Saturday, October 11, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
So Far So Good
In spite of what you may have heard on the TV ( I recently heard the guy on the Weather Channel mention that Lake Charles had been getting hammered all day ), it has been a good day so far. We had a few sprinkles earlier in the day but about 15 minutes ago it really darkened up and then 10 minutes ago the rain started, but not a hard rain.
Because Louisiana is on the "wrong" side of Ike, we are getting a lot of water. The coastal highway in Cameron was under water this morning, in some places it was covered by 7 feet of water they said. There are places in Lake Charles where the water is much higher than normal.
I've seen reports on TV that they have been recording winds from time to time in this area up to around 30 mph. Currently we are experiencing the highest winds we have experienced all day.
As I was typing that Karen and I both heard a "bump" that sounded like it came from the roof area over the dining room. We went out and investigated but found nothing. I have put my camera out on the back porch and am taking some video right now.
As things change, and assuming we keep power, I will post more updates as needed.
Because Louisiana is on the "wrong" side of Ike, we are getting a lot of water. The coastal highway in Cameron was under water this morning, in some places it was covered by 7 feet of water they said. There are places in Lake Charles where the water is much higher than normal.
I've seen reports on TV that they have been recording winds from time to time in this area up to around 30 mph. Currently we are experiencing the highest winds we have experienced all day.
As I was typing that Karen and I both heard a "bump" that sounded like it came from the roof area over the dining room. We went out and investigated but found nothing. I have put my camera out on the back porch and am taking some video right now.
As things change, and assuming we keep power, I will post more updates as needed.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Here we go again
Once again we are home waiting on the whims of nature. Hurricane Ike is currently plowing through the Gulf and they are predicting that we could be seeing winds up to 80 mph and several inches of rain by Saturday afternoon.
We are planning on staying here at home, and even planning on losing power after the storm. If it seems that the power outage will last for more than a day or so, we will be on the road and headed to someplace else as soon as it is safe to leave. Most likely we would head east.
They are talking about storm surge being over 2 feet higher than during Hurricane Rita. This could put Lake Charles under a foot or more of water.
They will be starting a curfew in the parish at 10AM on Friday.
We are planning on staying here at home, and even planning on losing power after the storm. If it seems that the power outage will last for more than a day or so, we will be on the road and headed to someplace else as soon as it is safe to leave. Most likely we would head east.
They are talking about storm surge being over 2 feet higher than during Hurricane Rita. This could put Lake Charles under a foot or more of water.
They will be starting a curfew in the parish at 10AM on Friday.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Back Home Again in Indiana
Today finds us back in Indiana after a 10 hour drive from Ellicott City, Maryland yesterday. Along the way we stopped in Frederick, Maryland to visit McCutcheons ( http://www.mccutcheons.com/index.php ) to purchase some of their sauces and relishes. Then we stopped at Hepburns Orchards ( http://hepburns.com/ ) to purchase some of their pies to bring back to family here.
As we were passing thru Celina, Ohio, around 6 PM last night we received a call from my parents notifying me that my uncle, Thomas Niblick, had died around 4 PM at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne where he had been a patient since Monday of last week. During that time he had undergone four surgeries and at 83 just wasn't strong enough to endure the stress that puts on the body.
The funeral is scheduled for Friday so we will not be heading home until Sunday or later.
I have been watching the coverage of Hurricane Dolly as it comes ashore in Texas today. Sounds as if they are getting hit quite hard and there is going to be a lot of damage in the areas of Texas touched by the storm. Until now much of Texas was in a drought so hopefully this will help that situation. According to the weather radars we should be getting some rain from the storm at home in Sulphur. Just talked to Ian and he said that so far he had seen nothing but light rain at his apartment.
As we were passing thru Celina, Ohio, around 6 PM last night we received a call from my parents notifying me that my uncle, Thomas Niblick, had died around 4 PM at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne where he had been a patient since Monday of last week. During that time he had undergone four surgeries and at 83 just wasn't strong enough to endure the stress that puts on the body.
