I know there's a lot of Texan's 'round here

[peewee_RotA]

Everyone alright?

Be safe, and don't get blown over like that idiot on the weather channel.

[[BTF]Sigma]

My step-brother is in Beaumont TX. He claims it's bad but not "bad"

[Art]

I'm in the northeast corner. The eye of Ike passed about 30 miles to the west of us yesterday evening. Lost electricity around 4:30pm, got it back about 10am this morning. We had 50 mph winds, a few downed trees, 2-3" of rain, debris on the roads this morning.  Nothing like down south ...

[johnny]

We got a big fat nothing here in Austin. I feel like a turd complaining, given the devastation elsewhere, but damn it, we really could have used some rain!

My relatives in Illinois were harder hit by Ike than central Texas was!

[QwazyWabbit]

Downtown Houston got it bad. Galveston real bad.
My hotel at IAH was without electricity from 1am Sat. to 8pm Sunday, 43 hours.
I am one of the lucky ones. Many, many more are still without power that lost it before we did.
Some customers may be without power for as long as 4 more weeks.
The eye passed just to the east of this location. Peak winds exceeded 75MPH.
Apartment about 1 mile away caught fire during the storm. Unknown casualties.
This is a bad one, more extensive than Katrina. Texans deal with it, they don't whine.
FEMA has also bypassed state government in Houston and adjoining counties because the state was getting in the way.
This FEMA is not standing on protocol and posing for photo ops for CNN and FOX.
Houston's mayor is also not posing for cameras and telling everone the flavor of his city at the end of the day.
From what I am seeing the POD's are manned and working for those hit hardest.
One of these days we might actually have disaster plans that work.

[peewee_RotA]

Oddly enough, a small town here was hit hard sunday night and lost power, possibly until thursday. Fortunately for my wife, who had been up all night with the baby sunday night, that small town was the town that I work at. So work was cancelled due to hurricane... In Pennsylvania. Odd to say the least, but I think I have a better appreciation for the plight of the people hit by it.

[The Happy Friar]

schools were closed south of Buffalo, NY due to the hurricane too.  Winds (in Buffalo ~60 max, I'm betting down where I am 80mph easy) took down lots of trees.

people from my church are heading down south to help with the clean up/recovery soon.  I was asked but with moving soon & taking two kids back & forth to school every day (at different times!!!) I can't. 

[fanny]

Eye went right over us (NE Houston)

No power still but doing fine, no damage to house but fence is MIA  LOL

My weather station recorded max wind of 91 MPH, averaged around 50 -60 for 11-12 hours.

Power expected next week

It is now Tequila time 

[[BTF] Reflex]

Thousands still without power round here.. in OHIO!

wind took out alot of trees and power lines

[Pr0c3550r]

Seems you guys weathered that storm very well. Pun intended.

If it was 50 years ago it would be different for sure.
Who has the UPS to keep their machines running?

[DWxchzrles]

The 2 hurricanes created flooding in the Midwest, Chicago received over 8” of rain