Austin and the surrounding area, literally shut down, the girls were released from school, and even UT canceled their football game Saturday. Ike was predicted to hit Corpus Christi, and then move north, with the eye directly aiming for Austin. We have a lot of evacuees here in Austin, with emergency shelters etc. We helped with the Katrina evacuation. Carlos volunteered at one of the school shelters, and I volunteered at Brackenridge Hospital with evacuees needing medical attention. Well, we never even got a drop of rain. Ike hit Houston and Galveston and did some major damage to both cities, then Ike moved east. Saturday here in Austin was an absolutely beautiful day, as if there was NO hurricane. I was nice to have a quiet Saturday, since soccer had been canceled.
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Ike hit Ohio as a tropical storm, Ashland, where Nikki lives had winds in excess of 70 MPH. Lots of trees and power lines down. They still don't have any power, Hal took a generator there this morning. We were lucky, no trees down here, and never lost power.
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