GETTING READY FOR IKE

As I have mentioned before, my daughter lives in a small town in Texas called Shiner. Population the last time I saw the sign was 2007 people. They are getting ready for the arrival of Ike, the hurricane approaching the east coast of Texas. In it's path is Houston, Victoria. Galveston, just to mention a few. My daughter is about three hours from the coast. 100 miles from Houston and 48 miles from Victoria. The decision was to be made at 10:00 am today if it was a mandatory evacuation but turned out to be voluntary. She and her neighbors have boarded their windows that face east, tied down anything that can blow away, cleared the deck of all furniture and plants, stocked up on food, water, batteries and flashlights and candles. They have evacuated the nursing homes in Victoria and have placed 300 patients into the nursing home in Shiner as well as Molten. Not only have they received the new patients but there are also regular citizens arriving to get out of harms way. My daughters husband is on a oil rig north of Houston and will be leaving there tomorrow to head home to be with his family. Being in Indiana, all I can do is wait for phone calls from there and watch the weather channel and pray. At this time all prayers are welcome.