It was long, hot and ended with a terrible storm. The summer of 2008 left as Hurricane Ike rolled over us and the rest of East Texas. We lost several trees, and our power was out for about a week. That said, it could have been much worse. Ike was a nastier storm than Rita, but it wasn't the same calamity of evacuees. Most folks, except for a few idiots in Galveston, were prepared. They also did a decent job of taking care of themselves. Millie went to Houston with her family to clean up her mom's yard. Here is Jeff taking his frustration out on a fallen limb. I had my hands full dealing with the aftermath at the hospital.
Our neighbor, Fleetwood almost had a tree join her in her living room. The damage was nothing a little insurance couldn't fix. She joined us for dinner under the stars while we smoked thawed meat from our not-so-cold
freezer.
freezer. 
