Erika and I just got in, and we’ve got power, water, internet and TV!
Now the cleanup starts – emptying the fridge & freezer, buying more food, recabling the home office after I ripped out the UPS’s to power our phones, etc.
I won’t blog detailed info about Ike because we were among the lucky ones. I [...]
At about 5:45AM this morning, we lost power. I’m on UPS power for now, but I’ll probably shut things down in the next few minutes to save power.
We’re fine. Our apartment building is thick concrete and our windows face a side street with minimal exposure. We haven’t had any water leaks at all.
I feel so [...]
This weekend, we changed our travel plans and headed back home to Houston instead of driving on out to California. We probably should have checked the maps a little more carefully – particularly this map:
Tropical Storm Edaeiou(and sometimes y)rdo is heading right for Houston tomorrow. Both Ed and I have conflicting reservations at the Houston [...]
Hurricane rations, originally uploaded by BrentOzar.
It looks like Tropical Storm Ernesto is still bearing down directly on Miami. The chart hasn’t changed much from yesterday, other than the strength dying down:
I needed gas yesterday – more of a coincidence than hurricane preparation – and got a disturbing surprise. Everybody’s making a run on gas, since they remember the [...]
Here we go again. Quick geography lesson: in the map below, I live at “2 AM Wed”:
This will be the fourth hurricane we’ve been through since we moved down to Miami a year ago – Katrina, Rita and Wilma were the first three last year. Katrina and Rita were both dinky Category 1’s [...]
Two weeks after Hurricane Wilma’s arrival here in Miami, things still look pretty much the same. Downed trees jut out into city streets, police officers do the work of the now-broken traffic signals, and Florida Power & Light trucks show up all over town. Every morning when I walk Ernie, we make our way around [...]
I stopped by McDonald’s this morning on the way back from checking a couple of car lots – Erika needs a car – and this picture of the drive-through menu board pretty well sums up the state of Miami-Dade County right now. Yes, the McDonald’s is indeed open, which is cool and rather unexpected, [...]
This afternoon, FEMA staged a disaster preparation drill showing residents to be alert and aware of their surroundings after a hurricane. “You have to recognize the signs of danger. For example, don’t refuel your car from a portable tank while electric crews are working on downed power lines next to you. It might seem obvious [...]
“Can you hear me now? Well then for the love of God, get your ass up and open the front door! This is the last time I go out and get you beer during a hurricane! This joke isn’t funny anymore! I’m in my PJ’s, for Pete’s sake!”
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