Remnants from Hurricane Ike met a cold front, and have smashed the little town I'm in to bits. And I'm in Ohio....
We had sustained tropical storm force winds yesterday with gusts nearing hurricane strength. Well over 100 kph (72 mph to be exact)
We're still without power, I'm in my campus building where they've got a diesel generator keeping the lights on.
The winds stripped trees of their leaves, and took a ton of branches down. They're saying maybe a week to get power up in town, and classes have been cancelled.
After the storm died down last night, I went out for a walk, and it was surreal. No lights, so I head into town on foot, and on High Street the only place open was the Catholic church. There must have been 2,000 candles burning in that place. People sitting in pews, and the priest was wearing this black cassock, like something out of a horror movie.
I hear that Chicago got nailed pretty hard to. Like 15-20 inches of rain. Anyone hear from Poemless? And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg
AP "We want our citizens to stay where they are," said a weary Galveston Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas. "Do not come back to Galveston. You cannot live here at this time."
We do get winter storms... *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Also, thanks to everyone who sent B-Day wishes. :) "Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
Gas, food all are not being delivered right now, but there is at least one thing that's making it into the city right. I saw a beer truck making a delivery to the liquor store.
Only good thing is that me and my bud now have a line, "We're going to the Winchester."
Something that only makes sense if you've seen Shaun of the Dead. And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg
here's to many more BETTER ones, and more highly creative russodiaries and ET odd'n'ends too! ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
