We're in Ike's path, so we'll probably lose power and internet sometime tonight. I'm a couple of hours from the coast, so there won't be any danger from the storm surge, but we're expected to get several inches of rain and quite a bit of strong winds. I'm going to fortify my fence and remove any potential missiles from my yard, so it shouldn't be too bad.

I did a quick calculation and the integrated kinetic energy that Ike's packing is enough to supply electricity to about 3700 average households for a year.

This'll be my first hurricane in a place that I own. Should be interesting...