martha

Interesting web site so we can all play along with the lucky kids in Texas!

http://www.stormpulse.com/fullscreen/current

Seriously, I hope all of you stay safe!

Grannyrod

I love watching this stuff (from afar). Hope folks heeded the evacuation notices. Thanks, Martha?

medicalstudent

Great, wake-up to find Ike making a direct course towards Houston. Time to get gas, food, and hunder down

Vanishing Point

Amazingly the evacuations are voluntary for the most part the last I heard. If this storm continues to strengthen to a Cat.4 you do not want to ride this out within one hundred miles of the center. Many of the local churches, recreation centers and sports arenas are taking in evacuees.

Stay safe everyone!

martha

Once again, I am soooo glad I don't live on Tiki Island any more. I have a feeling that place might not be there come Sunday. I hope all of you in the area are taking this seriously. Living there for 35 years, I know it's easy to become complacent about these and the constant warnings. Please don't be complacent about this big guy.

Vanishing Point

Tiki Island Martha? Here's that very spot, look familiar?

http://www.villageoftikiisland.com

martha

That would be the place. My home from 1988-2004 when we moved to Florida. I wonder what that picture would look like on Sunday? Scares the hell out of me frankly.

Grannyrod

I'm reminded of the people who rode out Katrina and said next time they would leave when asked/ordered. It is a little scary.

OhioRacer

Holy crap! Is that man made? There ain't a whole lotta land there.

boltonblue

let me guess, mean sea level is 8 inches?

a good sized storm surge hits that and buh-bye..