Will Remnants of Hurricane Ike get my AR town this time, too?
I’m heading back home tomorrow. I left town a week before the onslaught of torrential, flooding rain from Hurricane Gustav overwhelmed my AR town last week. Will I be walking into another such onslaught of torrential rain and floods from Hurricane Ike? I dunno, but I am mentally prepared at least to grab what I’ve gotta and get the heck outta dodge if need be.
Of course, my concern isn’t nearly as great as those who are in for a direct hit from Hurrican Ike. I’ll definitely be keeping those less fortunate than myself in my prayers. How dreadful to have to deal with the force of Mother Nature.
Although I wasn’t anywhere near the Gulf of Mexico at the time, I’ll NEVER forget Hurricane Camille. We were traveling to vacation in torrential rain when that one hit years ago and moved inland. My parents actually had won one of those free 3 days/2 nights weekend vacations to Biloxi, MS that very weekend. Needless to say, we spent those free days and nights in Nashville and Chattanooga, TN.
I’m very thankful that my home sits on a high ridge with lots of rock and gravel as that’s what helped to spare us from any flooding issues. The power was out for a bit, but thankfully not long enough to create a mess in the deep freeze to deal with when I return tomorrow. My neighbors took care of the tree that was about to fall across the driveway. Bless them!
Hope, on the other hand, will probably be running right back INTO it again. She’s a storm chaser. Loves the excitement and adventure. Yes, she called me a couple of Fridays ago as I was heading west on I-70 out of St. Louis to NE Kansas to let me know I shouldn’t feel bad that I was going to miss seeing her in St. Louis that weekend because she was going hurricane chasing! Fool (j/k, Hope!) went STRAIGHT FOR IT…LOL! Got there then turned around and raced ahead of it to get out of the way…LOL! Me thinks she likes playing chicken with Mother Nature, don’t you? 
Naw, truth be known, she went to be there for her Mom and help her get the heck outta dodge. That’s the mark of a good daughter…h/t to Hope.
Hey, Hope, you out there? Meet me at my house this weekend. We’ll watch from there…we can get away faster if need be. Bet the road out won’t be as packed. 
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Just tried to purchase a plane ticket to Houston/Galveston departing Friday, they hung up on Me? LOL! I was trying to meet up with Jim Cantore, (TWC) see if I could hold the camera or wipe the lens off?
Okay, I’m a Hurricane Geek…hurricanes fascinate me, I don’t know why? With that said, I do feel for those in the path and the remnants they will be faced with…hopefully all will evacuate, it’s an unfortunate consequence people living along the coast have to deal with.
Yes, I was recently in the middle of the ContraFlow one step ahead of Gustav…..all roads Forcing traffic Northbound. It was pretty smooth for a while, but then what a major %#@(*&!%#*$# when we were bottle-necked from 4 lanes into two. Bumper to bumper for miles; then when we did find a rest area it looked like the Fair was in town…everybody had the same idea…
Whenever we would stop for food, gas, etc. unlike any other time of the year on the road, everyone made eye contact, and simply said “Be Safe”
Comment by Hope — September 11, 2008 @ 9:41 am
Hung up on you? LOL!
As you can see I haven’t yet made it out the door. Debating…go?…stay?…go and dash back?…hmmm…watching The Weather Channel for updated news.
The projected path of Hurricane Ike has moved more times in the last couple of days than I can keep up with.
Comment by angela — September 11, 2008 @ 10:27 am
Other resources in addition to TWC that I check out are my fox hurricane and of course the national hurricane center.
I dunno, you may want to sit tight until first of next week, or if not you’d better head home now? Either way, keep me posted….I got to stay close by, expecting my first grandchild any time now. Yippee!!
Comment by Hope — September 11, 2008 @ 10:38 am
Hi, I found your blog on this new directory of WordPress Blogs at blackhatbootcamp.com/listofwordpressblogs. I dont know how your blog came up, must have been a typo, i duno. Anyways, I just clicked it and here I am. Your blog looks good. Have a nice day. James.
Comment by James — September 20, 2008 @ 7:35 pm
Welcome James!
Comment by angela — September 23, 2008 @ 11:31 pm
Ditto!! Welcome James!
Comment by Hope — September 24, 2008 @ 7:45 pm