Hurricane Ike

Thank you to all my friends and family for your concern for my family in Houston during Hurricane Ike. A little update: both my sister and parent's houses and cars were not damaged. The are all without power though and are told that will last for 4 weeks. Apparently the power station was hit hard. Downtown Houston was closed until today. My family all went into the office (they all work at the same one) and found that it had power and A/C. So they relaxed there for a little bit. My sister and her husband, and my brother and his wife are staying with my parents and 3 younger sisters for now. My parents have a gas generator and lots of food storage. Everyone was well prepared with 72 hour food kits, full tanks of gas in all cars, etc. They are still deciding whether to stay in Houston and wait out the power outage or to evacuate to Dallas or San Antonio. Most of that decision depends on whether they can work remotely and where their company wants to send them. If work is not possible they are thinking of vacationing in Georgia with family or in Arizona with me!!! I think they should just come here regardless!!

They were truly blessed with safety and rewarded for preparedness. They are already looking for ways to help clear the debris from the streets and neighboring houses. Thank you again for your prayers and well-wishes. They are doing great!