We’re OK. I’ll start with that, since there are probably alot of people that aren’t OK. We made it through the storm alright with some minor damage — nothing like the reports from further south near Galveston or Bolivar. Mainly, we got some roof damage, a few leaks, 3 trees down (small), and our garage ceiling will probably need replacing.

We lost power Saturday morning around 2:15am, before the worst weather hit us. Later in the morning the winds came. Not hardly any lightening. Not much thunder. It didn’t even seem like a whole lot of rain, probably because it was coming in horizontally. But we did have the winds. Strong winds.

Shingles were flying off the house left and right. It sounded as if we were being bombed from above as the roof tiles ripped up and rolled down the house. Craziness. As time went on, we noticed several leaks. At first mainly only in the garage, but then a few others around the house. I went up in the attic and found up to 13 or 14 small ones, so I packed as many buckets and pans upstairs as I could.

When things finally calmed down we could venture outside and take a look. 3 small trees down. Shingles everywhere. Bare plywood was exposed over the garage, and its ceiling was seeping a nasty brown water throughout the garage. Damage was kind of hit-and-miss on our street. Some had almost no damage. Some had lots of roof damage + leaks. Thanks to all our neighbors who went into action. They helped me climb up on the roof and place some tarps over the holes to stop leaks. Then we all went around and helped others on the street. A great sense of community, ya know?

Sunday my dad drove over from Louisiana, bringing us some ice and a generator (yay!). It took him 8 hrs to make a 3.5 hr drive because of road closures, high water, etc. Once we got the generator hooked up, the cleanup began. I’m still working on some things, but we got most of it picked up (including pushing all 3 trees back up and staking them down).

Power came back on Monday night at around 9pm. I went back to work today, but Lisa will be out all week. All in all we fared pretty well and I’m not complaining at all. Just have to wait for Allstate to see what they say about the repairs. Hopefully that will happen soon.