Another hurricane, IKE

[goofywife]

My Brother, his wife's parents and grandparents are in Clear Lake. They road out the storm in my brothers house.

My Mom and two sisters are in Conroe/Montgomery.

Everyone is with out power. All have damage at there houses. I have not talked with my brother since last night. FEMA took over the cell towers.

One of my sisters works for St Lukes and is on her way into work right now. My other sister works at the hospital and stayed there through the storm.

It is amazing how unprepared they were. Maybe we are just used to having power go down here in tornado alley, but, when I told them they are saying 2-4 weeks to restore power, they are like no, it should be on within a day.

BTW if you have direct tv channel 361 is local Houston channel 11. I have been able to tell my family information like :my sister was needed at work, locations where FEMA was giving ice etc,

[Janet]

I feel for those all affect by this terrible storm. Here I am in Indiana and today we are getting the rain and wind from it. Rain coming down in sheets and you can actually see it move across the fields. We have a wind warning out for this afternoon and this evening. It sucks here right now....I can't imagine what you all went through...horrible!!!

[Shada]

I am right on the Indiana/Michigan border and it has been raining and blowing for th past two days.
I sat here earlier looking out my window watching it rain, and I was thinking how forunate I am that I don't have to worry about flooding.

My heart and prayers go out to all affected by this horrible weather.

[Marilyn]

A friend at church tonight told me that her brother had 5 feet of water in his home, and the house next door that was newer and they thought built better is in his front yard. The walls on it colapsed so the roof is on the ground with the house under it. They have no idea when they can even file an insurance claim. People around here are heading north with generators, ice and water to help out. What a mess!!

Has anyone heard from Sandy??

[Marilyn]

Here's a link to some pic's of the damage from Ike.

http://www.chron.com/news/photogalle..._Pictures.html

[donna1990]

Janet, let us know how you are doing, hope you didn't get the floods.

[Janet]

We just had rain and wind like crazy yesterday. Few limbs down..is about it. Nothing of course like Texas. It was so wild seeing it coming down in sheets across the fields. I think it was worse in northern Indiana and Chicago. Kat told me she was without power and her sun room was flooded.