Nicholas, Sarah, Rolando, Gabrielle and Lucy in the Arabian Desert

Nicholas, Sarah, Rolando, Gabrielle and Lucy in the Arabian Desert

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Ike...The latest for Baytown.

For the majority of our home town, the recovery process has been quicker than expected. "Thank you, Lord!!" Power has been restored for most residents, streets have been cleaned up, and even the schools are preparing to re-open as soon as tomorrow. Their local newspaper published two great articles, speaking of the wonderful people that live there, and how they have been stepping up to help. Click on the following links to view: http://baytownsun.com/story.lasso?ewcd=1b0f430bf0509eaf and http://baytownsun.com/story.lasso?ewcd=c6fb8bb4204efd37. Knowing all this makes us feel a bit more at ease. This is one of my favorite songs; so I would now like to dedicate it to my family and friends back in Baytown who have survived Ike; as well as to those of us who truly understand what it means to survive Doha - well, it's traffic mainly! Keep on keeping on - You all are awesome!!!

Also, I received an email from our friend, regarding lessons that were learned by those that had the misfortune to go through the hurricane. "Thank you, Michelle!!" It made me laugh so hard about something that I thought I would not be able to, that I decided to share it with those of you neat enough to read our blog. Ya gotta love #16!!!

Hurricane Education: What I learned during our last hurricane . . .

1. Coffee and frozen pizzas can be made on a BBQ grill.
2. No matter how many times you flick the switch, lights don't work without electricity.
3. My car gets 23.21675 miles per gallon, EXACTLY (you can ask the people in line who helped me push it).
4. Kids can survive 4 days or longer without a video game controller in their hand.
5. Cats are even more irritating without power.
6. He who has the biggest generator wins.
7. Women can actually survive without doing their hair - you just wish they weren't around you.
8. A new method of non-lethal torture - showers without hot water.
9. There are a lot more stars in the sky than most people thought.
10. T.V. is an addiction and the withdrawal symptoms are painful.
11. A 7 lb. bag of ice will chill 6-12 oz Budweiser's to a drinkable
temperature in 11 minutes, and still keep a 14 lb. turkey frozen for 8
more hours.
12. There are a lot of dang trees around here.
13. Flood plane drawings on some mortgage documents were seriously wrong.
14. Aluminum siding, while aesthetically pleasing, is definitely not
required.
15. Crickets can increase their volume to overcome the sound of 14
generators.
16. People will get into a line that has already formed without having
any idea what the line is for.
17. When required, a Lincoln Continental will float, doesn't steer well
but floats just the same.
18. Tele-marketers function no matter what the weather is doing.
19. Cell phones work when land lines are down, but only as long as the battery remains charged.
20. 27 of your neighbors are fed from a different transformer than you, and they are quick to point that out!
21. Hampers were not made to contain such a volume.
22. If my store sold only ice, chainsaws, gas and generators... I'd be
rich.
23. Price of a can of soup rises 200% in a storm.
24. Your water front property can quickly become someone else's fishing hole.
25. Tree service companies are under appreciated.
26. I learned what happens when you make fun of another states'
blackout.
27. MATH 101: 30 days in month, minus 6 days without power equals 30% higher electric bill ?????
28. Drywall is a compound word, take away the "dry" part and it's worthless.
29. I can walk a lot farther than I thought.




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