The Journeyman

Category: Emergency Operations

  • Hurricane Ike #5: Vanessa’s Parents

    A few people have asked me about Vanessa’s parents in The Woodlands. They’re fine. Like the rest of that area, they’re without power and will be for awhile from all accounts. Cell and landline phone service is also not operational, but we can occasionally get a text message through. They weathered the storm fine. Mr.…

  • Hurricane Ike #4: Houston Curfew

    The Houston Police Chief just announced that a city-wide curfew will be in effect, starting tonight at 9 pm until 6 am daily until Saturday at 6 am. The Harris County Judge said that the unincorporated areas of town do not have a curfew, as of now, and it is up to each city to…

  • Hurricane Ike #3: Aftermath

    Ike is long past hurricane status. The good news is everyone I’m close to in that area is okay, having either left early or have made contact during the day today. Frankly, I’m quite worried for Hung’s apartment in Galveston. There hasn’t been enough information about damage close enough to his location to really know…

  • Hurricane Ike #2

    Hurricane Ike is 612 miles from Austin, heading toward Galveston at 12 MPH. Galveston has a mandatory evacuation meaning that friends (with pets) are coming up to stay in Austin. AISD schools are closing early to help keep the roads clear, as well as many other Central Texas schools. UT, short of changing athletic schedules…

  • Hurricane Ike #1

    Hurricane Ike is coming! Currently, the storm’s center is 850 miles from Austin, heading generally toward the city at 7 MPH. For much of the day today, the forecast had the storm nearing the Austin area landfall, still packing quite a punch. We were planning on heading to Wichita Falls this weekend for a wedding…

  • UT-Arkansas Game Postponed

    I’m not sure when the last name a UT football game was moved for any reason, but this weekend, DKR will be quiet. The game was moved to the bye week for both teams, September 27th. With it being ACL weekend, things could get quite interesting for finding hotels. I wonder what the UT Conference…