This color-enhanced satellite image was captured around 10:20am on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, from NOAA.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Satellite view of Hurricane Ike coming to Bedford
This color-enhanced satellite image was captured around 10:20am on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, from NOAA.
Disaster tips
There are some excellent resources online for personal planning for a disaster.
1. Ready America from the US Department of Homeland Security and the Advertising Council
http://www.ready.gov
includes planning tips and suggestions of supplies for a kit.
2. Keeping Food Safe During and Emergency from the USDA
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/keeping_food_Safe_during_an_emergency/index.asp
tells how long frozen food is safe during a power outage and how to clean flood-contaminated cans and countertops
Household chlorine bleach and medicine dropper – When diluted nine parts water to one part bleach, bleach can be used as a disinfectant. Or in an emergency, you can use it to treat water by using 16 drops of regular household liquid bleach per gallon of water. Do not use scented, color safe or bleaches with added cleaners. (note one of the sites said 8 drops, the other said 16)
Food safety in the refrigerator and freezer during a power outage (source = 2):
Always keep meat, poultry, fish, and eggs refrigerated at or below 40 °F and frozen food at or below 0 °F. This may be difficult when the power is out.
Keep the refrigerator and freezer doors closed as much as possible to maintain the cold temperature. The refrigerator will keep food safely cold for about 4 hours if it is unopened. A full freezer will hold the temperature for approximately 48 hours (24 hours if it is half full) if the door remains closed. Obtain dry or block ice to keep your refrigerator as cold as possible if the power is going to be out for a prolonged period of time. Fifty pounds of dry ice should hold an 18-cubic foot full freezer for 2 days.
1. Ready America from the US Department of Homeland Security and the Advertising Council
http://www.ready.gov
includes planning tips and suggestions of supplies for a kit.
2. Keeping Food Safe During and Emergency from the USDA
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/keeping_food_Safe_during_an_emergency/index.asp
tells how long frozen food is safe during a power outage and how to clean flood-contaminated cans and countertops
3. This one is also good on food safety
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/oa/topics/foodsec_cons.pdf
Household chlorine bleach and medicine dropper – When diluted nine parts water to one part bleach, bleach can be used as a disinfectant. Or in an emergency, you can use it to treat water by using 16 drops of regular household liquid bleach per gallon of water. Do not use scented, color safe or bleaches with added cleaners. (note one of the sites said 8 drops, the other said 16)
Food safety in the refrigerator and freezer during a power outage (source = 2):
Always keep meat, poultry, fish, and eggs refrigerated at or below 40 °F and frozen food at or below 0 °F. This may be difficult when the power is out.
Keep the refrigerator and freezer doors closed as much as possible to maintain the cold temperature. The refrigerator will keep food safely cold for about 4 hours if it is unopened. A full freezer will hold the temperature for approximately 48 hours (24 hours if it is half full) if the door remains closed. Obtain dry or block ice to keep your refrigerator as cold as possible if the power is going to be out for a prolonged period of time. Fifty pounds of dry ice should hold an 18-cubic foot full freezer for 2 days.
Hurricane Ike barometric pressure readings
We started reading our home barometer on Friday afternoon.
Our barometer shows 28-29 = stormy, 29-30 = change, 30+ = clear
Here is a chart:
Friday, Sept. 12, 2008
12:25pm -- initial reading was set at 29.9, not sure when that was set
12:30pm -- 29.48
3:10pm -- 29.40
10:10pm -- 29.35
Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008
1:05am -- no change, still 29.35
eye of hurricane in Galveston = 29.09 there about that time, actual eye registered there at 2:10am
6:20am -- 29.25
10:20am -- 29.18 (it is getting gray and DFW Airport shows rain, although our patio is only damp-looking)
11:40am -- 29.15 (currently raining)
12.52pm -- 29.11
3:35pm -- 29.05 (still raining, but no flooding problems)
5pm -- holding steady at 29.05. Not raining, only 0.45" in gauge for today! 76 degrees, just warm and humid.
11pm -- 29.225
Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008
7:11am -- 29.44
3:20pm -- 29.6 and a gorgeous sunny day with puffy clouds, 81 degrees and windy. There is another 0.1" in the rain gauge, which probably happened after 5pm yesterday.
Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008
9am -- back to 29.9, the reading from before the storm.
Months later -- Sunday, December 21, 2008
1pm -- 30.2. Yesterday was in the 70s and then a cold front blew in, bringing the low this morning to 25, high in the 30s! Today is a lovely clear blue day with just a slight breeze.
Our barometer shows 28-29 = stormy, 29-30 = change, 30+ = clear
Here is a chart:
Friday, Sept. 12, 2008
12:25pm -- initial reading was set at 29.9, not sure when that was set
12:30pm -- 29.48
3:10pm -- 29.40
10:10pm -- 29.35
Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008
1:05am -- no change, still 29.35
eye of hurricane in Galveston = 29.09 there about that time, actual eye registered there at 2:10am
6:20am -- 29.25
10:20am -- 29.18 (it is getting gray and DFW Airport shows rain, although our patio is only damp-looking)
11:40am -- 29.15 (currently raining)
12.52pm -- 29.11
3:35pm -- 29.05 (still raining, but no flooding problems)
5pm -- holding steady at 29.05. Not raining, only 0.45" in gauge for today! 76 degrees, just warm and humid.
11pm -- 29.225
Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008
7:11am -- 29.44
3:20pm -- 29.6 and a gorgeous sunny day with puffy clouds, 81 degrees and windy. There is another 0.1" in the rain gauge, which probably happened after 5pm yesterday.
Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008
9am -- back to 29.9, the reading from before the storm.
Months later -- Sunday, December 21, 2008
1pm -- 30.2. Yesterday was in the 70s and then a cold front blew in, bringing the low this morning to 25, high in the 30s! Today is a lovely clear blue day with just a slight breeze.
American Red Cross "Safe and Well" website
Neighbors have visitors right now, refugees from Hurricane Ike. If you are from the affected area you can register your status at www.SafeAndWell.org, a disaster service of the American Red Cross. To search for a loved one you must provide either a phone number or address.
You can also call 1-800-588-9822.
Here's a statement from their site:
If you have been affected by a disaster, this website provides a way for you to register yourself as “safe and well.” From a list of standard messages, you can select those that you want to communicate to your family members, letting them know of your well-being.
You can also call 1-800-588-9822.
Here's a statement from their site:
If you have been affected by a disaster, this website provides a way for you to register yourself as “safe and well.” From a list of standard messages, you can select those that you want to communicate to your family members, letting them know of your well-being.
Friday, September 05, 2008
Civil War memorial moving to Bedford Cemetery
The Northeast Tarrant County Civil War Veterans Memorial has moved to Bedford Cemetery. Mike Patterson's memorial to area Civil War veterans will be dedicated at 10am on Oct. 25, 2008. The cemetery is located at the Bedford Church of Christ, 2401 Bedford Road. Previously located in Colleyville, the monument of huge engraved stones has expanded in scope to list over 400 men from both armies who have Northeast Tarrant County connections. A website provides links to extensive biographies and a description of the project, which Mr. Patterson started 40 years ago as a young teen. History came alive for him through records he discovered in his great grandmother's Bible.
sources: Jessica DeLeon, Fort Worth Star Telegram 9-5-08 p.1B
Mr. Patterson's website http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txtarran/military/civil_war_vets.htm
sources: Jessica DeLeon, Fort Worth Star Telegram 9-5-08 p.1B
Mr. Patterson's website http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txtarran/military/civil_war_vets.htm
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