<p>So glad to hear you’re okay…sounds like you have some work in front of you. Thanks for checking in.</p>
<p>So sorry to hear about the damage but glad that things aren’t worse. We lived through a couple of big ones in Houston (starting with Alicia) - it’s just such a mess and hassle that sometimes you forget to be glad that all are safe.<br>
We’re still waiting to hear about a few cousins in the Baytown/Beaumont area. They had a horrible time during the Rita evacuation and decided to take their chances after that.</p>
<p>missypie - how are things there? I haven’t had a chance to check tv or computer to see if the storm has passed your way yet. Hope you are doing okay.</p>
<p>We finished the big tree and just as we stacked the last bit, a crew of guys who were going around hauling debris stopped and offered to take the mess off of our hands. They even swept the driveway. Yea for entrepreneurship! Now it’s on to roof inspections and haggling with insurance adjusters. Also need a tree guy to look at the leaning oaks and uprooted, now uprighted, Italian cypress. My first reaction is ‘what a pain this all is’…and then I think, ‘hey we are safe, uninjured and have minor property damage so get over yourself’… :)</p>
<p>(crossposted with you dragon…and you are exactly right! Hope all is well with your loved ones in Baytown/Beaumont…they definitely had a rough time of it over there. Thanks for the kind thoughts cangel, FLVA, pats and everyone!)</p>
<p>Glad to hear everyone is safe. Hope the repairs and replacement isnt too much of a headache.</p>
<p>patsmom,
Thanks to your DS for posting those pictures from Rice. What a shame to see the damage. Hope all of our CC Texas friends are doing OK considering the circumstances.</p>
<p>Idmom - don’t lose those guys’ number. Often the wind will twist the leaves so that they die, but don’t quite twist them off at first - then they will start falling in a week or so. Sometimes you’ll lose so many that the trees will actually put on new leaves, which is very stressful for the tree.</p>
<p>We are recovering from Ike here in SW Ohio–didn’t think it would be this bad. We had gusts of up to 70 mph and lost a lot of trees/leaves. Some people lost more than that.</p>
<p>Reading this thread, I learned a few things to do for next time, like pre-freezing milk & juice. Putting liquor in the freezer is a good idea, too. ;)</p>