Hurricane Ike

The Hurricane Ike update that you were all looking forward to...

Friday, Ben and I spent most of the day watching the weather channel and preparing the things around our apartment for a power outage. We played LOTS of cards, and watched the radar constantly. I slept from 10pm-1am and Ben slept 2am-3am. We were anticipating the hit of the hurricane at anytime so we just stayed up. About 3:15 am the wind had picked up and it began to rain lightly. At 4am, it was raining very hard and Ben and I went to bed knowing it was going to be hours before the storm got to us.

Saturday, we got up around 9am to very hard rain and strong wind. The entire day was spent watching the Weather Channel (a bit sad, I know), playing cards, and looking out the window. By the evening it was done raining, and the only remnants of Hurricane Ike were the small twigs scattered around. The apartment across from us was missing a few shingles after it was all said and done but minor compared to Galveston and Houston. We got 25-40mph winds and lots of rain but that is about all we got. Ben was utterly disappointed with the hurricane.

Since it was disappointing we were able to make light of the situation and have a Hurricane Ike Party. (as shown in the picture above)

We had Hurricane's to drink, Mike & IKE candy, and were listening to the Scorpions "Rock you like a Hurricane." :)

I start my new job tomorrow! Please pray that it goes well.

Much Love from the Hurricane Survivors!