Texas Gardening: Hurricane Ike Check-in List, 1 by maggidew

maggidew wrote:
Looks like Galveston is pretty much gone under, I wonder how many survivors there will be when rescue/recovery gets there?

Am sending up prayers for Nadine and her DH Paul. Also for Caren and her family in Lake Charles. Also for Carter and Fred, and Daisy.

The path was originally forecast to the west of us, now maybe east. East is better for us. Projecting there will be tropical storm strength winds here this afternoon.

I have secured everything here as best I can. Ken is back in the Metroplex, fulfilling prior family commitments. The puppies can come in the back porch if it gets bad here.

I have washed all the dishes and have 10 and 1/2 gallons of water set aside. Have 2 big pots of water on the gas stove in case I need it hot. Also have three 5-gallon buckets full for flushing. We do expect power outages around here due to downed trees that were severely damaged in the droughts of the last few years.

I have my little lifeline to the world powered with fresh batteries. One of the things I inherited when Daddy died in the 80s. A real vintage item that still works great.

I am staying on Windows Live Messenger as long as power is still on.

Adding a whole bunch of folks to the prayer list now. Karen, Phyllis, Dave, Dave, etc etc etc.