Rendai

I always enjoy tests like this. I used to get INTJ, but now I’m consistently getting ISTJ. Not certain what has changed over the past few years.

There are still a large number of people in Galveston that are taking pictures on the Seawall. Not the best place to be, even with the storm ~200 miles from the coast.

Really, a hurricane isn’t carnival:

Three years ago, I posted about Hurricane Katrina as it affected my family and close friends. Rita came close thereafter making for a fun 40 hour jaunt to Dallas. In all, it was an unpleasant time for my family and they only recovered and moved into their house late last year.

Last week Warren and I kept tabs on Gustav when it looked like it was going to be a sequel to Katrina (almost to the day). Now we have Ike bearing down on Houston. I was really hoping it would veer to the east like Rita did, but this time Houston isn’t as lucky. We’re looking at a 1 – 2 AM landfall of Ike just to the west of Galveston. I’ll be making sporadic posts today and possibly tomorrow depending on access to the Internet. Warren will be posting as well, including through twitter once the power goes out.

I’ve found a wealth of links that I’m using to keep up-to-date:

• Brendan Loy is posting again (you’ll remember he posted quite a bit during Katrina).
• Eric Berger handles the science blog at The Chronicle. He has a live chat this afternoon, and has been doing a fine job providing information about Ike.
• Andrew has been posting and has been more conservative on the hurricane. Contrast that to some people that have been hyperventilating for days.
• Live feeds from the major networks in Houston
• wunderground always has great information.

10:45 AM CDT: The water surge is really beginning to hit Galveston. Note how far away Ike is at this point (200+ miles). Water service has been turned off to portions of the city because of salt water contamination. Many of the feeders around I-45 are now flooded. People on the island should be leaving, not taking pictures on the seawall with their cell phones.

The Kemah boardwalk is overtopped by water. People are already being arrested for looting (idiots).

As of yesterday afternoon we are no longer homeowners. The buyers finally came through, closing on the house after a week and a half of false starts and delays. I can see why people consider selling a house is one of the most stressful things you can do. It’s over though, and I’m glad. We are in a temporary apartment for the next few months waiting on the new house to be finished. I feel like I’m in college again .

The apartment is less than half the size of the old place. You should see how much stuff we have packed into every nook and cranny. It’s annoying being in the apartment, but it’ll make the new house that much more enjoyable once we move in. Can’t wait.

Ok, not that I posted a lot before, but I wanted to wait and post until the house was sold.

That hasn’t happened.
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