Hurricane Ike

We survived our first hurricane since moving to the Houston area. Hurricane Ike made land fall Saturday morning and we felt the hurricane force winds beginning at 4am. We lost power at 6am. Here is what we learned:

1. You are supposed to make a sign or something about the name of the hurricane: 2. The sky will turn an eerie purple & orange color prior to it hitting:

3. Small trees are very resiliant in high winds: (all of our trees survived but needed a little straightening)
4. The bigger they are, the harder they fall:

5. Traffic lights don't hold up real well:


6. If you are missing your street sign, wait a while and someone will place it back close to where it belongs:
All in all, our neighborhood was not hit relatively hard. We were without power for 36 hours and it appears that 80% of the Houston area is still without power. Galveston & S. Houston were hit considerably worse and the destruction is already in the billions. I have a feeling they haven't even found the worst of it until they are able to see all of Galveston after the water recedes. I pray for those hundreds of thousands of families devasted by the hurricane. May God bless you.