The winds are stronger now 40 miles per hr. at 12:05 a.m. quite scary. The rain is not here yet. The news people say the hurricane will land in Galveston (2 hrs. away) within an hr. I'm wondering if I should go to bed... I'd hate to go to bed and wake up with a tree in my bed :rolleyes:

I would NOT be able to go to bed.. it is so bad there in galveston is so bad now.. with no power and the hurricane has not even hit yet.. how scary.. anne

I feel for you all in Texas and those poor pets and their owners. Praying for you all.

Any updates from our TX members or updates from anyone who knows anything?! Hope everyone is still safe!

i think everyone in the path has lost their power.. :eek:
it is search and rescue time.... :eek:
and the hurricane is still strong .:eek:
what a messs:eek:
flooding all over.. there are going to be lots of refugees needing shelter:animal-pa
i am in ohio and it is wet here.. :aimeeyork hope everyone is ok:aimeeyork
if anyone needs shelter in ohio :), pm me..:animal-pa

Morning, finally! The power went out at about 12:45 a.m. The winds picked up, I fell asleep until 3 a.m. there was a thump, thump noise. Got up to see what it was, the door from the sunroom to the backyard became open and the wind was just slamming the heck out of it. Fixed it shut, Jazzie felt she had to go tinkle, :rolleyes:, so off she went. Back to bed, then began the stronger winds, thumping of things on the roof, I just kept looking at our big bedroom window wondering what was coming through our window. It was difficult to sleep, I was more awake then asleep. :(
Got up this a.m. took the babies outside but the grass was covered with tree limbs, massive junk. They were a bit confused about it all. Our fences are down on the ground. There are trees broken in the front. Thank God no worse damage than that.
Right now I'm sad that I did not buy my babies raincoats, :eek: I don't know how we are going to handle the potty thing with all this water, debris. It's one of those times when pad training would of come in so handy.
We do have a generator to keep the fridge stuff cold, some light, tv, computer :confused: essentials ;)
Thanks for your prayers.

So glad that you are safe this morning! :) It really looked scary bad on the news last night.:eek::eek: Hurricanes are so scary but on the up side at least you know when they are coming and can be prepared unlike tornados! :eek:

If your 2 are anything like mine, they will think its an adventure to go outside and check out all of the "new" stuff in the yard. :rolleyes:

BTW Did anyone see Heraldo Rivera in the palm tree? What a moron~get inside fool!!!!!!!!!! :rolleyes:

CHECKING IN ! IS EVERYONE OK? My God that was a scary night. We didn't sleep - the girls were scared out of they're minds hearing the wind and stuff crashing all around is ....we lost power most of the night but by some miracle I HAVE POWER this morning - I can't believe it.

Is everyone ok ??????????????????? PLEASE CHECK IN !! My family (Where I was going to go) has no power - neither do my friends - or my brother in Sugar Land - so I'm guessing Linda of fufu has no power either

this was one MAMA of a storm. I've never spent a scarier night in my life as last night

PRAYERS WITH ALL OUT THERE !!! I hope everyones homes and family members made it thru Ike !!!!!!!!!

Ike!!!
 

I hope everyone is ok and things are starting to calm down a little there!! I have been watching it on the news and it looks like it is pretty bad and there is no power for sure!! My prayers are with ya all and I hope you are ok!!

My prayers and thoughts are with everyone that has been involved with this terrible hurricane. I hope that you guys don't experience one like that ever again.

Lol I didnt see it but believe it. Heraldo will do anything for a story

Good to see you V . I am so glad your okay and I am just waitiing for everyone else to check in. I am continuing to pray everyones okay

Morning finally is right - I'm so glad your damage wasn't worse :(....what a horrible night it was. We were alone and my girls were just as scared as I was but I kept trying to make a game of it for them....(it must have worked cause Chanel went out this morning to take a pee :D...

Cheri said NO WAY JOSE.

I want to thank my buddies for the calls - It really helped to hear those voices !

PRAYERS TO YOU ALL AND PLEASE CHECK IN !!!!!!!

Glad to see some checking in and things are not too bad. Hoping all the others in Ike's path
faired as well.

I can't imagine going thru winds like that. Wind gets up to 35 mph here and I am freaking out.

I was watching Geraldo last nite and the idiot got hit in the face with some kind of flying debris.
What an idiot.

I shouldn't laugh - I had no power so missed it but THAT is something I'd like to see - is he ok ??? Maybe they'll replay it ?? I lost all my channels but do have CNN...which is very strange.....no local programs but the basic cabel works ???

I feel very lucky. Everyone I spoke to this am BRIGHT AND EARLY has no power. Ours came on at 6:45 roughly

Yeah, he is okay. It was something small that hit him. He did keep holding his cheek and saying it hurt. But not once did he say he was going to get out of it. :rolleyes:

If you don't laugh life would be very boring. :) What really matters is that the storm is moving on and that you are all safe now.:thumbup:

I'm wondering if he decided to hang onto the palm tree before or after he got hit in the face.

He is such a fool! They asked him at one point "Heraldo, buddy do you have a plan if you get pulled out into the ocean from the surge" Herraldo says "NO!" :rolleyes: :eek:

Ike
 

Well, Paise God it did not come here. We are high and dry. Did not get anything. God Answers prayer.


I pray for Others who are in it.

May God wrap His Arms around you and Keep you safe.


Love
Cheryl/Jack/Bella/some day a biewer:animal-pa

I'm happy to see some of you in Houston checking in and hope that the one's who haven't are just out of power and nothing more serious. Where I live, in Brenham, we are on the "evacuation route" and we've pretty much been unable (or unwilling) to get out on the highways. I'm out in the country with two highways to get into town - one of them being 290. It really is incredible to go out to the highway and see cars packed for miles and miles plus what you can't see beyond the hill is cars for many, many more miles. I would hate to have to sit in that! My best friend's sister lives near Johnson Space Center and has no idea what happened to her house. She evacuated to her mom's house (here in Brenham). I sure hope they have flood insurance! My husband's uncle works in Houston at the JPMorganChase building. We heard this morning that the 75 floor building had most/all/some (??) of the windows blown out. Ouch! Imagine going back to work to that mess! We got quite a bit of rain and wind but probably the worst thing is that we're missing part of the roof from an old barn on our family property out here and our power was only out for about an hour this morning. That's nothing compared to what we're seeing on the news so we are quite lucky.

We'll be praying for all of those who had to evacuate that you'll have minimal or no damage to your house/property when you return. Be safe getting back!

How are you making out? I recently relocated back to Lake Charles, LA and know exactly what you are going through and what you are saying about the poor little pets being left behind. Hope all is well with you.

Flooded
 

Hi glad to see many of our yorkie talkers that live in the Gustav and Ike paths are hanging in there. We have flooded bigtime! These storms have affected many states. Be patient with recovery. I think God is trying to tell us something with these storms.

move to higher ground
 

mother nature sure is powerful.. living by the ocean must be very nice..
until there is a storm .... maybe choose to live outside of flood prone areas
.:). move to higher ground.. i cant even imagine...:eek:

We are going on day 4 without power, luckily the weather is cooler, phew . I still miss it, the cost of gas is going up, the lines at the gas stations are up to 2 hrs. long. I am trying not to go anywhere but we have had to stand in line to fill up the gas can for the generator which we are using part time and doing without the rest of the time :eek:. My job location has no power, no water, we have been told it could take a wk or longer to repair since the post broke to pieces. Very bad for business and paychecks.:( uuuughh