Ike made landfall here last night around 4:00am. The winds in our area were ridiculous. Most of the evening we had strong winds and around 12:30am, they really picked up and were said to be in the 70-100mph range. Sofia slept like a baby all night, I on the other hand was up every 10 minutes watching the trees blow in the wind, praying they wouldn't be uprooted and fly through one of the 10,000 windows in my parents house. Syd and Sofia slept through the storm and I managed to get some rest. When we awoke this morning, there was tons of debris in the streets, our yard and throughout the neighborhood but thank GOD we weather the storm better than some other Houston cities.
We were without power all day and managed to keep ourselves entertained without our usual amenities such as INTERNET, TV, A/C, oven, stove. Thanks to the hard working people at Center Pointe Energy, our electricity was restored at around 8:30pm and we are back to our 'normal' life. We hope to head downtown tomorrow to check out Cheo's condo. It's in the middle of Houston and we've heard windows have been shattered by the winds and there is heavy flooding so we are hoping his condo was spared. He's out of the country till Tuesday so we need to check out the scene for him.
Here are some fotos of our Ike adventure:
Please keep all of the areas affected by Ike in your prayers!
