We are preparing to get pounded by Hurricane Ike! It is heading straight for Galveston (about 60 miles south of us). We are definately in the hurricane zone and expected to be on the "dirty side" of the storm. We are expected to get winds in the upper 80 to 115 MPH with 5-8 inches of rain starting around 3AM Saturday morning. However, tropical storm force winds are supposed to start tomorrow afternoon.
We are prepared the best we can be. We were not mandatory evacuated and honestly we don't have anywhere to go even if we were to evacuate. I am scared to death. I am worried about the kids (it's going to be a scarey experience for us all but more so for them). We do have a generator so that will be a help (the last time a hurricane like this hit our area was 3 years ago and we hear the power was out 10 days). We are trying to mentally prepare ourselves for that possibility.
For those that want to check up on our area we live in Liberty County (just north of Houston)and www.click2houston.com is our local news sight. The map at the top of the post shows our area in case you are looking at maps on your local news stations and wanted to know where we are on the Texas map. Galveston is part of those thin little islands in green toward the bottom of the map. I probably will be without internet access for a long time so I might not be able to update for a while.
I'm asking for your prayers. As you can see we are right in the "line of fire" and they are expecting 30-60 percent of the houses in our county to have damage. We live in a brick house so that is a plus for us but it's still an uneasy feeling. Tornados are another thing our county is worried about. It's going to be an uneasy couple of days.
Joey watching cars evacuate from Galveston (we live right on the emergency evacuation route)
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I am so worried, as we all are. I'm praying hard that everyone is safe and sound after Ike, and really open for it to turn away. Update when you can as I will be anxiously waiting and watching the news.
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