Ike Aftermath

Well, it's been a week or so since Ike. Life is surely different now as we are living in the "aftermath" and so many are trying to recover and rebuild. We watch the news and see how people were affected by the storm, especially Galveston. Many still do not have power, water, or food.

Here locally, League City itself fared very well considering. We look around and see the various degrees of damage. Some houses were definitely hit harder than others...some weren't even hit at all. Our neighborhood, along with many others, is filled with discarded foliage debris (including lots and lots of broken branches and even some entire trees), remnants of fallen fences, and water damaged carpet and sheetrock. Moreover, there are so many roofs lined with tarp. Papa's and Ngoai's house definitely lies somewhere in the middle.

Luckily for us, one of Papa's tennis buddies is in the construction business and yesterday, was nice enough to fit our house in his packed schedule to fix the roof. He was also kind enough to squeeze in the house of next door neighbors, Clint and Jennifer, as well. We have heard that some contractors are so booked solid that it would be at least be another month before they could come.

My parents are exhausted from all the work, but then, before they complain, we think about how it could have been worse. Instead of having to clean up the house for several days, it could easily be that they could have no house to clean up. We truly are lucky and blessed to have been spared.

Here are some pictures of the neighborhood and Drew while we took a morning walk.