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It can be sung to the tune "Carol" ("It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"). We choir nerds do weird things when we're bored.

I thought it sounded pretty good now.

Try reading it aloud in a deliberate, measured tone.

A cup at a time?

This is as good a place as any to post this.

As I'm sure many of you know, Hurricane Ike is aiming towards the Texas Gulf Coast. I'm far enough inland that they recommend that I don't evacuate and, at the moment, I don't plan to bug out. If I lose power and/or Internet, I'll check in with another Legion Worlder by phone periodically, as possible.

If Internet and electricity hold, you'll just see a lot more of me this weekend, because, well, I won't be going anywhere.

I hope that in a few days, we'll all be saying "We dodged a bullet this time."

Thanks!

John/Rocky

You'll be in my thoughts, Rocky! Hopefully you'll 'dodge a bullet' like you say.

And if the power goes out: candelight & comics!

Keep us posted as well as you can, Rocky. I'll be thinkin' about you today.

If Ike does strand you, I hope some hunky guy gets stranded with you.

Does Hyvvie count?

nope.

He's the closest I'll get.

Are you guys under mandatory evacuation orders, Rocky?

No, that's only in the areas close to the Gulf that are prone to storm surge. Galveston and the areas southeast of Houston are most vulnerable. I'm in Houston proper. The Mayor of Houston essentially told us "If you're not in the mandatory evacuation zone, stay put!" The adage is "run from the water, hide from the wind." Where I live, they're predicting the maximum sustained winds to be in the low Category 1 range.

There was a gas panic rush here, yesterday in SC. Rumors were going around that gas was about to spike to $5/gallon because of concerns about the threatened refineries, and suddenly there were long lines at every station in the city I work. Gas was sold-out by the time I got off. I commute about 26 miles, so I was sweating a very low tank until I got home. Luckily, I made it, and the stations in my town still had gas as well.

These things really have a ripple effect, don't they? I really hate to see the panicking herd mentality that surrounds these kinds of things.

stay safe, Rocky!

BTW, I've learned that the best source for information about hurricanes is, by far, the National Hurricane Center.

Here in Houston, the Houston Chronicle has been most reliable, especially Eric Berger, their science blogger ("The SciGuy").

Has Bill Nye sued him for copyright infringement yet?

good luck, rocky!

The wind is starting to pick up. No rain in Southwest Houston yet. I'm way out of the storm surge area, so don't let the pics you've seen on TV of Galveston scare you about me.

Has anyone heard from Klordny (Michael)? I think he lives in an evacuation zone. Quiet Darkness lives not far from me (although we've only met once and that was at SDCC), so she's not in an evacuation zone.

We'll just hope for the best.

Post a message if you lose power.

Seriously, stay safe and dry.

So bad, Quis. ( for Hyvvie, too. )

Michael said on his site: I'll have to balance evacuating with how bad it looks like it's going to be, and when to leave without getting stuck in traffic.

I'll be liveblogging the storm at my other (rarely-used) site and on Twitter (@mgrabois). The Houston Chronicle and Weather Underground have good coverage.

He'll be fine. He IS a rocket scientist (I think).

Don't Rockhoppers like wet areas?

Here's hoping we hear from Rocky soon so that we know he is OK.

I just got a call from Rockhopper Lad. He is fine, but lost power. He said to say "hello" to everyone.

Excellent, thanks for the update Quis.

great news! thanks ...