Ike’s Aftermath
Well as the sun makes its downward descent on the fourth day after the eye of Ike swept through Galveston and Houston, things are far from back to normal but still considerably better than they’ve been. We did finally get power back last night, which was a relief, but that good news was tempered with the realization that our refrigerator had been fried either in losing power or regaining it. So…today we went shopping for a new one. One of the stores we tried didn’t actually have electricity but they had a veritable crowd of associates on hand to escort people around the dark cavern of a store with flashlights. Little tip: it’s mighty difficult to try and pick out a fridge with the use of only a standard flashlight. It didn’t take us long to abandon that option. We ended up buying a floor model from Best Buy and my husband just brought it home in his truck. Now he needs to corral some neighbors to try to help him move the old one out and the new one in. What I’m missing most is my cold drinks and ice.
Despite the boys’ school not looking too bad from a cursory, drive-by inspection, a recent district website update indicates it requires ‘major renovations’, and school will not be back in session till at least next Tuesday. That will be almost two weeks of missed school. Our house did pretty well, which amazes me, considering that Technicolor swirling mass we watched inching closer to the Galveston coast late Friday night (right before the power went out). A few shingles have detached themselves from our house and we’ve had a bit of water leaking in…and then the refrigerator. But it could have been so much worse. I’m very thankful. We went up to stay with my mom, and they had no damage–just a lawn littered with pinecones. Still, trees are down everywhere and power is still spotty all over the city. Lines for water and ice are long, and grocery stores and gas stations are swarmed. I haven’t even tried to deal with that yet. One day at a time.
09/17/2008 at 4:45 am
So glad to hear you made out okay. Take care and enjoy the fridge and those cold drinks
09/17/2008 at 1:40 pm
So so sooooo glad to hear you are ok
09/17/2008 at 1:55 pm
So pleased you made it through.
09/17/2008 at 2:35 pm
So glad to hear y’all made it ok.
09/17/2008 at 7:30 pm
Glad to hear you are okay – I was thinking about you! I’m still out of state but have heard the damage to my house is minimal – thinking about heading back tomorrow. We’ll see.
09/17/2008 at 9:15 pm
i feel your pain. we still don’t have power back–neighbors a couple of streets away do, but not us. frus.tra.ting.
glad to hear there was no major damage. we had the usual, downed fence and trees, etc. spent a couple days in victoria with family to get a break from the unrelenting heat and got back into town yesterday.
back at work today which is the only reason i’m online.
09/18/2008 at 5:36 pm
Thanks for the update–it’s great to know that you’re okay. It’s kind of stunning how something like this can change so much so quickly.
09/20/2008 at 2:15 am
We fared about the same here in Louisiana with Gustav, but were prepared to the hilt b/c we knew we’d be housing a lot of others. After an extra two weeks of three teens being home, yeah, we were all ready for things to return to quasi-normal. Here’s to a speedy end to the 08 hurricane season!
09/22/2008 at 4:11 pm
Glad to hear you’re fine. Cleaning up after a storm can be tiring.
We received some blustery winds last week combined with heavy rains as Ike worked its way up here.
09/22/2008 at 11:18 pm
I’m so glad that you’re okay!