OK, so Ike came and went

Thanks to those folks who've emailed about our safety or lack thereof. We're fine. We evac'ed to Woodville TX and found out that they were under mandatory evac too, and they're going to be without power until 10/8 or so.

[Update: Some folks in Woodville and points west actually got power back on Friday 9/19, but that's mainly around the center of town. During our drive back from Woodville on Sat. 9/20 there was plenty of damage and quite a number of destroyed homes.]

Here, we lost some of the roof (so we have a blue tarp now) and the back fence, so we've spent all week working on that stuff. I never knew I could see so much from up on my roof! I can almost see where Kemah was! We've had some family here from parts outward, and we've had fun.

But seriously -- we'll have to reevaluate where we stand in class and make sure that we can make up for lost time. According to the ALMOST OFFICIAL UHCL disaster recovery plan, our lost class (from this past week) will be made up on Saturday, 10/18 from 1 to 4. We'll discuss in class on 9/24 the new schedule.

Note: Your other classes will have a makeup schedule too, so get ready. Saturday classes would appear to be the new norm.

I hope everyone is OK after the storm, and I'm looking forward to class next week.