Update from my brother in Galveston

Just got an email from my brother for any that care. They live 1 km from Galveston Bay and they had to evacuate. My sis-in-law is in the Coast Guard (Brother got out last year after 10 years) and so she had to work and he and the daughter went to houston to evac…

Howdy from Texas, and good riddance to IKE…

We made it safe and sound… not sure why but our neighborhood looks like a
little piece of paradise in the middle of a war zone… we got power back
here yesterday and very little damage (fence and shed). The house looks like
it was untouched… one of the benefits to buying a new house… totally up
to code for hurricanes… most of the metropolis looks bad and the  Coast
Guard base on Galveston island in almost totally destroyed. It is kinda a
blessing though because K will be working a lot closer to home for the
next 6 months or so… the hurricane came right over our house. Our
neighbors that stayed and rode it out said that at 3:10 on Saturday morning
they walked outside and looked up and could see stars…they were in the eye
(every person that I have talked to that stayed to ride it out says they
will never do it again!) I was just north of Houston and we had power there
till 6 am so I watched on the news as the storm rolled right over my
neighborhood. I totally expected to come back to a partial house under a few
feet of water. We live only a mile from Galveston bay and the destruction
between our house and the bay is catastrophic. A lot of the seafood
restaurants and bars we use to go to are either gone or heavily damaged.
Every gas station that has power and gas to sell has lines that are about 3
hours long… they are saying that some grocery stores will be opening
today, but not sure what food they will have and I am sure the lines will be
horrendous. When I was driving back down here yesterday I saw a couple of
Lowes and Home Depots open but they had lines around the block to get in. It
is mass destruction down here, but yet I am home with power, water,
internet, phone, and once I move my satellite dish back to the correct
directions (Ike moved it, but didn’t rip it off my fence…) I will have all
the comforts of home. K should be able to come home possibly as early as
Wednesday, Lil K and I are going to drive out to visit her today if
possible. So all is well for us. I took lots of before and after pics and
almost an hour of video (its Lil K’s first hurricane) so I will try to get
that stuff out to people who would like to see it. Thank you again. Home
phone works fine but cell coverage is spotty and the networks are slammed.
Thank you for your concern and prayers, they paid off!

C, K, and Lil K