We Survived Ike

It was a rough night Friday night but we made it. We lost power about 8pm and were ready for a very hot night when our power came back on at 10pm! It was such a blessing! We snuggled into our closet under the stairs about midnight when the winds started very strongly. I couldn't look outside - it was too scary but every few hours John would check outside for any damage. The morning finally came and the storm moved on by 10am. Our power flicked on and off several times through the night a but it never went out again. We knew how blessed we were to have power, but then when we talked to colleagues and friends around the city and even in Katy and realized our neighborhood was one of the few with power, we felt spoiled! 2.1 million out of 2.5 million customers lost power after the storm.

This is true "hunkering down!"

We had minimal damage - a few big limbs and lots of debris but that was it. When you see the amount of damage throughout downtown and of course in Galveston, we had nothing. One newscaster described the debris as taking a bunch of leaves and putting them in the blender and that is exactly what it looked like!

This is why I was so nervous during the storm - look at the height of our Cypress tree in our back yard! I was so worried it would be on our house!

We took a walk through our neighborhood and met more of our neighbors and visited with a lot of people. Some lost their fences and some trees, but our neighborhood wasn't bad.

Our tree lined streets are still tree lined!

John joined the neighbors cleaning out the cul-de-sac and our front yard. This is only part of the bags he cleaned up.

Church was cancelled today. Our offices are closed tomorrow so we will both work from home. Its going to be a while until anything is back to normal. The destruction is great in so many areas. We have yet to venture out into other parts of the area, but will probably do so tomorrow. Thanks for all your prayers and calls! We are doing well!