IKE HAS LEFT HIS MARK ON SOUTHEAST TEXAS

No one in Southeast Texas was untouched by Ike. Thank heavens mostly by inconvenience to us. We got lights and phones today. 50 percent of Jasper is up. This is one time I was glad to be first. We lost one tree and a LOT of limbs as you can see from the pics. I could fill up several dump trucks with all that is laying in the yard. I won't lack for something to do for a while.

Galveston was not as lucky, I heard the water surge there was 22 feet. We haven't had tv, so I don't know that for sure but looking at the damage it's believable. I think it was 14 feet in Winnie. The farmers and ranchers were wiped out. There are dead cattle in the thousands, and more still stranded that might not survive. Bridge city was hit hard also. The news reported today school will not start there for a month

Would you believe with winds here at 70 miles per hour we still have luv bugs. It should have blown them to the other side of the world. Here everyone is with no electricity and having to cook outside and the luv bugs are worse than they have been in years.

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO KEPT US IN THEIR PRAYERS!!!!!

Some pics of the mess in my yard. The trees are getting really aero dynamic .

HURRICANE IKE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, we are about to be slammed by yet another hurricane. It is expected to make land fall in the early hours of the morning Saturday in Galveston. We are going to have winds in excess of 90 miles per hour and a storm surge of 14 feet. That's if it doesn't intensify and it probably will. The storm surge won't impact us here in Kirbyville but the winds surely will with the 20 oak trees surrounding our house. We are going to ride it out with friends that live close but have no trees. We probably won't have electricity for a while, I will try to let everyone know what is happening after we get the generator up and going. Keep us in your prayers.