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...husband Ian and my father are trying to get close enough so that Michael and Shannon can walk out of the flooding. They live in an older neighborhood just outside the Loop that's about a 15 minute drive from my parent's downtown apartment. They've been gone at least an hour and haven't gotten close yet. They have to thread their way around the flooded areas, and keep getting turned around...
...grand one, with dinner and dancing under a canopy of old oak trees in Brazoria County. But the county's been evacuated, and the bride's parents have fled to Hempstead, a small town northwest of Houston. The three of us decided to ride out the storm in downtown Houston with my parents in their sixth floor apartment...
...When Ike first reached downtown Houston, we took our positions in front of the television, where we'd spent a good portion of Friday night watching Ike destroy Galveston. The blue tarps we hung over the windows appeared to be breathing, moving back and forth. We'd pull back the tarps and curtains and peek out at the storm. The streetlights were still on and we could see the trees blowing crazily. We felt relatively safe, until we heard the breaking glass...
...about 8 a.m. now and the rain is pounding us. The wind is still raging, but the water is falling down, not sideways, and the jet engine sounds are quieter and less frequent. We're nearing the end of hurricane force winds downtown...
...Family and friends from the Midwest and Australia have been emailing us. Amazingly, we still have electricity and Internet service, so I've been able to let them know we're OK. It seems downtown and the Medical Center were the only places to keep their power. We lost the cable TV a few hours ago. Just before it went, we saw the hotel we were supposed to be staying in last night for my brother's wedding. Part of the facade had been ripped off and the lobby flooded...