September 11 - School cancelled; mandatory evacuation issued for Orange County at 6:15 a.m. Collin and Babs leave for Irving, TX; Jerry reports and stays with Storm Crew with the plant
September 12-13 - Hurricane IKE blows throw Galveston, Houston and the "dirty side" of the Hurricane is Jefferson and Orange County, TX
September 14 - Babs picks up generators in Arlington to deliver to family that stayed behind
September 15 - Collin and Babs head south with tons of other folks on I45 South. No gas available south of Centerville, TX. We head east on 190 to check out my parent's lake house on Lake Livingston. No home damage; dock and boat house damage. LOTS of pine tress down. No electrcity there. We stay with Oma and Opa in Baytown --thank goodness for cool weather and a generator :)
September 16 - Return home -- purchased groceries in Beaumont after waiting "our turn" to enter the store at HEB Plus. 8108 - HOME SWEET HOME "debris" in front yard; ELECTRICITY CABLE AND WATER ARE ON! Hooray. Jerry's outdoor kitchen lost it's roof and the pool is a mess--- absolutely no big deal! Praise God.
September 18-19 - Jerry gets to come home from Storm Duty. Couldn't be more tired. Dear friends from Bridge City stayed with us Thursday-Friday as they received several feet of water in their home. PRAY FOR BRIDGE CITY- a sister community of Orange. The surge affected the whole town! It is devastating! We live north of I10 in Orange and the flooding was south of I10. Visit www.kogt.com to see pictures.
I pray that God uses us as servants to help others in need. Our beaches are gone--the two beach houses that we loved to go to are now slabs. PRAY for strength, restoration, and perserverance during this time. I THANK GOD for our safe keeping, safe passage and the health and willingness to help others. I THANK GOD for family in the DFW area that fed us and entertained us during our evacuation.
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