Hurricana
The Perfect Storm
By urbanhoustonian at December 24, 2010 | 8:00 AM | 0 Comment
It was a conversation about Hurricane Ike over lunch at Farrago's that got my mind spinning on this whole X Marks the Spot series of posts. By the late summer of 2008, Houston had seen its fair share of tragedy and heartbreak over the first seven years of the 21st Century. And on September 11, 2008, instead of the annual stop to mourn the victims of the World Trade Center more...
Here We Go Again
By urbanhoustonian at June 27, 2010 | 4:17 PM | 0 Comment
With another Hurricane Season, it's time to starting writing new Hurricana posts. Our first named storm (in the Atlantic) is Alex. I'm going to go ahead and make Alex a guy. Houston hasn't had great luck with female-named storms starting with Al- (Hurricane Alicia and Tropical Storm Allison, anyone?) in the past. There is, of course, a new wrinkle in this year's more...
Dirty, Dirty!
By urbanhoustonian at September 11, 2008 | 1:39 PM | 0 Comment
You're traveling through another dimension -- a dimension not only of rain and wind but of Ike. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's a signpost up ahead: your next stop: the Dirty Side! So we're going to get hit. It's going to be nasty, it's going to be scary, but it's going to be okay, Houston! A lot of people are pretty more...
Here we go again
By urbanhoustonian at September 7, 2008 | 5:34 PM | 0 Comment
So it would appear that we are facing another threat in the Gulf from Hurricane Ike. However, before we get to that, let's discuss some final thoughts about Gustav; the "mother of all storms." Yeah, not so much. Still, Gustav is a perfect for understanding everything you'd need to know about a hurricane: 1. You'll never really know where the storm is going until it more...
One Angry Swede
By urbanhoustonian at August 30, 2008 | 7:04 PM | 0 Comment
So I figure it's time for another post about hurricanes what with Gustav doing his best to become one beast of a storm. Not to sound alarmist, but this is a storm we all need to pay attention to. It does appear that we will avoid a direct hit but, unfortunately, we still aren't out of the woods at this point. However, the past couple of days have gotten me to thinking more...
Hurricana
By urbanhoustonian at August 5, 2008 | 6:52 PM | 0 Comment
I was going to write this particular entry after Dolly did her thing a week ago. However, Edouard made for a more relevant and interesting subject. I've lived in Houston for my entire life, excluding the four years I spent in Fort Worth going to TCU. Go Frogs!In that time, I have only experienced one legitimate hurricane, Alicia. In fact, Houston doesn't REALLY have a lot more...
I of the Storm
By urbanhoustonian at September 15, 2007 | 12:59 PM | 0 Comment
My main source of information during the hurricane season is Weather Underground. There isn't a better place that I have seen to find everything you need to know about what is going on in the Atlantic during this uneasy time of year. After this week's freakish episode with Humberto, I was keeping an eye out for other developments in the Atlantic. Right now we're more...
