Yes, I think Woodlands and Kingwood are still, in large part, without power. I head last night that they were up to 69% WITH power now. A friend called today and he got power about 2 pm. So they are making progress. I'm at work again and doing a fast email read on office time.

Lynn, good to have you back!!! It's good to hear you came through Ike okay. Sorry to hear about the trees--my sister's neighborhood in Katy had the same problems. Judy in Torrance

Lynn, so glad to have you back! I read on my Yahoo group that the Kingwood area is still without power and may not have it back until Oct. 5. Oh my goodness! That is soooooo long yet!

So glad to hear from you, Lynn!!!!
Jan

Lynn I'm so glad you checked in! Welcome back!

Lynn, so glad you are OK!

Anyone heard from Karen yet? I used to live in Kingwood, where Karen is from, and it sits right on Lake Houston (with waterways that connect to the Gulf) so my hubby and I are worried that things probably weren't/aren't good for Kingwood residents.

Mary Kay

Lynn
It sure was great to see you on the forum. glad to hear that not much damage for you, looks like you had quite a quilting time. looks like you have accomplished quite a bit. Hope you get your internet back soon.

Margarita in Auburn. CA

Yea,Lynn,so glad to see your smiling face.Congratulations on all your quilting accomplishments,I guess that would be the silver lining. Welcome back. Julie

Lynn, glad you are back. We were worried. Judy in AZ

Margo will probably tell you she got an email from Sue and all is well as can be expected with some damage. I'm sorry you lost some old trees. I always miss those. So glad to see you, I've been thinking about you so much and praying and hoping it was just a loss of power. Hope you get that sooner rather than later.

Well, the missing has returned! Thanks for all your concerns during IKE. I'm surprisedd I only had 57 unread TQS forum entries to read! That doesn't seem like much. You guys must have been out of commission some too! ha

I'm still not on the internet at home but am at work today so have access. Between reading work emails, doing some training on-line for work, reading all my personal emails (finally) and now TQS forum, it's alot of computer time!

We survived quite well considering the damage of so many. The eye was actually about probably 40 miles east of us when it crossed over land. So not only were we a ways away, we were on the cleaner side of it so less rain afterward. Many, many, MANY of our neighbors (close by neighbors) lost fences, trees, and the boulevards here in SugarLand are a mess. We had lots of beautiful 25-30 year old trees that were just clearly 'blown over.' Shallow root systems, I suspect. Not sure what they are but not hurricaine proof. It will never look the same, but it was all man-made to begin with, and nature will have it's way every few years along the gulf coast. Or just about anywhere else, actually. Sometimes it's floods, or tornados, or earthquakes, or typhoons, or monsoons, - this was just OUR time. Not many lives lost, but sorry to say there were some. I'm sure all haven't even been found yet. Thousands of head of cattle were lost and many even yet today wandering around without hay or fresh water down near the gulf. They are slowly herding them back and providing feed and fresh water.

As for me, without internet, I finished my BOM, got all of them preshrunk, ironed, cut out the sashing, assembled it, and worked on a couple of other quilts, one being my grandson's transportation quilt which is machine applique.

I thought of all of you often - I learned to text message and eventually even learned how to get my email on my phone - so not all was lost!

I'm sure glad to be back on this forum, tho! I missed ALL of you!

Has anyone heard from Sue Garman? I heard the quilt shop near her house was pretty good after the storm. Mine is still without power!

Lynn

Thank you Florence for the up-date.I've been worried about Lynn and was thinking of sending her an e-mail but I think 203 is quite enough! Just glad to know she's alright. Julie

I've been concerned about Karen (Wren) too. She said Ike was going to pass right over their zipcode area. According to the power co report online their power in that zipccode is predicted to come back on Monday 22nd. So hopefully it is only no power and not worse for them.
Karen

Yeah I was thinking I was going to call an uncle I haven't talk to in decades who lives in Spring TX to see if he knew anything about Lynn's area. So glad to hear she's OK.