CenLamar | Est. 2006

Alexandria is about 220 miles away from Houston, Texas, and according to CNN, the storm spans across 550 miles. We’re still getting hit by the outer-bands of the storm. This is all worth noting, because, as Mayor Roy pointed out early yesterday morning, the moisture that Gustav left behind creates a very precarious situation for those of us in Central Louisiana.

It’s been raining steadily here in Alexandria for the past two hours; we’re getting hit by the most outer-band of Hurricane Ike. Although initially it looked like we had been hit by over an inch of rain in the past hour, the latest map from the National Weather Service looks like this: Between a quarter and a half an inch of rain between 8:11PM CST and 9:11CST. And this is just the beginning. We lost power for about two seconds. A transformer blew out right down the street. But things are up and working now. This storm is huge. Houston…

Yesterday, I somehow ruptured a tendon in my foot, which, as one of my friends puts it, totally ruins the rest of my football season and guarantees I’ll be limping (even more) around for the next few days, all while bracing and preparing for the next Big Hurricane, Ike (which I assume is a either nickname for Dwight Eisenhower or a tribute to the late, notorious Ike Turner). An acquaintance forwarded me this website, which is an aggregate of all of the weather maps of Ike that are out there on the Interwebs. It’s a great resource. You should check…