Hurricane Ike -All safe!

[Karen]

Tell Grandma that if the water starts coming in, do her best to move a chair with arms and a pillow and blanket into the tub, as it will keep water out as long as it doesn't get higher than the tub walls. Staying dry is a priority at her age. Tell her we'll be praying for her!

[cyber-sibes]

Prayers for everyone in Ike's path, and especially for your Granny Juanita, I truly pray she'll be safe. The reports on tv look bad, I'll be praying for those kitties that were left outside, too.

[sammy101]

My mom was right in Ikes path. She was by herself through the whole storm and I feel terrible. She has the dogs and the neighbors but still. She lives in northeast Houston and they have no power at all. The phones aren't even back up yet. I haven't talked to her since Friday so one of my friends is going to check on her for me. I'm going to Houston on Friday so I'm not too sure what things are going to be like. Galveston got hammered. I love that place and I hope there isn't too much damage.
From texting with my friends, there isn't too much damage. Just fallen tree's and all that.
When Rita hit Houston we had no power for almost 3 days.

[Scooter's Mom]

Molucass, check in when you can. I'm worried. Hoping you're okay, but just without power!

So many places from my childhood memories are just... gone. My dad has yet to see the full impact of the devastation as his power is not restored yet. I told him some of the news stories, but until he SEES the photos, it will not fully impact him.

My family used to go to Crystal Beach when I was a child. It's almost totally gone. I saved these photos from www.chron.com (The Houston Chronicle).



People need our prayers and support. The destruction left behind... it's unbelievable. I am afraid the death toll will reach a very high number.

[gini]

Thank God everyone in your family is alright. These photos make me feel so helpless. It must be so tragic to return and find your home completely gone.

Thank God your Grandmother is alright as well. What a horrible worry.
I can only offer you my prayers - and prayers for all who have lost so much.

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

Check in soon, Cori. =[ We love you!

[molucass]

This is the first time I have had access to a computer.. Our power finally came back on after a week or so, but we still had no phone, internet, or cable.. Today is the first day they turned that back on.

My parents house has A LOT of roof damage. The ceiling in my sister room collapsed, and we are just waiting for it to collapse in my parents room as well.. The front bathroom was leaking, and ALL of the bedrooms were leaking. My niece's room started midewing just a day or two after the storm..
The night/morning of the storm I didn't get any sleep. My room is upstairs, and I just sat up there listening to the roof come off, and tornadoes roaring around out there.. Thankfully the tree we thought for sure would fall on our house didn't fall at all. It was coming out of the ground.. Moving up and down, and now you can see the roots. Our air conditioner didn't work after the power finally came back on, so we are still as hot as we were with no power, but we are all ok, and all of our pets are safe.. So that is the most important thing.

My dad has a shop over at the house we are supposed to move in to, and we put our car in there thinking it would be safer. My mom has lived here all of her life, and its never flooded where that house is... The shop is on the lower part of the land, so thankfully the shop was the only thing that flooded. The house had no damage what-so-ever. We had 4 ft. of water in the car... The car is completely totaled, and a lot of stuff that we had stored in the trunk is also ruined.

We were able to survive on a generator.. It was a small one though, so we could only run the fridge, 2 freezers, and a couple fans.

Before we got our power back on, we stocked up on water (also some of my moms friends gave us some), ice, & MRE's from various people offering them to people who needed them.. But our boil-water notice was lifted, so I donated all but 2 of the tons of cases of water to our local humane society, which is in Beaumont where the boil-water was lifted just a couple of days ago.. I donated at least 15 cases of water, and a couple of jugs of water as well. I've been spending my days up there volunteering to help out.. They have piranahas, horses, cats, birds, swans, guinea pigs, etc.. You name it.. Normally they just have dogs/cats. It makes me feel good to donate my time to the animals, rather than sitting at home going crazy. It's also very very sad to see these dogs that were peoples pets, wondering why their family left them, and how they ended up in such a strange place. It truly does break my heart to see them scared, and upset because of what they have been through.

I have a lot more I need to say, but I need to go for now. Glad to hear everyone is safe. Hopefully I will be able to add more soon..
Also, thank you everyone for your prayers, and for thinking of us. We appreciate it so much.