The first picture is a shot of our backyard before the hurricane. The other two are after Hurricane Ike hit. Now most of the tree debris is gone. The tree stumps are not, but we hope to get a stump grinder out to take care of that. Stump grinders are in abundance now and we get daily fliers, business cards and visits from various workers asking to do the job.
The only thing we really need back now is our
cable, internet and telephone service. We are pretty much back to normal. Which is a lot more than I can say for many families here in Baytown hit much harder by the hurricane. The storm surge ripped through many homes not far from our house. The houses were flooded with water and sewage making all that touched the flood waters worthless. Piles of furniture, appliances and personal belongings sit on the sides of streets as a reminder of the devastation a hurricane can do.We lost 3 trees in this storm and our house escaped with minimal damages. We were blessed.
Please keep all the others in your prayers that are having to deal with their greater losses and wondering where they will be in another month.
A lot can happen in just one month.
4 comments:
I've been checking your blog and hoped you were without internet access and not something worse! I'm so grateful you and Kim are OK. Thanks for the update!
Linda T.
Hello Linda,
Thanks for your comments. Yes, we are fine. The garage has a few holes, not big and we lost some fencing. Other than the cable being out, that's pretty much it.
I hope that your family is doing fine as well.
ML
I'm glad you and Kim's house survived! Julia's best friend lives close to you on Caldwell and an oak tree destroyed two-thirds of their house. They have moved into an apartment while it is being rebuilt. We hope to be in Baytown in Dec. I'm sure it will look very different than the way we remember it.
Seeing the pictures sure changes my perception of the damage in your yard! I see what you mean about no shade in the back yard. Yes, we are thankful you were blessed by not having any worse damage.
Loisp
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