What a scary ordeal I'm so sorry you and your family had to go threw such a scary thing. Wow, that tree is just huge. What a mess it made. I'm just so glad no one was hurt, that's the most important thing.

I hope the insurance situation goes well and everything gets fixed in a timely manner.

We did get hit with Gustav when it went inland and started dying down. We just had a massive storm with high winds and lots of sideways rain, but it had died down almost entirely before it hit us. It was a scary storm that's for sure. You will be in my prayers for Ike. Lets hope it continues to die down before it hits.