In uncertain two-year-old shuffles, my niece followed my sister through the Super Wal-Mart where they were buying groceries. When they came to the checkout-line, my niece turned to the woman in line behind them and said, “My house is broken. Is your house broken?” The woman behind them said no, …
I am in Toronto, Canada this week, and haven’t had much time to follow anything. I think there is lots of news coverage relating to the fledgling recovery. Gabrielle posted a link to some pictures. I really wish I could head down there and pitch in along side everyone else. …
Today, I flew from San Francisco to Dallas to Toronto for the Mozilla Developer Days. Halfway through my flight, I glanced out of the window and found myself face to face with Ike. The monster of wind and water that ravaged my hometown concealed itself behind ragged gray clouds and …
Just saw this video on CNN.com. Looks like it was shot by a national guardsman in a helicopter. This is footage of what’s left in Crystal Beach. http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/14/hurricane.ike/index.html#cnnSTCVideo
The Bridge City State Bank is an iconic building for those of us that grew up there. It sits on the corner of Ferry and Roundbunch, and this gives you a really clear idea of just how much water we’re talking about when we say that BC flooded. Here’s another …
KFDM Channel 6 in Beaumont is going to do a comprehensive update this evening (9/13) at 9PM CDT. I’ll take some notes and post them here, but if you have the ability read this you should probably be watching the news 🙂 You can watch it at http://www.kfdm.com/ . I …
This morning, everyone that chose to remain in Bridge City and Orange Texas woke up to rising water levels from Ike’s storm surge. I’ve been collecting pictures that people are sending to my cell phone, so I thought I’d repost them here, along with what I’ve learned through conversations and …
Hurricane Ike is gunning toward Galveston, TX, following a very familiar path. Three years ago, barely three weeks after Katrina, hurricane Rita swept through east Texas and western Louisiana, coming ashore in Cameron parish. The attempted evacuation from Rita was an unmitigated disaster. Many of the folks down in Texas …