Texas Gardening: Hurricane Ike and my Drake Elm tree, 0 by ilovejesus99

ilovejesus99 wrote:
I sure hope it is atleast 24 yrs before another one. I remember Alicia and 24 yrs later Rita. Ike followed her by 3 yrs. And they say we women have PMS. Ike was not near as strong as Rita, But he sure did tear everything up worse then Rita did.

I live within a few miles of where he crossed And on the dirty side. Being a widow I can't for the like of me figure out why I want to stay here. My DH and I left for Rita with no where to go. I sat this out because I did not have the money for gas. But the biggest reason is
I would be a woman traveling alone with no where to go. I don't live in fear but I do know it isn't smart to be out there alone and not know where you are going or ending up. I did learn if I have to beg I will not stay through another one. I was terrified. The tops of pine trees a 38 in diameter one was twisted off not snapped off. Luckily during the night when I called my friend in Baltimore I said the wind sounded like a train and I did not realize what I said. I believe I would have panicked in the worst of it.

It was 2 weeks before I realized what I said and what I was hearing. When I told my friend he said yes he knew when I said it but wasn't going to tell me because he knew how scared I was.

I have a beam ceiling in the living room and I walked out there and could here the roof creaking. I thought it was going to come off. My neighbor has windows blow out or in I can't remember. She said you could watch it. It was like it was breathing before it blew.

I still shiver at the devastation of the power Ike had and the damage he did.

Sorry for all of our damages. This is my neighbors home. See how the tree was twister off.