The Busy Life of a Single Mom

Ike has pretty much made it by our area of Texas.  We actually had very little rain (to my surprise).  The wind did get fierce at times, but overall it still wasn’t as bad as I would have guessed it to be.  We came to my parents’ house last night as they live in town in a sturdier house – so safer and with electricity a lot more frequently.

Electricity went out about 4 this morning and came back on between 4 or 5 this evening – so basically we went about 12 hours without electricity.  Now I’ve already made calls to the family in my neighborhood and they are still without power.

Local news is reporting that trees are down and lots of main roads are blocked.  There are actually 2 main highways out of our town that interestingly enough go north, south, east and west.   According to the local radio station this afternoon, all 4 were blocked going out of  our town by trees across the roads.  So I haven’t had a chance to even go home yet and check on things, but I plan to do so in the morning.