BAITCAMP OWNER DINES OUT ON LOCAL CUISINE

Krispy Cat, owner of the Baitcamp, dines out on local cuisine last night. "Following Hurricane Ike, it's nice to be able to go out for dinner again here in Seabrook," said Cat. "The Bunny Rabbit is very good this time of year, but stay away from the squirrel. I've got a notch bitten out of my left ear by one of those bastards."

IKE ON S. H. 146 AND OLD SEABROOK

IKE ALONG NASA ROAD

SJL-IKE, SEABROOK, NASA ROAD

IKE ALONG NASA ROAD

MORE SJL-IKE PHOTOS IN SEABROOK

HURRICANE SJL-IKE MEMORIES

SEABROOK GUESTAPO PREVENTS RAPID RECOVERY FROM IKE

Somehow, the Mayor of Seabrook has seen fit to order a lockdown on the city. He will not allow property owners to return to the city, and should I leave the city, I will not be allowed to return, even if I walked on block beyond the city limits to get gas for my generator. It's a pretty sad state of affairs when I try to be self-sufficient - plenty of water, food, pet food, gas, generator, batteries, ice, etc. - and only encounter one obstacle - that being the Seabrook Police Department (as order by Robin Riley, Mayor). All the pointers about rapid recovery include taking action within 72 hours of the event, yet Seabrook continues to the locked down and property owners excluded. My friends who have dropped by just sneaked in around the roadblocks, so it's not like they could prevent looters from coming in, it's just the honest citizens who pay the price once again.

Since Saturday morning, I've seen high visibility police units running the roads with lights blazing, caravans of government owned SUV's parading around, and a large flock of helicopters of all makes and sizes touring the area - I have not seen a dump truck with a crew of workers with shovels and rakes cleaning the roadways. Not one government person has offered to help but neighbors that sneaked into their homes have offered to help.

Once again, all the government ballyhoo we've been hearing about is hot air. They are still "staging" days after the event. Then they will develop a recovery plan. Then they will implement it, if there is anything left to do. Government proves once again that it is not the solution - it is the problem. Get it out of the way, and this place could recover. Left the way it is, everything will just rot in place.

Other things that don't make sense:

Eliminate tolls on toll roads but tell people to stay off the streets.

Keep people posted as to where groceries and supplies are available, but refuse to allow return to home if you go outside to get them.

FEMA knows there is no power, offers an 800 number to call for registration, but the 800 number merely referrs you to the web site which cannot be accessed without power.

Insanity apparently knows no limits. All you need to start an asylum is an empty room and a few of the right kind of people.

All the people getting the help are the ones that are easy to get to. Those in most need, who are most difficult to get to, get nothing.

SJL IKE GONE - NOW OWN TO THE REAL PROBLEM - CITY HALL

Finally got some power restored (actually pretty fast). It went out 11PM Friday nite and came on at 5PM Sunday. Centerpoint, the power distribution company, reports that it will take several weeks for everyone to be restored, and since Seabrook is now a "disaster" area, I cannot come back to my house if I leave it. More guestapo tactics by Seabrook PD. Somehow it must be for the common good, but I fail to see how denying people access to their property is good for anyone except the looters More on that later).

All's well that ends well. Lots of work left to do, and whether I want to admit it or not, guess I'm pretty lucky.

BAITCAMP SURVIVES SJL-IKE'S BEST SHOT

Nopower, no water, but OK. Took a direct hit from hurricane and see a few downed trees, sone water, wind rain, etc. but all OK here. Mora later when power returns.

SJL-IKE 10:00 PM UPDATE

Skipped work tonight as the Kemah bridge is closed due to winds, the Kemah Boardwalk is completely under water as is most of the area of Seabrook east of SH 146. Still strong northerly winds although my weather station shows peak gusts of 38 mph. The storm eye (if there is one) shows to still be offshore, and the radar image barely shows a little red in and among the yellow rain bands. Kitty decided to go outside and play in the storm a little, but I expect that he will be back pretty soon. It's getting a little rough out there, but so far the power is holding on. More later.

AND HERE'S SJL-IKE

SJL-Ike started arriving Friday afternoon, most noticably with the advent of storm surge flooding. I had been skeptical of the predicted storm surge, but the water did get pretty high in the low lying areas. It's now about 8:30PM on Friday nite, and the wind has been blowing pretty good - probably not over 50mph, with no noticeable rainfall. Staying put and seeing how it goes from here. More later.

LATEST SJL-IKE SATELLITE

Here's a God's eye view of SJL-Ike. Let's see how it plays out.

