:(:(:( if it's any help the temps dropped to pretty cool this am - that should help at least with the 'hot' part - Do they have food and water ??

She said she cooked all the meat a few days before hand and they have a motor home with a generator to cook and they plug in the fridge every 4 hours or so..so that's good.

I am glad to see this thread this am.
Have no home computer at this time and have been keeping
you guys in my prayer's.
Glad you all got threw this terrible storm. Hope those of you
without power don't have to wait too long for it to go back on.
Look at you V, playing carpenter! Good for you. You kept your
deck intack:thumbup: I am sure it was frightening when that storm came
threw. Can't imagine nor do I want to. Let's hope this is it for
this hurricane season.

Hey V...how close are you to say...a hospital or nursing home facility? That may explain why you have power. I know here...those areas had first priority...and then the priority was the number of people they could get back up and running. When I didn't have power for 3 weeks....a friend of ours had hers back in under 24 hours. She stopped telling people this...cause it made people really :mad: . Heat makes ya grouchy ya know.

You're near downtown? My whole family is displaced right now from the storm. My grandmother is here with us in Alabama, but her apt. is in the Galleria area and we heard it did ok and the power's back up. I have family in Clear Lake and they haven't been able to make it back, but they've heard it's not good at all. I have a house on Lake Conroe and a lot of my family evacutated to there and they said we were LUCKY even that far north. We are right across from the marina and it's GONE! The boats are everywhere! Neighbors on both sides of us have trees in their houses! I don't know how we didn't get damage (our whole back is glass), but we didn't! My other grandmother is in a nursing home in Huntsville and they are running on generators, and they might have to move her to College Station.

Glad to hear you are ok! Keep us updated! Hopefully everything will get back to normal soon!

No I'm really not - I'm 15 mins from downtown who has NO power and most all of my apartment Complex has no power...There's only 300 units - mostly townhomes and they have nothing but yet my little courtyard does.

I can relate to your neigobor - I DO feel guilty - Every single person I know (except one friend) has no power ...actually most of the area hit has nothing :( There's relief areas all over town handing out food and water but it's just not enough.....there's too many :(

Champster00 My sister lives in Clear Lake - they went back yesterday to power... I know it's iffy but it may be ok....I know it depends on what PART of Clear Lake they live.

I'm glad your family was ok at Lake Conroe - I've seen the pictures and it's just unreal

and thanks Carol - I am SO glad I played Carpenter but you're right - it was the scariest night I think I've ever been thru. I kept thinking of Katrina who went thru so much worse but when you actually are hearing it - it's very VERY humbling and your thoughts just race.

Know what you have that no one else does? Leonard watching out for his girls. :)

Hi everyone! Thanks V for calling and checking on us!! We are hanging in there. Thanks everyone for their prayers!! We are fine but still have no power. My DH got a generator y'day from his office and brought it home. I now have internet! Had to get that going first thing! ;) We did turn it off last night and i am sure the n'bors appreciated that. It is super noisy but that also blocks out all the outside noises that keep the girls barking non-stop! God was good to send us this cool weather just in time. Power is coming on all around us but there was a pole down that carries our little cul de sac and a new pole will have to be planted and rewired before power is restored to us. We lost everything in the frig but we still have MRE's from my son when he came back from Iraq. Our hearts just break when we see the devestation on the TV. It was probably good that we didn't see it through the storm. The girls got so hot the first night w/o power that i gave them a cool bath and put them to bed wet. They are little troopers and haven't complained too much. ;)
Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected by Ike. My parents are at Lake Conroe and still have no power either. My BIL in Seabrook still can't get back to see if he even has a house left there. This is just unbelievable!! Thanks for all the prayers for us. :hug:

Linda, I'm glad your family is fine. All this hurricane thing is so scary. And being without power really suck. Two years ago we were without power for a week after Wilma, and it was a nightmare. SOme people were out of power for a month!
I'll be praying for you

Glad to see you back on and doing okay thru this. I hope you get things back to normal soon!! I pray your BIL's home is okay.

Oh, Linda! I'm so glad you are all okay and safe!!! Are the MRE's any good? I've never had one before. I was wondering how you were e-mailing us and posting without power! HUGS to you, your family and furbabies!!!