Returning To Normalcy Post-Ike

The greater Houston area kind of took it on the chin for Hurricane Ike last weekend. Even 90 miles from the coast, The Woodlands experienced hurricane force winds.

We were without power at our house from 6:17AM on Saturday morning until 9:58PM on Tuesday evening, so basically 4 full days. I posted play-by-play updates on my Twitter page starting on September 11 and continuing for the next week if you're interested in going back to see how it unfolded.

Today I've also posted a photoset on Flickr with pictures of Ike's aftermath, as well as 2 videos on YouTube, which I'm embedding below. The first was footage from Saturday morning, as the remnants of Ike were still looming in The Woodlands, and the second is from Sunday afternoon when I was out assesing the damage after the rains had subsided.


Hurricane Ike Wanes In The Woodlands




Damage From Hurricane Ike In The Woodlands

Hurricane Ike Playlist or Tina (Houston) Turner vs L'Ouragon Ikey Tunes

We're all bunkered down here in The Woodlands, expecting Hurricane Ike to make it our way in about 10 hours. So in that spirit, I scoured my iTunes library & put together a little music for the event. In all it's 31 song glory, here is the tracklisting:

01 - Ike & Tina Turner - I Want To Take You Higher
02 - Dean Martin - Houston
03 - Ella Fitzgerald - Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All The Time)
04 - Jimmy Buffett - Tryin' To Reason With Hurricane Season
05 - Roachford & M.Y.N.C. Project - Ride The Storm (Life Goes On Club Mix)
06 - Bob Dylan - Hurricane
07 - Amoeba Assassin - Piledriver (The Hurricane Mix)
08 - Gambino Family - Trapped In A Storm
09 - Houston Grand Opera - Porgy & Bess Act 2, Scene 4: Oh, Doctor Jesus (Hurricane Scene)
10 - Selwyn Cooper - Hurricane Blues
11 - Roni Size - Centre of the Storm featuring Zack De La Rocha
12 - Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary
13 - Green Velvet - Stormy Weather
14 - Bob Dylan - Shelter From The Storm
15 - Darude - Calm Before The Storm
16 - Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
17 - Kaos, Karl K, & Jae Kennedy - Houston
18 - The Doors - Riders On The Storm
19 - Frank Sinatra - Stormy Weather (with Quincy Jones)
20 - Gnarls Barkley - Storm Coming
21 - Jeff Mills - The Storm Among Us
22 - Leftfield - Storm 3000
23 - Massive Attack - Weather Storm
24 - Hurricane Smith - Oh, Babe, What Would You Say
25 - AIR - The World Hurricane
26 - Mobb Deep - Quiet Storm
27 - Beausoleil - L'Ouragan (The Hurricane)
28 - Enya - Storms In Africa
29 - Scorpions - Wind of Change
30 - Orbital - Desert Storm
31 - T-Bone Walker - Stormy Monday

Fingers crossed for the best!