After Ike

We are all doing well. I don't have pictures or video to post. I think we are just too tired and worn out to care. The house did not sustain damage. We lost numerous tree limbs and one tree in the backyard. Electricity was restored on Monday morning. We are quite fortunate for that blessing. Seems that the electric crews start West and work to the East. We don't have land line, cable, or Internet so I am posting from work.
Our generator held up well. We fought it some to keep it going. Seems the oil light doesn't work right. Once I figured out that it needed full oil all the time, I added oil with each gas fill up and it worked like a champ. We never lost water or gas. Our fridge and freezer stayed powered up so the cold food was safe. We have spent much time and energy on emergency preparedness. It is impossible to fully appreciate the preparation until you are forced to live it. We prepared over the years with blind faith as we have been instructed by our church leaders. The time came and we were kept in safety and as comfortable as one could be in the situation. Gas is still hard to find for areas. Over a million are still without power. This will be heavy on the community for some time to come. We will being to replenish the items used immediately so we will always be prepared.
Kids are still out of school. We keep teasing them that they will have to go to school over the Christmas break or miss spring break to make up the time.

Ike

We are doing our best to prepare for hurricane Ike. We have followed the recommendations of the city, county, and state and decided to not evacuate as we are not close enough to the water to suffer from the storm surge. We do expect high wind and possible damage from that. We will try to update information periodically provided that we have Internet to reach the web. We have created a couple of videos to show what we have done to the house to prepare it. Sorry, but no audio came through. I'll see if I can figure out what happened with the next post.