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Ike Update
| Tue, 09-16-2008 - 11:19am |
It was a storm of all storms. The storm was so big that 10 hours before landfall = it was rainy & windy . . . we lost power at 4:00 am Saturday . . . trees down everywhere!!! 4 massive trees down in my backyard and if I told you that they landed literally inches from the back of the house - after falling over the pool . . and no damage to the house - - the side of the detached garage has some damage & the wood fence on all 3 sides will need to be replaced as the giant tree trunks crashed through . . . thank God we stayed at dd's home as I would have had a heart attack every time a tree crashed to the ground. Tree went through dd's neighbors house - literally through it and landed in the culdesac exactly 12 inches from my Jeep . . . dd, dgks and I drove to her inlaws on Sunday night . . . after going 36 hours without power, ac, etc. it was enough with 2 little ones; ddil & other dgkids went to her brother's west of Houston to stay. It was horrible - never heard or saw trees blow like it did . . never again - we will evacuate next time . . . 3 mil people are still without power - with so many down trees on electric lines - it will take quite awhile to restore power. Downtown Houston is totally without power - meaning no one can go to work . . . the Medcenter has power - thank God. Well that's it for now . . bottom line - - all family & friends are safe and sound . . though we have damage - that can be fixed . . . to get "local updates" . . go to www.chron.com as it's Houston's local paper . . Love ya all and keep those prayers going . . . :) mc

Thank God you and yrou family are all safe... that is the main thing!
Hi MC
Wow I am glad there was no major damage to your home and so glad that you were not there when the hurricane hit. So relieve to hear you and your family are all safe.
Keeping those prayers going for all involved.
Thank so much for keeping us posted.
HUGS
&n
mc good to know that you and your family are safe.that really was a mother of all storms. we watched the news and i kept abreast of it on the computer.we got the tail end of it up here on sunday,with wind and rain,nothing at all
whew! scary!!!
glad you and family are safe..thanks for the update
good luck in the days ahead
hugs
Dutch
Dutch
Thank God you are all safe and well MC. Sending P&PTs for rapid fix to all power outages and recovery for all.
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