The funeral is scheduled for Friday so we will not be heading home until Sunday or later.
I have been watching the coverage of Hurricane Dolly as it comes ashore in Texas today. Sounds as if they are getting hit quite hard and there is going to be a lot of damage in the areas of Texas touched by the storm. Until now much of Texas was in a drought so hopefully this will help that situation. According to the weather radars we should be getting some rain from the storm at home in Sulphur. Just talked to Ian and he said that so far he had seen nothing but light rain at his apartment.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Travel Day 84 in 2008
We left Indiana at 6:45 this morning and after driving 580 miles today we arrived in Ellicott City, Maryland around 5:15 PM.
Stopped in Hancock, Maryland for some of their great pies on the way.
So far this trip we have driven a total of 2,216.8 miles. Paid the highest price ever for gasoline today, $4.14.9 a gallon. The cheapest we saw along the way was $3.899 but didn't need it at that point.
Not certain what our plans are for the rest of the week but we plan to leave here on Monday and head back to Indiana.
Stopped in Hancock, Maryland for some of their great pies on the way.
So far this trip we have driven a total of 2,216.8 miles. Paid the highest price ever for gasoline today, $4.14.9 a gallon. The cheapest we saw along the way was $3.899 but didn't need it at that point.
Not certain what our plans are for the rest of the week but we plan to leave here on Monday and head back to Indiana.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Travel Day 83
Today is the 83rd day we have been away from home this year.
Today we are in Marion, Indiana. Went to Converse today to visit my sister Cindy at her work and meet her co-workers.
Stopped at Gus's Dairy Barn for ice cream. I used to stop there when I walked home from school in the 7th grade in 1963.
Tomorrow we are heading to Ellicott City, Maryland to visit Ellen and her family and see Laura in the musical "Guys & Dolls" where Laura plays the Salvation Army lady.
Today we are in Marion, Indiana. Went to Converse today to visit my sister Cindy at her work and meet her co-workers.
Stopped at Gus's Dairy Barn for ice cream. I used to stop there when I walked home from school in the 7th grade in 1963.
Tomorrow we are heading to Ellicott City, Maryland to visit Ellen and her family and see Laura in the musical "Guys & Dolls" where Laura plays the Salvation Army lady.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Thursday April 17, 2008
Woke up this morning and it was still raining. Got all my stock market numbers and published my nightly stock e-mail. For breakfast I ate two double chocolate muffins. The weather channel here said that the rain would be ending shortly after lunch so we decided we would go downtown after lunch and walk and check out the shops in town.
I had leftover fish and chips from last night for lunch. The rain did end after lunch and Nancy, Karen and I drove downtown to do our daily walk. I saw yesterday in the news that the US dollar had lost ground again and when we cashed in some traveler checks today we got the lowest exchange rate since we have been here.
After that we walked to The Jade Factory ( www.jadefactory.com ). I purchased a nice lashed hook ( shown below ) in jade. Karen got a nice pair of jade earrings, also in a fish hook style, that match the color of her jade necklace that I got her for our anniversary last year.
At The Jade Factory they had a huge piece of jade that weighed 3 tons. They said it was worth $1.5 MM NZD.
After shopping for jade we walked around for a while, looking at the various shops, and came across a donut shop. They sold 10 donuts for $2 and they didn't make them until you ordered them. They were small, no more than 2 inches in diameter and they poured a sugar/cinnamon mixture over them once they put them in the bag. They were very good.
After eating my donuts I remembered that the batteries in my glucose meter needed changing so we went to a jewelers to see if they had the battery type I needed. Turned out they had 50 of them because somebody had ordered 50 and then failed to come get them. I told them I just needed 2. The fellow said he would make me a deal on all 50 of them but I just laughed at his offer.
