Well, that was short.

[redneckgaijin]

I got to starcat_jewel's place in Houston, used Russ-not-on-LJ's computer, and found an email saying that ProtoCon is cancelled.

I called the hotel with the godawful reservation cancellation policy, and they'd lost my reservation; seems they overbooked the hotel, so a clerk deleted a ton of reservations.

And the track of Hurricane Ike went further east, so now my home is pretty much ground zero for the worst of the storm once it gets about a hundred miles inland. I can expect hurricane force winds for an hour or two- say, 1-3 AM Saturday morning, at the current forecast.

And my grandmother still refuses to evacuate, so here I am, stuck riding out the storm tomorrow night.

And, since I'd killed the power on damn near everything in my bedroom/office, as I type this it's damn near 90 in here- and the ancient AC unit thinks that's just fine.

Thursdays. Arthur Dent, eat your heart out.

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[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

Glad you got the message about Protocon before going all the way on in.

Does you grandmother have a reason for staying put? Animals?

[redneckgaijin.livejournal.com]

Multiple excuses- food in the freezer/fridges (which can't be salvaged for more than a day with the generator, not without burning through a lot of expensive fuel), pets, the fact that her younger brother has a brick home she can ride out the actual storm in...

The truth is, she just doesn't want to leave. She doesn't like travelling anymore- she's 92 years old and her feet swell up if she sits in a car or plane for long periods of time.

[redneckgaijin.livejournal.com]

Oh- and Protocon was to be at Texas A&M University. Russ's house in Houston, my home up in the Big Thicket, and College Station form points on an almost equilateral triangle.

The only advantage of being here is that I get to sleep in my own bed tonight. Tomorrow night, of course, I don't get to sleep at all.