Pictures, finally

Remember, we are 1 county above where Ike hit shore and we got a lot less damage than areas south of us. Max winds at 100 mph and way too much rain, but still very lucky. Oh, and no power yet. No school, no work, kids going insane.....you get the picture. 

And with that, I bring you pictures!

A house in our neighborhood about to go under water.

Gee, I wonder why we still don't have power?

Trying to stay cool and entertained any way we can.

Breathing treatments by flashlight. He is so much better today, and so is Ahren. Hooray!!

Water over the road in our neighborhood.

This is a normal drainage ditch on the left, with flood waters all around.

At the bottom of our street is a little lake that these houses sit along. The water was coming out of lake and coming dangerously close to the houses.

Trees were literally snapped and twisted in half.

This is a sign that sits on the bank of our little lake. Well, where the bank used to be.

Can you see how this tree just twisted? That trunk is big enough around I wouldn't have been able to stretch my arms around it.

Damage to the framing on this house was relatively minor.

Happy boy! Both boys slept through the worst of the storm and seemed more upset about no TV than the raging storm.

Huge trees just uprooted everywhere.

During the eye of the storm. Eeerie...

Playing Candy Land by flashlight. Don't ask me why Ahren has the light shining in his eyes. Little goofball! 

There is a gas station near us that had gas yesterday and people were lining up and waiting for hours to get gas. The police had it all set up in a pattern and were directing people. Thank goodness we stocked up. We did find a grocery store yesterday that had power and got some supplies. They had all the cold and frozen food locked up but we got lots of snacks and some fresh fruit and the makings of killer guacamole.