Ike Strike--11

Well, we now have a 90% probability of experiencing a hurricane. It’s about 1½ hours out of Galveston and appears to be roaring toward that town. According to The Wall Street Journal the eye of Ike will go north, to the east of me, about 20 miles away. That means that I am not on the "dirty" side of the hurricane. I expect I will experience hurricane force wind gusts of 81 mph.

There is hardly any traffic outside. Neighbors are out walking their dogs. River Oaks, one of the priciest sections of real estate in the United States, to the ESE of me, has already lost power. We have two bathtubs full of water.

I expect no flooding where we live.

It is really fairly quiet here. We get gusts of about 45 mph from time to time, but that is about it. Still no rain.

Of course the news media is covering this like the plague. They have people stationed everywhere.

The things that amazes me the most is the surge way to the east of us in Louisiana. I would not have guessed that. Galveston is probably flooded everywhere by now.