Afternoon Naps Rock!
I just woke up from a two hour afternoon nap. I hardly ever get to do that! It felt great! So far I like this hurricane day... ;)
Things are calm. It's been alternately overcast or party sunny all day so far, with a bit of a breeze. There has been rain and no gusting wind at all yet. This morning, Loren and I cleaned up the yard and deck, moving a bunch of stuff into the garage. I also climbed a ladder onto the roof in order to clear the gutter which, incidentally, looked like it hadn't been cleared in at least a couple of years. I took some pictures of the house and tree as well:
In the lower picture, it's easy to see that the tree towers over the house, but as it seems very healthy and robust (see the trunk in the upper picture), I think it'll be branches that shear off of it, instead of the entire thing, if anything bad happens at all.
Right now, it looks like here, just west of downtown Houston, we'll see a maximum of 70 mph sustained winds, which is just short of hurricane status (73 mph for Cat 1). In fact, we occasionally see winds this high during thunderstorms in Houston. But, of course, these only last between 5 and 30 minutes, not for 12 hours or so!
After we cleaned up this morning, Loren and I went on a bike ride with Lance:
It was a nice opportunity to expend energy and to tire Lance out before he gets cooped up for a while. Some houses boarded up their windows, many did not. There were a surprising number of people out, both as pedestrians and bicyclists, and less surprising, lots of people out by car. In passing by the shopping center, it was fascinating to see that some places boarded up, while others did not.
Some businesses were open (mostly restaurants, I think), while many others were already closed. I'm glad that I don't have to work, and hope that the workers at open businesses have the afternoon off to take care of their families. You can also see Houston's downtown in the background of this picture, with the overcast skies above:
So that's the boring state of affairs right now. But remember: "boring" is good in this scenario!
Things are calm. It's been alternately overcast or party sunny all day so far, with a bit of a breeze. There has been rain and no gusting wind at all yet. This morning, Loren and I cleaned up the yard and deck, moving a bunch of stuff into the garage. I also climbed a ladder onto the roof in order to clear the gutter which, incidentally, looked like it hadn't been cleared in at least a couple of years. I took some pictures of the house and tree as well:
In the lower picture, it's easy to see that the tree towers over the house, but as it seems very healthy and robust (see the trunk in the upper picture), I think it'll be branches that shear off of it, instead of the entire thing, if anything bad happens at all.
Right now, it looks like here, just west of downtown Houston, we'll see a maximum of 70 mph sustained winds, which is just short of hurricane status (73 mph for Cat 1). In fact, we occasionally see winds this high during thunderstorms in Houston. But, of course, these only last between 5 and 30 minutes, not for 12 hours or so!
After we cleaned up this morning, Loren and I went on a bike ride with Lance:
It was a nice opportunity to expend energy and to tire Lance out before he gets cooped up for a while. Some houses boarded up their windows, many did not. There were a surprising number of people out, both as pedestrians and bicyclists, and less surprising, lots of people out by car. In passing by the shopping center, it was fascinating to see that some places boarded up, while others did not.
Some businesses were open (mostly restaurants, I think), while many others were already closed. I'm glad that I don't have to work, and hope that the workers at open businesses have the afternoon off to take care of their families. You can also see Houston's downtown in the background of this picture, with the overcast skies above:
So that's the boring state of affairs right now. But remember: "boring" is good in this scenario!
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