Hurricane Ike's a-comin'

For all of our friends and family who may be remembering that we did move to Houston and are not in glorious Colorado: yes, Ike is heading toward us; no, we are not leaving; and yes, we are crazy (but you knew that!)

It looks like Hurricane Ike will make landfall just to the west of Houston. Seeing that the strongest part of a hurricane is on the east side, we should see some action. That's right, I said action. We want to see some excitement out of this. Of course I don't want anyone in the area to be killed, injured or lose their homes; but I'm a storm-chaser at heart and can't seem to get in the middle of anything good.

My daughter and I took a trip to Florida in 1999 and were there when Walt Disney World closed for the first time in history. Hurriane Floyd decided to turn away at the last minute so we missed the show.

This year Tropical Storm Edourdo gave us a nice steady rain all day, but no wind. Hurricane Gustav didn't even do that much.

Floyd, Edourdo, Gustav: I'm not having much luck with men!

Regardless of the fact that we are crazy to WANT a hurricane, we aren't stupid. We are north of Houston and not in a surge zone. So we aren't in any danger.

During Hurricane Alicia in 1983 (cat 3 and a direct hit to Houston), the area that we have moved into did not evacuate and had no significant damage. There were even evacuation centers located here for the residents living south of Houston. This is were the evacuees go!

We have pulled out our camping gear (in case of power failures), are hitting the stores to stock up on non-perishables, and filling our cars up with gas just in case. The schools are out tomorrow, and Donna in Dallas has offered us a place to run to if needed. We will be fine.

I am going to post to this blog as often as possible during the storm to let you know what is going on. Maybe I can even send pics.

Love to all,
Amy