Monday, September 15, 2008

yIKEs!!! We've been through a hurricane!

Hi, everybody. Wente-McCabes are ok. Heck, we're more than ok; we're in San Antonio with Tommy and Cheryl! We rode out the very annoying storm with no issues except lost power. But sitting in the open garage, sweating and listening to AM radio, was getting boring. So we packed the dog, the laundry, the contents of the refrigerator and freezer, and a few bottles of wine, and got the flock out of town.

The traffic coming FROM the west on Sunday afternoon was stunning. Also sitting still from about 80 miles west of the city. Glad we weren't going that way. My colleagues at Exterran are reporting in little by little, but we will stay here at Tom and Cheryl's very pretty and very comfortable home for at least another day.

We haven't heard whether we have power or not yet. We would prefer to go home AFTER the electricity comes back on and at least ONE of the Starbucks's up on the corner is open. No roughing it for us.

Anyway, we are fine, without damage or even much stress. We were very lucky.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm so glad that you, Chuck,
and Casey made it through the
hurricane okay.

Thanks for the update I'll be
anxious to see the pictures
of Casey's adventure.

Cousin Kathi E.

Anonymous said...

Those of us without power in Houston are actually enjoying it. The weather is FREAKISHLY cool with no humidity. Sleeping with the windows open at night requires a blanket!