We're back online...thank God for that...and for electricity...yes, we are all spoiled rotten, but I love it...and I think if we're all honest with ourselves...we all are.
What do u say after a hurricane?? Thank God we're all alive...cry...praise God more...and cry more...then grow up a bit more, and start the work of rebuilding...but I'm so glateful it's rebuilding and not search and recovery...not for our families anyway. But our hearts break everytime we see more pictures...and as time slowly creeps by us right now, we are slowly seeing more and more news stories and pictures...so right now we seem to cry at the blink of an eye...when a dog walks by...when a tree limb moves...and ... when the wind blows...never thought I'd not like the sound of the wind blowing...but at least the winds are quiet and peaceful now...so once again...thank you God. I know one day the sounds of the wind will also quiet down and be peaceful again.
But for right now as all of us who have gone through a hurricane know...we just buckle down, pull together and keep putting one foot in front of the other one again. God has not brought us this far without a reason...and like he's done so many times in the past, he will carry us through this and help us all heal.
As far as I know at this point, Gloria Nell and Greg are fine...major tree damage like everyone else in the surrounding counties. Naomi and Mike lost some fenceline and tree damage...we had a small section of boards at the garage tear up, Michael lost a bit of his chimneystack, Susan and Paul were tree damage. Naomi's father-in-law, had 3 1/2 - 4 feet of water in his home in San Leon. Scott's mom and dad, had a large tree uproot in their backyard, but it landed on a nearby gazebo, which took the major hit...their backyard is tore up pretty bad, so you can't tell too much of the housing damage, but it's not leaking, so we don't think it tore up the roofline too badly...but there's just too much tree damage/etc in their backyard to check right now. Pop is in E. Tx. where he has power and is fine. Nicole couldn't leave the hospital, but she was ok. And Scott's brother, Terry was evacuated from SE Memorial in our area to Memorial City about 45 minutes from us. Terry is still in the hospital for right now. At this point, Mike's dad is the only one whose home is not liveable. He's been working with FEMA to get something worked out for his situation.
We have a few stores starting to open back up...no cold foods at all, just canned items, but at least they're starting to open back up. Gas is $3.89 now...back up from 3.22 in our area of town, but there are more stations opening up for gas now also.
All in all...we were very blessed, we have very minor damages...nothing like so much of Houston and the surrounding areas have had. So once again...Thank you God !
Cindy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beachadam/show/
http://www.flickr.com/gp/7231631@No8/01m339
i hope these links work, the first is from a Volunteer Surfside Fireman, the 2nd is ones Naomi took, some hours b4 the storm.
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