Hurricane Ike - I've evacuated

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Friends,

I have been writing on Associated Content about my preparations for evacuation from Hurricane Ike. Now that we are in full blown mode, I will write here too. Maybe I won't bore you, but try to let you know that I am safe.

One link to Associated Contact is http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1026000/hurricane_ike_has_made_our_work_site.html

I hope y'all are too. Call me !

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A mandatory evacuation was called early this morning for my county and almost all counties around me.

I was out of bed at 4:00. I repacked the things that I had unpacked from Gustav's evacuation just a week and a half ago. Of course I had to add some new things. Most evacuation things taken previously were still packed. Then I had to literally cram it all into my truck. I did and left at 8:00, an hour after my planned departure time. Six and half hours later, with a few unsettling traffic bottlenecks and only one bathroom break, I made 'landfall' in the Dallas area.

I had not heard much information about the hurricane since midway on my trip. A call to a friend who has elected to stay in Beaumont during this ordeal told me that the estimated landfall had not really changed: anywhere from Freeport to Galveston. Still predicted to travel inland (Dallas area too) after the fact.

I have been glued to the weather channel on TV since. Sounds like scare tactics, but maybe it's time to scare folks out of their homes (including my friend).

I am losing Internet connection off and on so I'll close for now.

Be safe all.

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Comments

[randy polak]

brazoria county, pearland tx
Pat, We're boarded up, generator is ready, 150 gallons of fuel, enough food for Cox's army. Randy

[Pattusa]

Pearland, Texas !
Randy, I pray that y'all 'weathered' the storm without too bad of consequence. Let me know. Next time, come to Dallas with me!