Ike Recovery
Just to give some of you who are looking at this website some information about how things are going with us, I’m not sure what they are showing on the national news. We have the local news streaming to us over the internet. Ironically, our cable is out but the internet is still working! Anyway, we still do not have power yet, and according to the local authorities, our power company has suffered a catastrophic failure which will prevent us from getting power for 2-4 weeks. This morning, another thunderstorm came through as a result of a cold front, unrelated to the hurricane. This woke all of us up with some heavy lightning, thunder, and rain. Fortunately for us, this did not cause us any extra problems, however there is some more significant flooding closer to the cost for our fellow Houstonians.
Our family is still doing well. The generator that we were able to purchase is providing us some comfort, and we shared some of that with our neighbors yesterday as we had a sort of hurricane party. It was good to get together with them and have a outlet for some of the stress associated with some of the damage we sustained. We also had alot to celebrate as our neighborhood escaped without any injury.
For now, we’re just taking some time to relax for a little bit, and soon we will get ready to begin cleaning things up. We have alot of supplies here and we hear that the grocery stores will be opening again soon. Again, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for thinking about us and praying for us. We believe that we have been truly blessed to escape alot of the damage that our fellow Houstonians and neighbors have experienced.
Posted: September 14th, 2008 under Personal.
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