Post #408271 by txmod on Tue, Sep 16, 2008 8:09 PM

The worst thing for me is NO POWER! We are on night 5 without electric, it finally got turned on at my Dad's in the far northwest suburbs, so I got on his computer & will camp out there some. They say it may be as long as a month before all the power is restored. The first night was horrible with the heat and humidity,(with no AC) then a cool front blew in and it has been okay since then.
Gasoline lines are long, most stores are still closed, although more open daily. There is still 1.5+ million without power in Houston.
Luckily neither of my houses had any structural damage, not even a broken window. My hood is southeast of downtown, about 10 - 15 minutes, and about 35 - 40 northwest of Galveston. IKE came right up through us and really devastated the tree canopy. All these great old moss draped trees were ripped up and toppled over. Very few fell on houses though. I have pics, but they are on my laptop. If I ever get power I will post them.

edit- I have one I can post, our last yard of the month winner.
Before Ike,

and after...

the owner sent out this picture. Like most of us in the area, he lost a lot of trees but didn't suffer any damage to the house. Unfortunately a lot of people closer to the coast were not as lucky. So I guess I shouldn't complain!

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