A brief summary which brings me upto the hurricane aftermath.
Flew into Houston, Texas on Thursday. Predicting the hurricane would make direct landfall in Galvaston we drove down to Galvaston Island. On the way we called in at Freeport (about 50 miles south west of Galvaston) and was amazed how strong the winds ahead of the [...]

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Friday. Hurricane makes landfall tonight. We drove 5o miles down to the coast of Freeport and then on into Galvaston. It is truly wild here. I have never seen the sea so wild. It is bubbling and the hurricane is still 12hours away! It looks like we will bunker in here at Galvaston, right on [...]

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We have arrived in Houston, Texas after a 10 hour flight. The plane was almost empty, not surprising I suppose. A nice luxury having a choice of seats.
We have transferred to our hotel in Sugar Land for the evening. Lots of traffic jams as people are already evacuating the area and queues at gas stations. [...]

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Green light. The National Hurricane Centre (NHC) predicts Hurricane IKE will be a “historic” major hurricane strike on the South East Texas coast line on Saturday.
We fly out from London on Thursday morning (11th) arriving in Houston Thursday afternoon. Upon arrival we plan to target a location where IKE will make landfall and capture [...]

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Welcome to The Hurricane Project Blog.
Mark and Stuart are watching closely Hurricane IKE as he exits Cuba and enters the Gulf of Mexico over the next few hours. Current predictions are to continue as a Major Hurricane and make landfall along the Texas coastline, in the vicinity of Corpus Christi.
They are currently planning to leave [...]

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