Ike Takes a Hike!

Well, we made it through! This is just a quick one to let everyone know we are okay and so is the house. Our neighborhood fared pretty well. Others just a few miles away didn't do so well. And those near the coast lost everything. We are pretty lucky as I understand Ike had a severe impact all the way to Canada. We have the yard mostly cleaned up. We never lost phone or water thankfully and our hot water is powered by propane. Our neighbors have electric hot water heaters and several have showed up at our doorstep daily with bath towel and coffee maker in hand. We have a propane powered generator and have not had a problem keeping it running like others do trying to find gas to put in it. We are not expected to get electricity back until Sept 29-Oct 5 so we are in this for a while. I am starting back to work tomorrow and a neighbor is going to watch Logan. School will be out until they get power back and we were told it is closed "until further notice." Not sure if there was any damage there or not. I do work with people that had trees go through their house so things could have been a lot worse. Our area still does not have gas either so we have to drive into Humble (about 10 miles) to get what we need as they should be back up 100% by Monday.

Now about the storm itself. Charles insisted on staying and the government people encouraged people to stay if they were not under an evacuation order so that the roads would be clear for those that HAVE to leave. But lets just say that if it is a Cat 2 or more I will probably be going. That wasn't much fun. It was loud and a bit spooky. I asked a good friend here about how she did through the storm and she said that she would never do that again. I told her that I would be glad to evacuate with her! Our husbands can fend for themselves while we take our kids on a little vacation for a few days! They can call me when the electricity is back on! Charles and Logan slept through the whole thing. At about 5 am the wind stopped and I woke Charles up to go walk the dog. We knew that we should have strong winds until the afternoon so it was really the only chance. It lasted about an hour then it started all over again.

So I will blog some more when I am off generator or have a better system set up. Just wanted to let everyone know that all is well in New Caney TX. Just a little bored with living by flashlights!