We’re OK!
September 15, 2008Hello everyone! We’re alive and well! We stayed at home and rode out the storm. Wow! I’ve never heard wind so strong. Missy and I didn’t get much sleep that night. About 5 in the morning our alarm went off. It turns out our roof started leaking and dripped on one of the smoke alarms. It shorted it out and set off the alarm.
In the morning the power was out, the phone was out, cell phone service was out and we had plywood exposed on the roof and several drips upstairs.
It is amazing to see how a neighborhood reacts to something like this. Everyone one was our Saturday morning helping everyone clean up. At least a third of the trees behind our house are gone. Luckily for us they blew down away from our house.
We stuck around for a day but the heat and humidity were way too much for Missy to handle. Try being 8 months pregnant and without AC.
We loaded up and headed to Austin to stay with my uncle. We are enjoying his power and AC and the fact that we can drive and get anything to eat.
We will return when either we or any family gets power. We’ll try to update here. We’ve filed a claim but there is no telling how long it will take to get or roof and house fixed.
We’ll keep in touch!
-Scott
We got lucky and had power restored on Saturday.
So glad that y’all made it through. Seeing the video and pics coming from the area is shocking. Galveston is near and dear to my heart and seeing (what used to be) familiar areas and the shape that they’re in now is unbelievable.
Yea!!!!!!! Glad to hear that you are all okay! We’ve been thinking about you but have obviously been very distracted by the whole Galveston beach house situation in regards to my seller and my buyer. The aerial images look good and someone from their same beach made it in for Look & Leave and his pics show only first level damage! Yippee! So hopefully this won’t be a hill country baby!! When do you expect to be back in Houston?