Hurricane Ike was predicted to come through here with high winds. Coming from Lubbock I'm familiar with high winds. At one time Hurricane Ike was predicted to bring sustained winds of 60-70 mph and gusts of 120. That changes things a bit. Living in the RV I was concerned about how it would affect my own life, as selfish as that may be.
In preparation I pulled in the awning, since it has a tendency to catch wind and has lifted my rig off the ground before. I pulled my potted plants in closer to the trailer so they would be somewhat protected. I obtained a wooden folding table earlier this summer and folded it up, to find a large fire ant mound. I also filled the freshwater tank so I would have water if we lost water.
My largest concern was having so many diseased trees so close to my home. With the high wind I was afraid a tree would come crashing down on my home. Just before I moved to this park there was a tree that crashed into a guy's trailer. A month ago a large tree limb came crashing from a tree in the park. Fortunately there was not a rig in the site at the time.
I evacuated to some friend's house. They have a house, so they were anchored to the ground. They do not have any trees near their house. They had a freezer full of food.
Hurricane Ike, as you have likely heard, brought a great deal of destruction to the Galveston and Houston area. Many people, something like 6,000 evacuated from that region to Austin. A large portion of that region remains without electricity. Hurricane Ike did not bring to Austin the destruction many of us were expecting. The location I evacuated to had some wind, nothing serious. That night we received no rain and yet we were expecting flooding. The rain came the following night and even then it was approximately 1/2 inch.
Stay tuned for tales of what critter has been eating the garden and marigold seedlings.....
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