After Hurricane Ike–Seeing the Light in Houston’s Memorial Park, Camp Logan, Rice Military, 77007, and WOW Areas

October 1, 12:00 AM–It’s a decent night outside, and the streets in all directions seem so bright. It’s an amazing contrast from about three days ago and even more when compared with just ten days ago.
Although we had electricity here just 4 days after it had gone out, because of Hurricane Ike’s winds, much of [...]

After Hurricane Ike: Getting Back To a Routine, But Thinking About Blizzards and “Bierochs” (Recipe Included)

This week really felt good–getting back to a normal schedule, after being at loose ends without electricity and not working. I feel so fortunate to have pretty much everything back to normal, when there are so many who don’t, from those still without electricity here around town, to those down on the coast and other [...]

Another Evangelist Preacher Arrested on Sex Charges; Tony Alamo of Alamo Ministries Arrested for Transporting Minors Across State Lines for Sexual Purposes; He’s Not the First of These Great Scammers To Get Caught

UPDATE: Friday, July 24th–Alamo GUILTY on all ten charges.  Read more here.
Tony Alamo, tele-evangelist of Alamo Ministries in Arkansas, has millions of TV followers from whom he has collected millions of dollars throughout the years. Today, he was arrested in a motel in Arizona for transporting minors across state lines for sexual purposes.
It’s really amazing [...]

After Hurricane Ike–Newly Updated Sunday, September 28th–What It’s Like From My Place In Houston–Lots Luckier Than the Majority; Also Electricity Outages and School Openings Links; Plus, Aerial Video of Devastated Areas on Galveston Island and Other Coastal Areas

Updated Sunday, September 28th–It’s been more than two-weeks from when Hurricane Ike started with the grey clouds and blustery winds in our area on that Friday somewhere around noontime. I had closed up and protected my 3rd floor apartment near Memorial Park, gathered up Annie and a few belongings, and headed to a relative’s house [...]

After Hurricane Ike–Electricity Situation in Houston As of Sept. 17th

They are saying the restoration of electricity is like a jig-saw puzzle, and from what can be seen that looks like a good comparison.  Some spots never were without electricity and others for just a few hours.  However, as of 12 PM Wednesday, there are still 1.37 million of Centerpoint’s (Houston’s main power server) customers without power. Centerpoint has [...]

About the Bayous in the Houston Area and the Houston Ship Channel

About Bayous in Southeast Texas and Houston Area
During Hurricane Ike, local officials and residents were worried about the surge from the storm pushing water up into the area bayous and flooding low-lying parts of the city. (For people out of the area, Houstonians call the area’s streams that flow into Galveston Bay and the Gulf [...]

Hurricane Ike–Check Out the Expected Wind Speed For Your Houston Zip Code

The expected wind speeds for the various zip codes throughout the metropolitan Houston area were shown on an interactive site pre-Ike; that page is no longer in service. However, Hurricane Ike wind speeds and other specific data such as rainfall amounts for locations along the entire track of the storm are given [...]

After Hurricane Ike–Dealing with the Effects; Information Links for Residents of Harris, Galveston, and Neighboring Counties

Updated at 9:00 PM CDT, Friday, September 19th–Hurricane Ike passed through the area last Saturday AM.
The following links connect to Harris and surrounding county offices.  Each gives specific information relating to dealing with the after-effects of Hurricane Ike in that particular county.

Brazoria County
Chambers County
Galveston County
Jackson County
Jefferson County
Matagorda County
Orange County
Harris County

NASA has an excellent in-depth page [...]

Hurricane Ike Updated

(Looking for just the Houston forecast? Check out my main site for this and other information.)
Hurricane Ike has passed through last Saturday.
Click here for local information about Houston after Hurricane Ike.

I Kissed a Boy (and I Liked It)!

I saw this video tonight on youtube by a Danish group (all those Scandanavian groups make me think of Abba) called Alphabeat. I have to admit I rarely buy anything new these days, and still listen mostly to a lot of the old stuff, mostly Euro-type dance music, add to it, a little of [...]