116 days ago by echoettaevan | 46 views | 3 barks

We survived Ike

Hi pals, Ike made a landfall in SE TX coastal area in early Saturday morning. It was a scary night for us. The wind howled all night and it got stronger and stronger. It sounds like some wild animal coming to get us! The trees around our house were shaking like crazy. Echo and Evan were next to mom, Echo in bed with her and Evan next to her in crate, but Etta decided to take shelter between toilet and the wall in master bathroom! We slept in the center room of the house, just in case the big tree in our backyard fall. The next morning we found some minor damages on the roof and tree branches everywhere in our yards, but we're all okay. Our immediate neighbor was not that lucky. A tornado touch-down pulled half of their roof away! Mom and dad chose this neighborhood because they like the old-fashioned houses and mature trees around, now they realize how dangerous it can be when all these old trees are up-rooted, splited to half, threw across the fence,or crashed right on the roof. Mom said it really looks like 9/11 in our city. We have no electricity, very low pressured water, and most places won't open until next Wednesday or later. Mom and dad just went to their friends to take shower and to check e-mails. Looks like we won't be able to write you guys for a while. Our entire city needs time to recover and it can be a long process. However we're thankful that there's no injury in our family We stick togehter no matter what happened!