The Ike Man Cometh!

West side of Houston, lost power last night really early - 8:15pm before any rain with just light winds. Was a major disappointment, after all the tree trimming Centerpoint has done past 2 yrs - guess was for nothing. Long sleepless night in the heat and the dark.

Heck of a blow - trees and limbs everywhere and most of my 250'+ of fencing is down and torn up pretty good. Was surprised when power came back at 7:45am this morning, maybe can sleep now for a little while this thing rains itself out.

All in all, nothing that can't be fixed. No damage as our house, garage, or cars are concerned. Don't think we'll be going back to work Mon though like everyone so optimistically planned before we left work Thur afternoon.

I was running a 5" B&W TV off my starter box batt for several hrs last night to stay up with what was going on with the storm. Everybody was glad we had the TV for info.