Hello darlin' nice to see ya
it's been a long time
you're just as lovely as you used to be
how's your new love are you happy
hope you're doin' fine
just to know it means so much to me
it's been a long time
you're just as lovely as you used to be
how's your new love are you happy
hope you're doin' fine
just to know it means so much to me
Oh boy, what a few days we have had down here. You never know you miss something until you don't have it. I miss electricity, the internet, TV, refrigerated food, water, a place to wash clothing, cellular phone service, the corner gas station that is open all night long. But I get ahead of myself, I bet you are wondering what I have been doing the last couple of days.
Well, the power went out in Humble around 1 a.m. Saturday morning. The power lasted longer in Coldspring, it went out around 4:30 a.m. right as Ike was raging outside. Ike kept the rain and wind coming well into the afternoon and sometime around 9 to 10 a.m. the eye passed us to the west. Dad ended up putting the hummingbird feeders back out and we watched as a hummingbird swarm mobbed the feeders. It was pretty funny watching the struggle to get to the feeders when a large blast of wind swept by. The eye actually passed over Kim and family in Humble. We were able to get occasional text messages to and from Kim so we knew they were okay, but other that, the cell phone was not our friend. We could not get any calls into Houston. At one point I called my father's cell phone, I put the receiver up to my ear, it rang twice and went straight to voice mail. He was standing 2 feet away from me and it never rang. We also know now that people outside the area were unable to call in, but we could call out and I got a hold of Bucky and left messages with Meg (Both from FilmWise). Mom was able to talk to her sister. We ended up with very little damage, and that was only to the tall tree in the front.
I was really curious about my apartment so around 5 I headed back into Houston. There were a lot of trees down everywhere and a lot of trees laying across powerlines. Debris was cluttering the streets. A few places had high water but nothing got really deep so I continued on. I am happy to say that my apartment was undamaged. My aunt's house, where Kim and family was staying only lost part of a tree in the back yard, and my brother's house only lost a few limbs. So all in all, we were unscathed.
Now we just had to wait for power. And wait, and wait, and wait. As of right now, my parent's are the only ones with power and they got it back at 8 tonight. For those of you scoring at home that is 111 and 1/2 hours (5 and a half days). We also had to worry about food and water and you know, basic survival. The fridges in all four houses were useless so anything in them would need to be used quickly or thrown out. A lot was eventually thrown out. An HEB store near my brother and Aunt was opened using emergency generators and the lines started to form, lines at the store entrance, (they only allowed a certain amount of people in) lines to get ice, lines to pay, lines to get gas (wow). the ice and water was rationed so you got enough for one day, the next day we started over. But eventually, power began to be restored and more stores opened, and more gas stations opened. Houston is slowly getting back to his feet.
I'll tell you more tomorrow.
Now we just had to wait for power. And wait, and wait, and wait. As of right now, my parent's are the only ones with power and they got it back at 8 tonight. For those of you scoring at home that is 111 and 1/2 hours (5 and a half days). We also had to worry about food and water and you know, basic survival. The fridges in all four houses were useless so anything in them would need to be used quickly or thrown out. A lot was eventually thrown out. An HEB store near my brother and Aunt was opened using emergency generators and the lines started to form, lines at the store entrance, (they only allowed a certain amount of people in) lines to get ice, lines to pay, lines to get gas (wow). the ice and water was rationed so you got enough for one day, the next day we started over. But eventually, power began to be restored and more stores opened, and more gas stations opened. Houston is slowly getting back to his feet.
I'll tell you more tomorrow.
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