Post Ike

Well, the damage was minimal...almost amazingly so since the eye walked right up Galveston Bay. The house did suffer some minimal damage. I lost small sections of shingles on the north side of the house...in two different locations. I don't think there was any water intrusion. I did notice a water spot in the garage...but i can't recall if that had been there before or not. So, i'll be getting a new roof, i suppose. That's not that bad...i can still live in the house!!

I lost nearly all of my fence. The fence between my side neighbor and the fence between my back neighbor are nearly all gone. Well, not gone...just laying on the ground. Most of the fence on the street side is down too. Oddly enough, the neighbors on the side street have no fence damage at all.

Here are a few photos of the area...



I'm guessing there were some tornadoes spawned out in our area. There were houses that were seemingly untouched...and then there were houses with substantial roof damage...the untouched and the damaged houses stand next to each other.

Mom & Dad came with me to inspect the damage. Those people that stayed or already had come home were outside busy with chainsaws. There is a lot of tree carnage. But it was neighbors helping neighbors...

The area around the house has been cleaned up and the protective window coverings were placed in their holding area (in hopes of never being used again). The refrigerator was cleaned out...ugh. There was some nasty funk starting to develop in there.

According to neighbors, the power is supposed to be restored in our area today. There is power on the north side and power on the south side of me...hopefully the gap is filled in today. But there was not power when we left.

The house did get aired out by a glorious north wind. My favorite time of year is nearly here...that first cool front sure made the clean up tolerable.

Despite getting some minor damage, i consider myself lucky. It could've been a lot worse...or worser.