Saturday, September 13, 2008

Ike....

My mom and great aunt are staying here until they are cleared to go home. My bro is in College Station and my dad is in Shreveport, La (our old stompin' grounds..well actually Bossier City..but still close). We had a great day here today. The weather was beautiful and sunny. My parents live in Anahuac and are waiting to here how their house made it in the winds and rain. Hopefully they were spared and the animals (donkeys and llamas) found shelter in the barns (if they are still standing). Best wishes to you and yours!

It is Tuesday and my mom left today for Houston. She has been on the road for nearly 3 hours and isn't even to Bucees yet (it is 45 miles from our house). She said that the traffic is traveling 30 miles per hour. SUCKS to be her! She has ice, groceries, gas, rakes, trash bags, gloves, masks, etc to help my dad with the clean up. Their house in Anahauc is pretty bad although still standing. The paint is peeling off of the walls, the carpet and flooring is soaking wet, the wood furniture is started to swell from the moisture in the house. The roof may collapse in one of the bedrooms. HHHHMMMMMMM so they have a lot of work ahead of them. They are going today to get the mattresses and clothes out of the house before they mold or mildew. I wish that I could help out but Madison and Kate don't need to be around that.

P.S. The animals are fine. They weathered the storm just fine. I can only imagine what they were thinking as they stood in the wind and rain!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I am so sorry to hear about the damage- but glad that everyone is OK.