As we evacuated Pearland to the north side of Houston, we noticed this caravan of buses carrying residents away from Galveston Island. As you may have heard, Galveston (and the Bolivar Peninsula in particular) suffered the greatest devastation. Our complaints of power outages, food shortage, and home damage are miniscule compared to what those people faced. There are still a several hundred people missing. Many people lost all of their worldly goods. Let's all continue to pray for them that God would help them to restore, rebuild, and renew.
I spent the last year leading the team that plans the BEST Symposium for Dow. It was scheduled for the Monday right after Ike hit. Obviously, the company jet was cancelled and no commercial flights were going out of Houston. Sherrika and I opted to take a commercial flight out of Dallas (300 miles away). We left Houston on a half tank of gas and a prayer. We finally found this station in Huntsville, TX. Check out the line (and the price/gallon missing).
This next picture is characteristic of what Ike did to the inland locations - lots of roof damage, and fences down.
We lost all of our food due to the 7-day power outage. This picture was taken one week after Ike hit. I was excited about restocking the refridgerator and freezer. I pushed my empty cart into Super Wal-Mart only to find empty shelves. The only thing in the cold/frozen food section was milk and frozen pizza.
All in all, Ike had us down, but not out. Thanks again for all of your calls, text messages, and prayers. It is great to have friends and family like you!
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