Ike

We are at Lesli's, been here since about 9:30 this morning. We have spent the majority of the day outside. It has been nice and breezy. We have had a few major gusts of wind but nothing serious up to this point. We decided we better spend as much time as possible outside since we will all be together inside for a good long period of time.

If you are watching the news you are probably seeing Galveston getting hammered. Please know that at this time we are not seeing anything like they are. We are not expected to get the storm surge that Galveston is getting. We also found out that Lesli's house is actually the highest point in Friendswood. So I think we are good when it comes to water. Wind...we should be fine there also. They have hurricane straps to hold the roof on tight.

This morning before we left we drove down to the creek about 5 blocks from our house. This creek feeds into the lake which feeds into the bay. As you can see it was already coming over the road. Our understanding is that our house is much higher than the creek. Here's hopin'!!

Picture of the first lost twig!! As you can see it's a doozy :)

Terry and Bella

As you can see we are just relaxing for now. So hopefully for now this has made some of you feel a little bit better about us sticking around.

Here is a video of the wind!