I hope that all my brothers and sisters in the path are ok. I made it out ok but lost my entire crop of pecans for this year. Here's a little Ike humor.

Ike Ike Baby!

Ike Ike Baby, Ike Ike Baby
All right stop, evacuate and listen
Ike is here with some big ambition
People, close your homes up tightly
It’s blowing like a hurricane daily and nightly
Where will it stop? Yo-I don't know
Turn off the lights and let’s go
To the coastline Ike rocks like a vandal
Start up the car and watch me drive like an animal

Dang, hardware store sales boom
Ike’s killing my plans like a poisonous mushroom
Deadly, evacuate they tell me
Anyone left will be charged with a felony
Love it or hate it, you better get away
Ike will hit the bull's eye, the storm don't play
If you’re on vacation, Yo, Ike stalled it
Check out the eye while the bands revolve it

Hurricane Ike Ike Baby, Hurricane Ike Ike Baby
Hurricane Ike Ike Baby, Hurricane Ike Ike Baby

Now that the people are jumpin’
With their stuff packed up and the gas done pumpin'
Quick to the road, to the road no fakin’
Pass McD’s get a burger with bacon
Burnin’ ‘em and follow the symbol
I go crazy when I hear some imbecile
Revving, in a souped up Pinto
Now I can roll, it's time to crack the window
Rollin’ in my Chevy Tahoe
With my window down, I can feel Ike blow
My laptop’s on standby, Waiting for some Wi-fi
This spot hot? No – and I gotta fly
Kept on pursuing to the next block
I busted a left and I'm beating the clock
The light was red

Yo -- so I continued to I-37 to San Antonio
Wish I was there in a blink like a jeanie
How I’d love to be sippin’ a martini
Jealous 'cause my girl’s living fine
She left yesterday and was there by nine
Ready to give my homies a call
My homies acting ill because their car just stalled
Humidity, the air is sticky as hell
Ike’s on his way, the weatherman yells
Moving toward the gulf coast real fast
I’m in my car, can’t give it no gas
Bumper to bumper the interstate’s packed
I'm trying to get away before Ike attacks
Police on the scene, what can it mean?
They hooked me up, now there’s another lane free
If you’re on vacation, Yo, Ike stalled it
Check out the eye while the bands revolve it

Hurricane Ike Ike Baby, Hurricane Ike Ike Baby
Hurricane Ike Ike Baby, Hurricane Ike Ike Baby

Yo man, let's get out of here! Word to your mother!

Good luck everyone!!!

 

Lol, Vanilla Ike

 

Best of luck and prayers to those in it's path throughout TX.

IKE will be roaring thru St. Louis all day Sunday with preditions of 3 - 6 inches of rain within 12 hour period.... Bands are already starting to hit here tonight...

 

WOW! Gorgeous pics! I got almost 6" of rain and measured at one point 90MPH gusts with 30-40 sustained for about 4 hours and I live far west of landfall.

 

Excellant pics!!!!!!!
Killeen (west of I-35) got a little rain and some winds. No problems here.

 

Glad to hear you folks in TX are doing okay.

I have an Aunt and Uncle in Houston who had some flooding and broken limbs but rode it out okay at home.

 

Haven't seen any Ike here in St. Louis since he and Tina Turner performed here regularly back in the 60's and 70's...

I wonder if this Ike will be as violent as the first one?

 

Ike was a trip. We have no fences and alot of downed limbs. I went out several times in the worst part of the storm to pull very large branches out of the road in case firetrucks or ambulances were needed, as a tree fell over the road and blocked the other way in. The HHR is undamaged, save a bad scrape on the chin spoiler from pulling into an unfamiliar driveway. :'-(

We are still without power at home, but the workplace is running off generator.