Storm Prayers...

My heart and my prayers go out to all those fellow Texans down along the coast... Galveston, Surfside, Freeport,... Surfside is where our good friends, Michele and Erik have their condo that we go down to in the summertime. It's just so sad to see all the pictures of houses and areas we have seen, or even walked past! Our wonderful beach we played on, built sand castles and drip castles -gone, underwater, for now. Even the houses waaaay up past the beach, have at least ankle-deep water underneath it. This year we saw so many new houses that went up, old ones remodeled, painted and spiffed-up since our trip last summer. It's not the prettiest beach in the world, but Surfside, with it's small-town character was quite quaint and perfect for all of us. It's most likely the condo will be hit and suffer damage- how much? I don't know. And there are so many people in those beach-front communities that have chosen to stay and weather the storm... so scary.

I had a video of Surfside, but there were questionable pictures where the video ended and froze... so I chose not to display it on my blog.
But here's the link: Surfside waiting for Ike

For all of you, all or your relatives, friends, co-workers you have down there... I pray for safety. I hope many of you/them have already left and are making your way to a safer place...

My better photographic memories of Surfside...

Two photos (flooded surfside/ike radar) at top courtesy of wfaa.com