This time we will likely see data throughout the storm as long as the instruments themselves hold up (Rollover Pass may have just bit it). During Katrina the instruments held up for awhile, then the National Bouy Data Center itself went offline as it took a direct hit. Of course, this storm isn’t much like Katrina, but there’s definitely already some pretty major flooding.

Click on each of the plots to see the water level plots.

Galveston Pleasure Pier:

Rollover Pass, TX (close to the worst storm surge)

Clear Lake, TX (right next to Johnsson Space Center):

North Korea Tests Nuclear Weapon: CNN
UPDATE: Washington Times: May Not Have Been Nuclear

So we bagged Saddam.  That is just great.  What are the libs going to whine about in the next few months as he’s tried and executed?  Then the attacks in Iraq will slowly wane, and a fairly stable state will fill the power vaccum.  And all this will be happening as folks go to the polls next November.  Dean doesn’t have a snowball’s chance.

In other news, graduation festivities here at The Plantation went over pretty well.  Karaoke was still going strong when I crashed at 3am.  Now for the cleanup.

Thanks to everyone who generously gave me a graduation present so soon before Christmas.  Thanks to mom and dad for the new Nikon N75 SLR.  Thanks to Katie for working so darn hard to make all of the graduation day events run smoothly.  I love you, babe, you did a wonderful job.