And now, Ike!

[StressLess]

These storms are just such major interruptions in our lives. If anything, they show us what is really important and how important it is to be prepared. Although many of us are hundreds of miles away from the storm, loved ones, weather, gas and food prices affect us. We must stay prayerful and grateful for the simplest and most precious things and people we have.

One thing about it, storms don't last but others will come. It's what we do with the times in between and how we get through the storms that count. :rain:

 

[girlsinmo]

These storms are just such major interruptions in our lives. If anything, they show us what is really important and how important it is to be prepared. Although many of us are hundreds of miles away from the storm, loved ones, weather, gas and food prices affect us. We must stay prayerful and grateful for the simplest and most precious things and people we have.

One thing about it, storms don't last but others will come. It's what we do with the times in between and how we get through the storms that count. :rain:

That's true. Since my last post on this thread my electric was off again. Laptop battery was low so couldn't stay here long. So I've just been sitting here in the quiet looking out the door, in between conversations with my granddaughter.

Glad it's back at the moment tho.

BTW I'm about 90-100 miles north of you.

 

[Ms_Speedy_Elf]

We had 20- 30 mph wind's today and live on the east end of Tennessee.

I heard on the news this morning that some place they were having 2-3 inches of rain and hour . WOW!!!

 

[txgal]

I live outside of Houston, and thankfully we only had some limbs down and our fence fell. I have electricity and water, but several of my relatives live in Houston and don't have electricity. The majority of my family lives in Beaumont, which also got hit hard by Ike. It may be a month before they get their electricity back on. As of right now, they don't know when they can even go home.

 

[Ms_Speedy_Elf]

Yesterday evening when we were returning back home driving down the highway ,we saw a few different power company trucks in a pack headed towards Texas .

 

[Pam Spaur]

Well, it seems that Ike is finished. Up in northern Indiana, South Bend to be exact (Notre Dame), they got TEN inches of rain on Sunday!! Here in east central Indiana, we didn't get much rain, but oh the wind!! We had gusts up to 60mph. I don't like that so much. I didn't lose power, but my daughter and her family (who live in the boonies) did. Their water pump went out, so they went to a motel Sunday night. That thrilled my grandson. (He thinks motels were invented so that he can swim in the winter time! He will be six next month.)

I see pictures on t.v. of the devastation in Texas, and my heart just breaks for everyone in the path of the storm. My thoughts and prayers have been with them. Ike was a HUGE storm! It is so sad, so very sad.