Week 7, Volume 4 : We (dis)like Ike.

[**Disclaimer** : This post was started September 10th 2008, 2 days before Hurricane Ike]

It is t-minus 2 days, give or take a few hours until Hurricane Ike makes landfall.  I have to say, as morbid as it sounds, it’s a little exciting.  Not exciting as if you’re waiting for your favorite singer/actor to come down the red carpet, but exciting like the anticipation of the unknown. 

As diverse as we are here at Hirsch, most of us are old pros at dealing with hurricanes from barracading potential water leakage points, to elevating cords and electronics from the floor.  In this day of preparation we have left nothing to chance and prepared everything for what the storm may bring us.  I will now bid this post a fond adieu, since I have to disconnect my computer and put it on top of my desk.  With any luck, I will post again on Monday and let everyone know how we all faired here at HG!

 

October 14th, 2008:

Ok…so, if you recall, a few posts back…I made a remark about Hurricane Eduoard being “much ado about nothing”.  Well, lets just say that Ike was everything Eduoard wasn’t, multiplied by three hundred billion. O_O

It’s been quite awhile since Houston has been hit point blank by a hurricane and for some of us long-time Houstonians, Ike brought back the memories of all the other big storms that have made their way through, from Alicia to Rita.

One theme that is always prevalent, regardless of what disaster befalls our fair city, is how well we all band together to repair or restore what was broken or destroyed.

As you can see, even though we had our own private adversities to deal with, the HG family all showed up on Monday morning, bright and early, to roll our sleeves up and clean up the aftermath. 

After all thats said and done, we at HG operated for a full week without power or internet and subsisted on one 5500 watt generator.  Despite all of our personal hardships (including Robert’s 18 day stint of having his house powered by a generator) we were able to pull together and operate like business as usual.  

Old Faithful!

In an attempt to be an unbiased third party (Yes, I said attempt )  I’m very proud of HG and the resilience the staff showed with regards to orders which had to be printed, packaged, and shipped on time, as if Ike was just a simple summer storm.