New T-shirt: I survived Ike.

This hurricane will be something for my kids to tell their children about. We did not evacuate, we rode out the storm in our house...were tough like that. We prayed alot too. It was a very scary storm, high winds, transformers popping like it was nothing, trees snapping in half, the occasional sounds of small explosions (Someones generator).

We lost electricity around 5pm on Friday before the storm hit, and didn't get it back until yesterday. I think that was the hardest part, especially the first 2 days when it was hot as hell. God then gave us cool weather, and it wasn't too bad.

Alot of our friends lost everything. Their entire homes, swept away. We were lucky, the water stopped 10 feet from our front door.





We didnt have any damage to our home. Im swearing its because we had scaramentals at our windows and doors. (I will write a whole post about that later)

We live in Orange Texas, and we are 5 minutes from Bridge City Texas..that entire city was underwater.
I was just there on Thursday, at the dentist,....a dentist I wont be going back to, because his office is gone.
You never know what God has in store for you. We didnt even think we would get the hurricane, but we sure did. We got it all, small tornado's, 110 mph winds, no electricity, undrinkable water (which its still not drinkable, because its basically ocean water)...but we were the lucky ones.
Next weekend were helping some friends of Vinces clean the 3 ft of mud out of their home. They were lucky as well. They didnt have to be rescued from their roof like most in their neighborhood did, and they had insurance...alot of people did not.

Fema blows.

They refuse to send temp. housing, so people are literally living in tents in their front yard, or at camp sites. Fema has only sent water and ice, and they are real assholes about it. Fema has not helped anyone in this area. If you do have insurance, Fema wont even talk to you, your 'application' is null and void.

The RedCross and the National Guard are the true heros. They give the MRE's (pictured here),


and they give water, ice, and cleaning supplies.


I could go on and on about this hurricane's aftermath, but until youve seen it, its hard to believe.
Ive heard on the radio so many things about Fema not distributing water and ice, and allowing it to melt because they were making 'shift change', or some shit like that. Im really waiting for some white supremacist (yes I live in the heart of those type people) to go off on someone from Fema. You guys have no idea, because alot of whats going on isnt on the news.
Were still under curfew, and still under a mandatory evacuation. They arent allowing anyone that left to come back to the city, they are being made to stay in their state affiliated shelters. If you left this city by bus, to a shelter, that bus wont bring you back until all curfews and evacuations have been lifted.
My brother is a police officer in Houston. He tells me the reason they wont allow people into the Bolivar Peninsula, is because its littered with dead bodies all over the beach...you wont hear about that in the news either.

Enough of all the depressing things...

MREs...
Thank God my kids love them, because no store is opened in my area. We have drove to Louisiana for groceries, and I did drive to Houston for groceries yesterday.
We were allowed back into the city because my husband works for Motiva, and is a first responder. Meaning, he has a hologram. If you dont have a hologram, your not coming in. (Motiva makes gasoline, which since the plants are down, gas prices are sky high...hopefully getting them back up and running will fix that)
My next post: MREs and a cooking lesson.