Hurricane Ike has passed and we made it through remarkably unscathed.  It was as windy as all get out, but nothing came through the windows, the roof wasn't peeled off or anything, the only damage we suffered was to a few roof shingles, and there are more leaves than water in the pool, so nothing serious.

It was the people on the coast who took ( Read more... )

I've been pretty flippant the past few days about Hurricane Ike.  It's the fourth hurricane that's ventured near Houston in the past few months and despite dire warnings and apocalyptic predictions the first three were complete duds, barely made a dent in the weather.

So it was a little like the boy who cried wolf when talk of Ike began.

But now, it' ( Read more... )