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today was one of the most emotionally draining days
on record for me. and since my pc is still cooperating with me,
and since we still have power, why not blog about it?
 the
quandry that all of us houstonians are faced with is simply this:
to stay or to go? is rita going to be a good witch or a bad witch?
manditory advisories for the evacuation of coastal areas aside,
the rest of the city is in some serious ka-ka. and here's why: there
are 3-4 evacuation routes mapped out, but these are all -- even
at this late hour -- glorified parking lots. in addition, just try
to find gasoline on your way north while moving at 2 mph with a
million other cars.
so, does one safely venture out into the unknown and risk being
trapped in one's car, without gas, alongside the highway, with a
category 5 hurricane blowing up your ass? or does one hunker down
in one's domicile, stocked with gallon upon gallon of water, and
ride this puppy out?
good question. i'm going to sleep on it for now and get back to
you in the a.m. over coffee and a few dozen cigarettes. for those
of you already out of harm's way, be safe and return soon. for those
of you in my position, let me know what you would do.
muchas grassy-ass.
posted by lonestarsteve on
thu 22.09.05 0:58 AM
just today, i've somehow jerry-rigged the temperamental,
useless machine so that i could at least post this, my first entry
since the start of september. but other than computer problems,
i wanted to relay that everything else is fine here in the lone
star state. of course, the bayou city might just suffer a fate similar
to that of our sister city to the east, new orleans, if tropical
storm rita develops into a hurricane and tracks right for us, but
besides that, things are peachy.
in a few weeks i will be receiving a new thinkpad
from ibm so my entries here will probably become, let's just say,
more consistent. until then, you'll have to settle for what you
get.
posted by lonestarsteve on
mon 19.09.05 4:05 PM
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here
are some photos documenting my plan for staying safe during this
bitch of a storm, which is less than 24 hrs away from the coast.
hover over each photo for its caption.
i'm
hunkered down in my apartment with my friend, brandon, and my neighbor
and friend, mary. with us we have my cat, badger; brandon's dog,
stanzy; and mary's cats, ta and alfred. a virtual managerie.
be
thinking about us, and please pray for all those people still stuck
in traffic along the evacuation route as well as those who have
gotten to safer (and higher) ground. they will most likely lose
their homes to flooding along with everything they own.
another
katrina? not exactly. this event has taken on its own horrifying
characteristics and will probably go down in history for quite a
few reasons. one of which for sure will be the largest evacuation
attempt in u.s. history (the most important qualifying word being
"attempt").
my
apologies for not writing any sooner than this. i had every intention
to, honest. you see, my two-and-a-half-year-old, piece of shit dell
pc has been acting up lately, and it now decides -- on its own --
when i can and when i can't use it for such things as blogging,
checking e-mail, surfing the internet for porn, and the like.