(To our Tumblr followers: we read you on the feed side b/c Cindy really loathes using the Tumblr interface for reading posts.)
Galveston, parts of southern Houston and areas south of the city and near the Texas coast were under a mandatory evacuation order that started at noon today. Hurricane Ike is following a track similar to the 1900 Galveston hurricane that killed 8,000 people, the deadliest storm in U.S. history.
TRGAW: Harbingers of doom. Or something. Pinkie here. Y’all light a candle for my family. They’re right in the middle of this, and moving horses to higher ground as I type. Any fans of Hopper (the 1,800 pound Longhorn pet) should know that he’s safe. Everyone is gathering at my parents’ house (about two hours’ drive off the coast), where they’re just expecting a whole lot of rain (12-15 inches), wind, and power outages.
School just started, payday isn’t until Monday: Must be time for a hurricane! Seriously, this the meterological law of averages. See also nor’easters and the Lake Effect.