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Houstonian here — did you mean Hurricane Ike (Sept. 2008)? Hurricane Igor (Sept. 2010) hit Canada, not Houston. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Igor ht
by dctoedt 6y ago
Houstonian here — did you mean Hurricane Ike (Sept. 2008)?
Hurricane Igor (Sept. 2010) hit Canada, not Houston. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Igor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Igor
(In Hurricane Ike, we lost power for seven days, and ice and dry ice at the local grocery stores were rationed. We have a gas range and a gas grill in the backyard hooked to the natural-gas line. Every night for the first few nights, quite a few neighbors came over to grill and share stuff from their freezers; we cooked side dishes on the gas range in the kitchen. Everyone sat around and ate and talked on the patio by candlelight. It actually was kind of a nice time, especially since the weather was unseasonably pleasant for that time of year.)
- darkerside 6y agoThat does sound nice. Unfortunate that COVID is really going to make it harder for people to pool resources like that to handle an emergency situation.
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoWell if anything (trying to look on the bright side here), travel beyond your own community would be limited so less risk of spreading or bringing the disease over.
- ethbro 6y agoWith proper precautions in an outdoor format, risk seems manageable. There's nothing about grilling that really requires close physical proximity.
- darkerside 6y agoAgreed, just makes it harder, and removes some of that feel good connection that comes from rallying in the face of catastrophe. Which imo is one of the best parts of being human.
- tonyarkles 6y agoI’m laughing a bit thinking of the absurdity going on in my brain. While reading the parent comment there were two parallel streams going on in my brain: “That is so awesome that the community rallied together like that” “What the duck are they doing having a large gathering in their yard?! Surely they could have figured out a safer way to do that! If someone got COVID during a hurricane with no power that could be really bad!”
- dctoedt 6y agoGP commenter here — I assume you re-read my comment and realized that this was in September 2008 .... :-)
- tonyarkles 6y agoHahahaha yes. That's when I realized that it was totally reasonable and that my brain's mental model of the world has been thoroughly rewired...
- munificent 6y ago> If someone got COVID during a hurricane with no power that could be really bad!” The 2020 hurricane season will be starting soon. With COVID, the emergency financial legislation running out, the election, schools, holidays, and hurricane season, I fear this fall will be something we'll remember for decades to come.
- an-allen 6y agoYep! Wow can’t believe I forgot that name. It was totally Ike. It seems like lifetimes ago!