Hurricane Ike

We up in the Fort Worth area have been advised to prepare for hurricane Ike. We've been told to expect 4 to 6 inches of rain, sustained winds of excess of 50 mph and gusts up to hurricane force. We've been told to stockpile candles and batteries, water, and to gas up our vehicles in case of power outages. I don't foresee anyone in this area taking this warning too seriously. But this was issued by the National Weather Service in Fort Worth at 0500 this morning.

I looked around online to see if I could find any history of this area being impacted like this from a hurricane, but I couldn't find anything. Doesn't mean it's never happened, but with the information technology that we have now, it's hard not to keep up or read about so much going on in so many places now, compared to 20 years ago and vaguely realizing the storms we are getting are from an unknown named hurricane. Times, they have a changed.

As I'm stockpiling water and batteries and gassing up my vehicle, I will also be remembering the lives lost on this day 7 years ago... the tragic events that changed so many lives, destroyed so many lives, and changed the way we as a nation felt about our security here in the US of A. And as you go about your day, please also take a few seconds from your day and just remember those we lost that day, and those we've lost since then because of that day. You may not agree with the war, but the simple fact is, we have men and women in places they would rather not be, doing things they would rather not be doing, so you and I can go about our daily lives of stockpiling water and candles and batteries for random hurricanes.

RAIN PICTURE FROM YESTERDAY