We made it back safely yesterday and found almost no damage. We lost one shingle from the garage, and we had branches from the trees broken off.
We have one very old shrub/tree that we have never liked and found that it had been badly broken during the storm (yea!). We spent some time cutting the limbs down yesterday and cleaning things up. It was hot, humid and the work was dirty. I was so glad we glad power and water available. to help us cool off. It could have been much worse for us and is worse for folks to the east of us in Beaumont and Port Arthur.
Since the storm passed to the east of us, the winds blew the tides out of Galveston Bay and we had relatively low water. I think our pier might have been submerged for a short time, but it's hard to tell. The trees all look much less full now. A lot of leaves are falling and have turned brown, skipping the yellow color they normally get in the fall. That is strange, and I wonder if it was due to the high winds that perhaps have damaged the leaves.
We got lucky, and it was good practice to go through an evacuation to see how it is done and learn lessons. Still in all, it was the opposite of fun.
I'm ready for fall. No more storms, please.
Posted by Bob at September 27, 2005 02:01 PM