIS POSITION IS ON...
Tropical Storm Edouard Churns Toward Houston – Landfall at Near Hurricane Stength Forecasted
Not much has changed but the National Hurricane Center believes that conditions will favor strengthening soon: THE OFFICIAL FORECAST IS IN BEST AGREEMENT WITH THE GFDL MODEL IN CALLING FOR...
Tropical Storm Edouard Forms in the Gulf of Mexico – Forecasts and Models Point to Texas Landfall
This storm intensified rapidly today with a quick progression from tropical disturbance to tropical storm. The official word from the National Hurricane Center is that the storm may make landfall...
Tropical Storm Dolly: Hurricane and Tropical Storm Watches Issued for Texas
They were just issued by the National Hurricane Center: …DOLLY NOW OVER THE WARM WATERS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO… AT 1100 AM EDT…1500 UTC…A HURRICANE WATCH IS ISSUED FOR...
Hurricane Dean Update – Category 4 Storm – 135 MPH Winds
Damn this storm is growing quickly: …Dean reaches category four strength as its center passes south of the Virgin Islands… At 800 PM AST…0000 UTC…the government of the Dominican Republic...
