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Posted Saturday, September 13th, 2008 by Joel
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I got an email from one of the readers concerned about me and Hurricane Ike. No, I’m nowhere near the huge hurricane, though I do have some friends who are in the area. At least one of them is pretty much directly in the path of the hurricane, and he decided to stay home. I talked with him a few times yesterday.

Over on the Texas-Mexico border, there is not a single drop of rain, so life is going on as normal. We had a middle school football game on Thursday, a high school game last night, and I have a couple of mariachi gigs this weekend (both outside).

I also have some family members in the Houston area and I haven’t heard from them. Thank ytou to everyone who was thinking of me, though!


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Saturday, September 13th, 2008 (1:41pm Central)
Betty writes:

Hey, Joel. This has nothing to do with Ike, but I just wanted you to know that I substituted for a band teacher and enjoyed the experience. I am in awe of what you guys do over the course of a year!

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Saturday, September 13th, 2008 (1:55pm Central)
Joel writes:

Haha, it’s wild. Now you can imagine why I had to do everything last year when my coworker had his stroke. There is virtually nothing that we do besides attendance and making copies that the substitutes were capable of doing!

What grades did you teach?

Saturday, September 13th, 2008 (3:48pm Central)
Mystery Teacher writes:

But Ike is soooo big and covering so many miles both east/west and north/south. I hope you really are safe.

Friday, September 19th, 2008 (2:19pm Central)
TigerTom writes:

No way would I stay in the path of a hurricane. Take your most precious and portable belongings and head to the bunker. Or design your house like one; a concrete bunker.

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Saturday, September 20th, 2008 (11:16am Central)
Joel writes:

Nah, I was literally nowhere near the path of the hurricane. My friend called me on Tuesday and he didn’t have power, and wasn’t looking like he was going to have it restored by the end of the week, either. His school was canceled the entire week.

Earn a degree in elementary education from an accredited school online.