Hurricane Ike!!!

Yes, we know Hurricane Ike occurred several months ago. But we thought all of you might find the photos interesting. Ike made landfall on the Texas coast September 13, 2009 in the wee hours of the morning as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 110 mph.

At daylight, this is how things looked out our front door...




Luckily we had our trees trimmed a week before the hurricane. Another view out the front door...





After the winds and rain calmed down some, the neighborhood went exploring...





This is some of what we found! Two trees obstructing the road and a crushed car. The word on the street was that, after the tree had been removed, the car still drove great.

The only mishaps we experienced were loss of power and wet carpet. The wind blew so hard that it forced rain through the weep holes into our house...

Craig, ever the little boy, had great fun playing in the rain:

After Ike blew on through, we went for a drive. Trees and limbs were down everywhere. It was incredible to see what the force of the storm had left in its wake...

Dianne's brother, Duane, came to the rescue and sent his generator to Houston so that we could continue to enjoy lights, fans, and cold food.

Thanks, Duane!!!

Apparently, Hurricane Ike was the third most destructive hurricane to ever make landfall in the United States. Our family plan is to be loooooooong gooooone before any other hurricane decides to make landfall anywhere near where we might happen to be.