Ike Update

As I am sure many of you are, we have been monitoring Ike via the news for the last couple of days. Today we spoke with a few friends who stayed behind in Houston - and it looks like everyone is safe - with some minor house/property damage. It seems like the damage, though, is hit or miss - ie one house is spared, but another one has trees knocked down / shingles blown off...Power seems to be out all across Houston, and no one is sure when it will return. So we may be staying put for a while (sorry D&R, we'll try not to get on your nerves too much :) )

If you have been watching the news, the downtown building with all the windows blown
out that they keep showing is across the street from Jones Hall - where the Houston Symphony performs. Officials are advising folks to stay put for a while, but we've had a couple of friends offer to go check on our house when people can go out and about again. Looks like the phone lines are down too - as we've been unable to reach folks via land lines.

We're in a suburb of Dallas now - and it looks like the remainder of Ike will be passing through here in the next few hours. We've had lots of rain and some wind, but nothing serious yet. Benjamin and I enjoyed running outside in the rain for a bit a few hours ago, and all three little Griffith boys are asleep now, so Mark and Dan are working on a home improvement project together. So this evacuation hasn't been so bad so far! But we are hoping to go home before too long - and get back to our lives...

We'll update you when we know more.

Hope all you Texans out there are all safe & dry! :)