Sunday, September 28, 2008

Hurricane Ike...Back in the Saddle Again!

Hello,

I'm back in the saddle again for the response to Hurricane Ike. I've been here a week and this one has been pretty busy so that's why I haven't posted yet.

I'm working in Beaumont, TX and doing Community Relations work again. The area my team is assigned to, Jefferson County, was hit very hard by the storm. In the area of the City of Beaumont that I'm working, the damage is mostly from wind. East Texas has pines...the 'piney woods'...in the neighborhoods, there are these magnificent pine trees, 80 foot tall and two feet thick. They tend to snap off at the top and skewer houses. There are also big Oak trees that are shallow-rooted and these tend to uproot and just crush what they fall on.

The scale of this disaster is MUCH more widespread than the Wisconsin floods from this summer. Most of the homes here have at least some damage. There is much more devastation here as well...debris, etc. I'll try to post some pictures soon to give you a feel for what things look like here.

It is nice to be back among Texans again...

More later...I'm off to work this beautiful Sunday morning.

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