Sunday update

The good news is, all of our family members are safe and sound.  Aunt C arrived here last night, tired, but well.  We are so blessed, as Billy’s cousin (Aunt C’s daughter) decided to ride the storm out in her house…….the house that is just a few blocks behind the Seawall.  They were lucky and the house came out with very minimal damage.

Aunt C was not so lucky.  The tidal surge came up over 3 feet into her home.  She is devastated.

Since Aunt C’s house was flooded, it is a strong possibility that both my MIL and SIL’s homes were also flooded since they are in the same area. 

While watching the film footage on TWC, Cory spotted what he believes was Nana’s (Billy’s mom) condo complex up in flames.  Billy then said that yes, he had seen some video footage that showed smoke and flames from that area. 

We know nothing about how the tidal surge affected us in our hometown.  Word is that the surge was 6′, and that it was not going down.  In fact it was 6 or so inches higher today than yesterday. 

Thank you so much for all your comments and e-mails.  I appreciate them so much, and will respond to eveyone in the next couple of days.

May I ask that you please pray for our extended family in the coming weeks.  Without electricity in Galveston for possibly weeks or longer, you can just imagine what will become of those houses that were flooded.  My heart aches for them.