Earlier updates here.
Although my closest relatives and friends near the Texas Gulf coast missed the worst of the devastating effects of Hurricane Ike, many communities have been decimated. Authorities are trying to get the last 350 people to evacuate Bolivar Peninsula and are talking about establishing martial law if any of those people refuse. My sister remains in Nacogdoches County with my parents, but her husband has returned to help with clean-up at his work place in Orange, Texas, and also reports many downed trees on their land in Chambers County. There are long waits in gas lines and grocery lines there, too. The Chambers County school where my sister teaches is closed for the week.
Friends of ours who live outside Huntsville, Texas, are planning a visit with relatives in New Mexico; they don't know when power will be restored to their area, and they're driving an hour away to College Station, Texas, for groceries, gas, and Internet access. But at least they will have a home to return to; other people are not so lucky.
Thursday, September 18,2008: And now the electricity has been restored to my friends' home in Huntsville. Other places near and in Houston still remain without power.
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