This is Daddy's office after Hurricane Ike. We were lucky because we didn't have any damage to our home. We were without power for 14 hours, from 3:00 AM until 5:00 PM on Saturday afternoon. The schools have been closed since Thursday afternoon. They are predicting that we will go back to school on Wednesday. The kids and I ran some errands today. The first Wal-Mart that we went to was closed, there was a generator out front because the store didn't have any power. The next Wal-Mart we went to was open, but they didn't have any perishible items because they had been destroyed during the power outage. Finally we went to a Kroger which had milk, cheese, fruit and very limited meat. During our outing we passed 9 gas stations; 5 were out of gas and 4 had lines that were so long that they had to be policed. We then began our search for McDonald's. We past 3 that were closed, we finally settled on Chik-fil-A luckily they were open and they have a playground.
