We are fine. Our house is fine. I hope that you never have to evacuate or a hurricane hits your town. The day we left our home, I saw a side of human nature I never care to see again. People were rude, aggressive, and just overall scary. There were huge lines for anything useful, gas shortages, and erratic drivers. This was before the storm even hit.
It was a very surreal experience packing up our stuff and wondering if this is that moment. You know, when you ask yourself if you had to grab just one thing, what would it be. So I grabbed Matt's photo albums, a box of photos, our Bibles, and some of Matt's favorite things. Obviously I packed clothes and necessities.
We drove to my mom's and watched FOX news for about three days straight. I must say, Geraldo added some much needed laughter the night the hurricane rolled in. My mother in law and I were cracking up watching him. While laughing, I told her I was glad we could find humor somewhere.
After the storm, we spoke to our neighbors and learned that our neighborhood fared well. Most people, including ourselves, lost fences and had a lot of limbs in the yard but no major damage. Power is STILL out and our water pressure was low for a while. Richard went home today for the first time and said we lost a couple of gates, had some damage to our chimney, and gutters. Overall, not much considering the eye passed over us. We are very blessed and thankful.
At the moment I am in Minnesota with my mom and Matt at my brother and sister in laws. I will blog more about that later. For now, I will just say we are having a blast and am glad to be in a new location.
**I owe a huge thanks to my mom and David for housing us and our cat for a week!
THANK YOU!
4 comments:
So glad to hear from you and to hear the damage was not to bad! We have been thinking about you all! Have fun with your family!!
hi,
Was glad to hear you made it through Ike. Jeremy was worried and i do not know if he got hold of you.
We are find two Hurricanes are more then needed in Hot Springs Ark. Gustav-17inches of rain
Ike strong winds and lots of Trees down. Congrads on new job and house
Tom/Sharron Chesnutt
I'm soo glad to hear from you! good to know that all is well.
The smell is so horrible in Bridge City we are still doing work there so far Myself and a couple of other ladies have prepared around 1200 meals and delivered them to the people trying to salvage what is left Wayne is busy with cleanup and assesments on the home Worl Hope is here working and will be in Orange County 18 months, Thank God for our homes and safety
nana is coming soon Matt I have chewing gum for you love you all
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