Hurricane Ike

So looks like Hurricane Ike took a turn right towards Galveston. We decided to stay put and ride it out, considering our last experience with Hurricane Rita and the evacuation, which was far more dangerous than the storm. Galveston will be decimated and there are still idiots out there who think they can outride the 20 foot storm surge!

Anyway, the last two days were spent just gathering a few supplies. We didn't need much. We got more bottled water and we had already filled up on gasoline, so we were good there. Grocery stores have been packed, but I went to Kroger's today and was in and out. I couldn't believe it.

At the moment, the winds are really picking up, but this is nothing. The storm will hit Galveston at 1AM and hit Houston around 6-7AM I believe, but that could have changed. Of course its a little eerie outside as there are very few cars and people out. Normally, the streets are packed on a Friday evening. Gas is gone from the 2 close gas stations. This should be interesting.

View of Westpark and the sunset. The west side was nice and bright while the storms were forming to the east.


View of Westpark towards the east. You can see the dark clouds forming.
Normally a very busy street on a Friday evening (and most every evening). Virtually empty.


Another view of Weslayan, facing north. Highway 59 is just beyond the Shell station


No more gas. No prices and tanks are covered. This place was jammed packed the past two days.

I'll be adding more pictures and blogging as long as I have power and internet. The exciting stuff won't come until the early morning hours.