Looks like you got lucky. With the looks of the storm, it could have been far worse.

It sure is a nasty one. Hope everyone living in those areas will come through this safe. Mother Nature is powerful.

Ja Mother Nature is damn powerful, lets just hope she feels like being a bit gentler with this one, prayers to all

Glad to hear you came out ok, Zubaz. Houston got it worse than us.

The 'eye' passed over us about 3:00PM, so we had lots of east wind earlier and then west winds as it headed to the northeast. We had approx 40mph winds with 60 mph gusts and lots of rain. No damage for us but a lot of people with power out and some with trees down on their houses and vehicles.

Koasati probably got it worse than us. He got the east and southeast side of the storm with some pretty bad squalls and gusts.

Zub, Pict...........glad to hear you made it through unharmed.     

That was not fun, but other than some major tree damage, a few shingles to replace (and the roof torn off a birdhouse ), we came out fine.

But geez that was some wind. It split a forked pine tree, and one side of the tree fell into another tree. The wind kept at it, and now, the two of them are resting on a larger tree. dOH! What a mess.

We're good, no one hurt. There is no power in this area with a few exceptions, and all the kids are here, since Mimi, and Poppi have a generator for fans, fridge/freezer, and TV!    We have a grill, and camping stove for cooking, so we're doing fine.

And I have the internet working (obviously) .

i know what its like we got hit by ikes winds here at 70mph we got allot of damage here

I live in tennessee and am praying for rain. I better be glad if I don't get what you guys got. Zubaz, those pics look like you got it bad. I am glad that you and the family are ok. Same for all in Ike's path. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. 

so happy to see that all of you and your loved ones are safe and sound

Glad you guys made it through.

It's been great here to watch Texans get up off their asses and take care of business; neighbors helping neighbors.

Quite a differnece between what I saw in New Orleans.

I'm glad, happy and relieved that everyone part of the wincustomize community is safe and sound.  Tonight, I had power restored to our area after a week of no electricity.  I hope power is restored to everyone affected by the storm soon!  Other than the power outage, my family is doing well and our home did not sustain major damage.  I agree with Zubaz that it has been great to see neighbors helping neighbors and everyone coming together and working towards recovery.

Well, we were without power for about 2 days. 

Started to get worried about the food. Scenes of the plague ran thru me head.

Then the clean up. Didn't need the chain saw...coulda used the CPA.

Glad y'all came thru it OK. Houses can be fixed. People? Not always.

Doc

Just got Electricity back on after six days....Got 2 trees dropped on my house and that cost me an arm and a leg to get them cut up and off the property...thing that really ticked me off is it took an out of state contracter to get my electric back on.... had not seen a single truck from my electric company for the time my power was out(Duke Energy)...not anywhere in my neighborhood...Kids went back to school Friday,so life is back to normal for the most part.....

Well at the end of the day family and yourself are safe, thats what really matters, plus you got the chance to bitch at your power company, so everyone knows what they are like, stay safe Raven

I live in Northwest Indiana. We had rain dumped on us last Friday, Saturday & Sunday. No power outages for us, and back to beautiful weather starting last Tuesday.

It took us an hour and a half to get home from church Sunday because of flooded roadways. Besides the rain, a levy broke on the little Calumet river in the Hammond area; several homes in that area were devestated!

Our home was just fine. Our yard flooded, and we were concerned that it might get into the crawlspace, but we're fine. Our family has been praying for those in this area, and everyone affected by Ike.

The prayers and thoughts of my family are right alongside yours Mirsguy

Don't I wish....Duke Energy Had a recording for anyone who tried to call them for days after Ike ripped through here....It was an Out of State contractor(From Florida) that got our power turned back on and it was out due to a tree limb in the power lines that Duke Energy looked at and left after it caught fire...the florida guys got the limb out of the wires,went around the corner and out power was back on....one tree limb caused our outage and all that had to be done was remove a tree limb.....Had I known that was the cause I'd have knocked the limb down my self...as it was in my front yard....

Its usually the case, these big company's just don't give a damn, as long as they get the money at the end of each month, they're happy, even if you change providers its the same thing, just different faces, anyway at least tis sorted and your back on the net and your family can cook and stay warm, cheers Raven