DIRECT HIT ON THE BAITCAMP?

Looking more and more like the Baitcamp may take the brunt of SJL-Ike. Might even be a direct hit. Hope it holds up, because I'l likely be inside.

SCARE FACTOR INCREASES AS SJL IKE NEARS

As the time nears for Ike to make landfall, the hype is beyond unbelievable. It's still a Cat 2 storm which is pretty weak, but it sounds like a Cat 10 (5 is the max) according to the press. I can't stand it any more. More later.

SJL IKE MOVES CLOSER TO HOME

As I predicted, they keep moving Ike's projected landfall more northerly toward the Houston area. Everybody know that there's nobody to scare on the King Ranch, so it does no good to hype landfall in that area - gotta get to the populated area to get any readership/listenership. I'm ready for a good flushing, and we are on the dirty side of the storm, so let's get it on. Off to work again, and more later.

HURRICANE SJL-IKE TO STRIKE SAN SABA

According to the latest computer models, looks like SJL-Ike is taking dead aim on San Saba. Look out for the boogey man, Armadillos.

SJL IKE SOURCE OF MEDIA DISAPPOINTMENT

Well, Ike has apparently decided to go south for the winter, and somehow, the media was unable to cause the weather service to keep showing Houston and the primary target. There is no joy in Mudville's media circus today with the chances of Ike missing us, but they are still preaching hope that it COULD turn back you know, so there's still a chance that it will kill us all. Keep hope alive.

WHO CARES ABOUT SJL IKE WHEN PALIN'S IN YOUR CAMP

No more sweat from all those Shelia Jackson Lee out there in the Gulf and in the Atlantic. Sarah just grins them away - at least Karl Rove used a weather machine.
Pretty well stocked up on supplies, and this one looks like it might be coming a little closer than the others.

MY NEW HEROINE

Just doesn't get any better than this.

HERE COMES SJL IKE, READY OR NOT

Woops, there it is. This one might be for real, but will know more next week. May it will just finish off the Chocolate City once and for all - or who knows, maybe even the Bayou City. OMG, we're all gonna die. Woe is me.

THERE'S ALWAYS A CATCH

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HURRICANE SHELIA JACKSON LEES WINS AWARDS

Unbelievably, Congressnigger Shelia Jackson Lee won awards on her own merits this week - without the help of Mother Nature, Affirmative Action, gerrymandering, or any other external assists. She won these awards fair and square, and given the level ofcompetition, should be duly proud of her accomplishments. Ride On, SLJ. (Cut and paste RUL into browser to read details)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/casey/5984663.html

HURRICANE SHELIA JACKSON LEE IKE IS ON THE WAY

Well, gotta hurry up and get rid of all these hurricane supplies that I got for SJL Gustav and head out to the Walmart and stock up for SJL Ike. I'm sure this one will prove to be the storm of the century since Gustav sort of turned out to be a fizzle. I think there are two or three more out there in the Atlantic headed our way too, so fall fun continues - buy water, drink it, pee a lot, buy new water... you get the idea. BTW, I didn't realize until the press told me that I had to buy new stuff for each storm - before I always just bought some stuff and kept it until the threat was over, but now they keep telling me to go buy batteries and water and stuff. Don't know what the batteries are for since you can't eat them, but hey, I just follow instructions.

THINGS I LEARNED ABOUT HURRICANES FROM METERORLOGIST IN NOLA

Last night while at work, local Channel 11 broadcast WWL from NOLA which was covering Hurricane SJL Gustav wall to wall and commercial free, and the coverage was actually pretty good overall. However, I did learn a few things from the meterorlogistette as SJL Gustav played out and never posed a threat to anything.

First, did you know that as you get closer to the eye of the hurricane the winds tend to increase? What a revelation.

This lady also reported that she contacted the National Weather Service in an effort to ascertain which areas were most vulnerable to the onslaught of SJL Guatav. She reports that the NWS told her that the most vulnerable areas were those closest to the coastline. Well what do you think of that?

Later, after discussing the total needless evacuation of southern Louisiana, including NOLA, and declaring it a great success, the reporter implied that the reason the hurricane lost all its fury was because there were no people left behind to do damage to. Was it a coincidence that there was no damage and all the people were gone? Of course not, had the people stayed, the hurricane would have come ashore as a Cat 4 or 5 rather than barely a Cat 2 - anybody should know that, right?

See what goes on late at night that most regular people who sleep at night miss out on. Even Art Bell couldn't top some of this stuff.