Friday, September 12, 2008

Consuming Thoughts

With Hurricane Ike headed directly towards Houston and then turning up towards College Station - my thoughts are consumed by the devistation, storm surges, power outages this storm is going to cause.

#1 Worry - Eric - Of course linemen get great overtime with storms, but he's now on call and is expecting to work 16 hour shifts and the crew will be staying at the power plant for immediate dispatch. While Jill sits at home (maybe huddled in the corner) and tends to Izzy and Bella while she wonders how Eric's doing and he wonder's how she's doing.

#2 - April has never been in a storm like this before, small earthquakes, sure, but nothing like this. And our three granddaughters are there, innocent of what is coming their way, and Peyton does not like thunder and lightening her eyes get big and she clings to you and covers her ears.
Kevin - well he's just used to this type of thing - Isn't he?

I've talked to Jill and April, both are prepared, have food, water and batteries, gas in the car... It's only a catagory 2 - shouldn't be so bad?



1 comment:

April said...

That is one massive category 2 storm! We'll be texting to let you know how it's going.