Ace, Slick; yall be safe down there. I would encourage both of you to evac, unless you already have.

As for me up here in Lufkin: we're expecting Cat I hurricane or Tropical Storm conditions. And my wife has us living in a trailer park. In a trailer. Great. I sure hope the landlord/lady had these trailers tied down good. My father-in-law had said it would be better for us to stay here since Aggie Land is gonna be right on the eye-wall of the storm. Mike: I'm gonna stay in touch with you to let someone here know that me and mine are safe.

Wanna read something funny? Recruiting hasnt stopped up here yet. And chances are pretty good that we'll be at work tomorrow, too.

I'll be in touch. Ace, Slick, yall stay safe.

Good luck guys. Hopefully it doesnt do too much damage. Stay safe!

RUNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes keep in touch, hope everything will be ok.

All I was hoping for was some rain, now I don't think I'll be getting anything.
I'll even bet before it's all over, Ike will end up following the same path as Rita.
Galveston/Houston will end up being spared but Beaumont will get hit.

My father in law lives just this side of Galveston off of I-45 (Bayou Vista) and the wife told me he and his wife already left to Spring, TX which at this time should get hit pretty hard itself if Ike stays on the current path.

Good luck to all who will be involved.

For as big as the storm is diameter wise you should see some good rain.

It was already starting to get dark outside as of 3 PM up here in Lufkin. And we're about 2-3 hours north of North Houston (Woodlands, Tomball, Humble).

We keep dodging them! But Wilma dumped some serious rain!
Good Luck GP.net.

Here's a pretty good site to track the hurricane with...

http://www.stormpulse.com/

Nice site Bobby!

Evac? Pffft! These things are over-rated. Look at Gustav.

The only thing that worries me is my car. We don't have a garage, so it'll be exposed. Other than that, I'm ready to ride it out.

We're prepare for the worst but I doubt we get in the eye I believe we are fairly safe living in a hurricane proof 100 year old southern mansion,I am a little concerned about an apartment buiding we own in Beeville TX. Chico(pops)

Gustav did it's share of damage.
I've got an aunt that was evacuated from NOLA and she still hasn't been able to get back home yet. No power, no water.
Baton Rouge got hit hard from Gustav also.
Gustav was obviously more devastating than you think it was.

I follow the storms using NOAAs website.

You have access to all the weather stations with raw data and you can do your own weather guessing.

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/maps/WestGulf.shtml

click on a station to get up to date info.

I use NOAA as well. www.weather.gov

well, the first sprinkles finally fell here in Lufkin. Looks like this is when the interesting 24 hours will start. Here we go.