I thought I would duck in here quickly and post a link that my son sent me to a great website where you can track the storm in real time. As some of you know, he works in Chevron's IT department in San Ramon, CA as a Security Analyst. His job is to keep Chevron's servers, located around the world, secure and running smoothly. His department is on pins and needles as Ike bears down on Houston. Houston is one of Chevron's primary headquarters. He will be monitoring this situation closely over the next couple days.
Of course, whenever a storm this fierce hits populated areas, lives are at stake, and that is everyone's first concern.
Watch the storm in progress in full screen
There are several tools on the StormPulse screen to move forward in time and to track the projected path and wind speeds. You can also find the distance, in miles and projected time, from the storm to various cities. It's a very interesting site.
It does not look good for Freeport, Galveston and Houston right now. Everyone in Ike's path, please be careful and let us know how you are doing after the danger is over and you can get back to us. You know how we worry about our FRiends.
Thank you, Lori, for the link and ,of course, for your prayers. I know your son and all who have companies in the area are anxious. Oil is up in the market in anticipation. Refineries are shutting down all along the coast. One third of all our gasoline is refined along the Texas coast.
I’m going to bookmark this site.
I was at the store bright and early..Would you believe tropical storm winds may reach farther north than Dallas!..I needed batteries..They are warning us in the Waco area of power outages. tomorrow and perhaps Sunday..
I stocked up on food just in case my daughter and SIL come Sunday or Monday because they have no power..
It will not be funny if I ,too ,have no power.
I’m going to freeze everything possible ..just in case.
Fortunately the storm is still a Cat2 but already there is water rising , flooding ,in the coastal and beach areas from La. to Texas. Very early morning is when the storm actually hits the Houston area tomorrow. There are many who did not evacuate Galveston..and they are in real danger.
I could be spending time this weekend loitering in the grocery store..I know they must have backup generators to avoid losing so much food..and it will be cool..LOL
Of course if we have tropical storm winds my house may not be so hot after all..
This is one huge hurricane.
Prayers for all in harms way.
