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| Celebrating Charlotte's 3rd birthday during our evacuation.
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Madelyn and our new dog playing in the back yard. |
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| Grandma and Charlotte.
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Beautiful rural area near Longview. |
| Returning to Houston (Tuesday, September 16) |
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| Things were a mess when we got home.
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Our house was okay but the trees looked bad. |
| Return to Beaumont (Saturday, September 20) |
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| Things were a mess at my mother's house near Beaumont, TX |
Not as bad as hurricane Rita though. |
| Damage in Clear Lake (Sunday, September 21) |
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| Boats piled up along NASA Road 1. |
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| Debris Cleanup Begins (September 26) |
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| FEMA debris pickup begins. |
Charlotte taking it all in. |
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| Boarded up windows remain on the JP Morgan Chase building. |
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| Debris Cleanup Round Two (October 17) |
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| Tree Cleanup (October 30) |
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| Tree cleanup begins in our front yard. |
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Notes:
- Our evacuation began at 10:30PM on Wednesday, September 10 as it became clear that the storm was headed for Houston. We left the night before mandatory evacuations would be ordered so that we could avoid the traffic. Our family went in two groups (one to Texarkana, AR and the other to Longview, TX).
- We arrived in Longview around 4:30AM the next morning.
- By Thursday afternoon mandatory evacuations had been ordered for the Clear Lake are due to the threat of a 20-25ft storm surge.
- Ike hit Galveston on the early morning of Saturday, September 13 as a strong Cat 2 storm. The storm was 500 miles wide when it hit.
- Storm surge affected a wide area from Surfside, TX (west of Galveston) to Lake Charles, LA.
- Galveston sustained heavy flooding along with portions of Orange and Bridge City to the east and many communities along Galveston Bay such as Kemah, Seabrook, and Nassau Bay.
- Communities along the Bolivar Peninsula were devastated.
- One day after the storm, a cold front moving through Houston triggered 10 inches of rain that flooded parts of the city.
- Over 2.2 million people were without power in Houston. Electricity was not restored to all parts of the city until October 2.
- Significant ower outages occured as far north as Ohio.
- Our power returned on September 16 followed by Comcast services a few days later.
- Our power Traffic lights were out all over town for many days leading to 2+ hour commutes to work.
- Rice University reopened on September 17.
- Lamar University reopened on September 25.
- CCISD reopened on September 29.
- Madelyn's school in Nassau Bay (St. Thomas) reopened on September 23.
See more of Ike here. |
