Ike slams into Texas
Sep. 13th, 2008 09:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thatcrazycajunMy thoughts and prayers are with all those in the state where I graduated high school (Nimitz High School, in the Dallas suburb of Irving, class of 1981) and spent at least half of my childhood, off and on. (Especially ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
starcat_jewel, who has been phone-posting about damage to her home over the past few hours.) Texas got a most unwelcome guest early this morning as the now-Category 2 storm Hurricane Ike made landfall at the coastal resort town of Galveston (where my folks and maternal grandparents used to take us when I was very young for beach vacations). The island is already flooded, and Houston to the north is experiencing high winds and rain, with CNN reporting debris and water in the streets. Electrical power is out for millions, with the utility companies saying it may be weeks before all customers have their service restored.
And I am suddenly very, very glad my widowed stepfather lives safely far to the north in the vicinity of Tyler. And while I do not wish this sort of ordeal on anyone, having lived through it a time or two in my youth, I am also glad Ike chose to bypass my home state just a few dozen miles to the east. If you live in the strike zone, please post and let us know you are safe.
starcat_jewel, who has been phone-posting about damage to her home over the past few hours.) Texas got a most unwelcome guest early this morning as the now-Category 2 storm Hurricane Ike made landfall at the coastal resort town of Galveston (where my folks and maternal grandparents used to take us when I was very young for beach vacations). The island is already flooded, and Houston to the north is experiencing high winds and rain, with CNN reporting debris and water in the streets. Electrical power is out for millions, with the utility companies saying it may be weeks before all customers have their service restored.And I am suddenly very, very glad my widowed stepfather lives safely far to the north in the vicinity of Tyler. And while I do not wish this sort of ordeal on anyone, having lived through it a time or two in my youth, I am also glad Ike chose to bypass my home state just a few dozen miles to the east. If you live in the strike zone, please post and let us know you are safe.
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Date: 2008-09-13 02:01 pm (UTC)Looks like Dallas will get some of Ike.
We're getting some bands right now here in NOLA, but I'm safe.
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Date: 2008-09-14 03:33 am (UTC)I have a sister in Port Isabel (They got hit with the last one thru) and they had NO damage to speak of. Port Isabel was hit direct, too. Mom is in Fort Worth, as are a sister and brother... along with nephew and niece. I've not heard anything and am hoping they had no worries.