As we were walking to the butcher shop to get some pork cubed steaks, so Karen could make Chicken Fried Steak, which Nancy has never eaten, Nancy got a call from her daughter Abby asking her to stop at the Chinese Takeaway and get some fried rice to bring home. We were only a block away at the time so decided to go there first. We decided that we would have the Chicken Fried Steaks on Saturday night since Nancy has a neighbor's birthday party to go to tomorrow evening so Nancy got an order of Beef Chow Mein and I got an order of Chicken Satay.
As we left the Chinese Takeaway to go to the butcher shop, we noticed it had started raining. Karen noticed a real nice rainbow. We could see the entire length of the rainbow. After a short while we noticed that a double rainbow was forming, although the second one only went about halfway. I got a couple pictures of the rainbow.
We got the pork steaks at the butcher and headed back to the car. While in the butcher shop the rain stopped. Nancy was supposed to walk for an hour today and we were walking around for 90 minutes.
Got home and watched some local news on the TV before eating my chicken satay, which turned out not to be all that great.
After eating I opened a bottle of Seifried Nelson 2006 Riesling Ice Wine that I had purchased a couple days ago at the grocery. It was very very good.
We just finished watching the lastest episode of Survivor, the one where Eliza got voted off. I'm sure this was last Thursday's episode in the U.S. since although it is 8:30 PM Thursday here, it is 4:30 AM in Lake Charles.
We are hoping that the weather is good tomorrow since Karen and I plan to go exploring again since Abby will be home most of the time tomorrow.
I had leftover fish and chips from last night for lunch. The rain did end after lunch and Nancy, Karen and I drove downtown to do our daily walk. I saw yesterday in the news that the US dollar had lost ground again and when we cashed in some traveler checks today we got the lowest exchange rate since we have been here.
After that we walked to The Jade Factory ( www.jadefactory.com ). I purchased a nice lashed hook ( shown below ) in jade. Karen got a nice pair of jade earrings, also in a fish hook style, that match the color of her jade necklace that I got her for our anniversary last year.
At The Jade Factory they had a huge piece of jade that weighed 3 tons. They said it was worth $1.5 MM NZD.
After shopping for jade we walked around for a while, looking at the various shops, and came across a donut shop. They sold 10 donuts for $2 and they didn't make them until you ordered them. They were small, no more than 2 inches in diameter and they poured a sugar/cinnamon mixture over them once they put them in the bag. They were very good.
After eating my donuts I remembered that the batteries in my glucose meter needed changing so we went to a jewelers to see if they had the battery type I needed. Turned out they had 50 of them because somebody had ordered 50 and then failed to come get them. I told them I just needed 2. The fellow said he would make me a deal on all 50 of them but I just laughed at his offer.
As we were walking to the butcher shop to get some pork cubed steaks, so Karen could make Chicken Fried Steak, which Nancy has never eaten, Nancy got a call from her daughter Abby asking her to stop at the Chinese Takeaway and get some fried rice to bring home. We were only a block away at the time so decided to go there first. We decided that we would have the Chicken Fried Steaks on Saturday night since Nancy has a neighbor's birthday party to go to tomorrow evening so Nancy got an order of Beef Chow Mein and I got an order of Chicken Satay.
As we left the Chinese Takeaway to go to the butcher shop, we noticed it had started raining. Karen noticed a real nice rainbow. We could see the entire length of the rainbow. After a short while we noticed that a double rainbow was forming, although the second one only went about halfway. I got a couple pictures of the rainbow.
We got the pork steaks at the butcher and headed back to the car. While in the butcher shop the rain stopped. Nancy was supposed to walk for an hour today and we were walking around for 90 minutes.
Got home and watched some local news on the TV before eating my chicken satay, which turned out not to be all that great.
After eating I opened a bottle of Seifried Nelson 2006 Riesling Ice Wine that I had purchased a couple days ago at the grocery. It was very very good.
We just finished watching the lastest episode of Survivor, the one where Eliza got voted off. I'm sure this was last Thursday's episode in the U.S. since although it is 8:30 PM Thursday here, it is 4:30 AM in Lake Charles.
We are hoping that the weather is good tomorrow since Karen and I plan to go exploring again since Abby will be home most of the time tomorrow.
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