Gustav Gone - Yikes Ike!

At Grandma Lena's Memorial Service

We are a little nervous around our house during hurricane season. The reason - our 3yr. new house flooded during Katrina and we lost just about everything except our photo albums. What a huge mess it was but I've got to say what an awesome character and faith builder it was as well. As my sister said, "You have learned many life lessons from hurricane Katrina and you learned those lessons very well. You don't need another storm!" Yes, I agree!

Katrina was supposed to be a 30 year storm - one of it's kind for several years. The first 2 years after Katrina were very quiet in the Gulf of Mexico, but this year is quite different. First a mandatory evacuation for Gustav a "3" and yikes here comes Ike just about 2 weeks later.

Gustav came at 'as good as time as any' we had to be out of town anyway for Grandma Lena's memorial service. The 7 hour drive took about 9 hours. I guess our kids aren't quite used to long car rides yet. We had to stop several times. We evacuated on Saturday one day before the mandatory evacuation took place. We left our dog at my sister Heidi's house, (her house doesn't flood and Duke likes to hang out in her garage) only to return to see a tree had fallen on the garage. Duke and his friends (Woody and Bear-Heidi and Shaw's Dogs) found their way out of the garage with a wild story to reminisce about. Tiffany and Daryl are the greatest Dog Care Takers!

We are simply watching, waiting and praying that Ike is not another Katrina.