Hurricane Ike 2008 was the third costliest hurricane ever to make landfall in the United States, according to Wikipedia , behind Hurricane ...

San Leon, where I attended church this morning, was in the news this evening... click here to see the video coverage of the story "Vol...

this photo by Johnny Hanson was published in the Houston Chronicle 9.12.08 the day BEFORE Ike. It is of a well known memorial to the 1900 S...

We went for our half mile walk down to the bay today. Wanted to share a few photos of the progress we saw on the Bayshore Drive. For referen...

We walked to the bay this morning, about 1/2 mile. I wanted to be visually reminded that our cliff was pretty high, hopefully high enough to...

I'd much rather be talking about quilting. See the top pink computer model line - that's to the west of Galveston Bay where we have ...

Good ole Ike is a big fellow. Looks like he's gonna cover the entire gulf pretty soon. It's still early yet for exact forecasts, but...

We were blessed. The storm came in 6 hours earlier than predicted thus reducing the potential build up of wind and rain. Although I don'...

It's almost 11:30, the rain has been steady but not extreme, at least not at our location. Our ditches seem to be doing their job, I kee...

I’m getting claustrophobic with the windows boarded up. It’s daylight and the shades should be open – I’m used to embracing the day. Than...

It's 7 AM, the local news is blaring in the background as report after report is coming in concerning the storm. Sometimes too much info...

24 to 36 hours. That's all the warning Edouard has given us. Currently it's still a tropical storm, but the gulf coast is preparing ...