Yikes IKE!

Normally, I get excited about severe weather. I don't necessarily like to be in it, but if I am, I prefer to be safe at home. I glue myself to the weather channel for hours, watching the latest on storms and hurricanes. It's a little different in California. Bakersfield gets rain about 30 days out of the entire year. While I love the continuous sunny days, I miss a good thunderstorm every now and then.

Ike is closely approaching the Texas coast and almost all of our family lives in Houston and surrounding areas. Some of my family is part of the mandatory evacuation of Harris county, because they live to close to the shore and will experience flooding. Everyone else of my family is in danger of the high winds and tornado's that spin off of the hurricane. Adam is in Houston right now for the end of his year long training with the company and isn't expected to return until next Wednesday.

I spoke with him last night, and the company plans on keeping everyone at the hotel, since they have a backup generator and bringing in plenty of food for all of their employees. He is in Sugar Land, which also has experienced a bit of flooding over the years. He said that plans could always change and I seriously hope they do. It would be different if I was in Houston with everyone, but since I'm in Bakersfield, I am stressing out more than I normally would.


*Edit*
Spoke with Adam this morning and they still plan on keeping everyone at the hotel. My mom sent me a link with the projected winds in Harris County and it looks like Katy will get +100mph winds. I'm not to thrilled at the moment and very frustrated over the situation.