Not sure who knows it but my in-laws and my sister and her husband live just north of Houston. They survived the worst of Hurricane Ike but are still without power. I've seen reports that the Woodlands will be without power for up to three weeks. We have a ton of friends all over the Houston area and I don't really know who got water in their homes or trees on their roofs.
Overall, the area got lucky. Ike strayed just a bit NE as hit land and that seemed to make all the difference. The worst surge hit either open water (the channel into Galveston Bay) or High Island (which has very little development on it.) Consensus among the weather gurus is that if it had the worst had hit 10-20 miles further SE, it would have been a lot worse.
I read BBS post from a guy in Houston. They were jamming to some Rolling Stones and playing Connect Four (ha, that brings back memories). The winds were beating the house really loudly and debris was flying around outside. Then the eye passed over and it got quiet and the wind died down. They were outside (this was around 2:00 am) and then someone said "Hey, do you guys hear a train?" Whoa. There were not any trains running. They could hear a tornado. They couldn't see it though. They high tailed it back inside and dove into the bathtubs. The sound subsided but another 10-15 minutes went by and they heard another one. He said it was actually less tense with the constant gale force winds during the Hurricane than it was during the quiet hearing the tornados nearby.
So keep Tom, Linda, Athena, David and everyone else down there in your thoughts if you don't mind.
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I was thinking about them. In fact, I thought about calling you yesterday to check in. Hope all is well and send them my regards!
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