Two of our children were in harms way when Hurricane Ike roared onto the Texas coast. One has a home in Houston that was undamaged and they never even lost electricity. The other has a home on Galveston Island near the seawall and yesterday got to go back to check it. NO damage or flooding, except for two feet of water in utility room and garage. At the farm we lost a number of trees, had fences down, and no power for three days, but nothing serious. We were blessed as a family.

We took in five families from the Port Arthur area for several days. One lost their roof and everything in the house got wet and two had five feet of flooding in their homes.