I have been worrying about Lynn since the beginnings of Ike. Thank the Lord that she is okay. (I was ready to resort to calling her brother in law tomorrow if we hadn't heard from her) Ike was awful and am so glad that all of my friends are safe and the damage was not terrible for them. Too many tragedies. But God is Good, All the time , All the time God is good. Ann

Florence thank you so much! We've all been worrying about Lynn and everyone else that hasn't checked in yet!
Sherry in S MS, with the boards off the windows!

got the following email from Lynn sent last evening:

Thank God she came thru safe, can't wait to see her back on the board. Any news from Wren?
Florence

I hope you all can get your lives back to normal real soon!!!

Josephine fizzled out iin the Atlantic. Good by and good riddance!

Sherry, what ever happened to Josephine? She was right behind Ike. Have you taken down the boards yet? Judy in AZ

I'd rather deal with hurricanes that I'm forewarned about than earthquakes and tornadoes that are always a big surprize. We always have time to get the hell out of town!

We are 2o minutes from Cincy. We have electric now but our next door neighbor next door to us may not have electric till Sat. We have a community freezer!
We lost afew trees and had alot of fallen tree debre,a windshield busted. Everyone in the neighbor hood has pitched in to help each other with clean up.
I never thought a hurricane storm could reach so far. Had about 58 mile winds here,no rain just high winds. We went through hurricane Wilma on vacation in Mexico with 120 mile winds so this felt like the calming of that storm.
"Hurricanes are scarry either way" 120 or 58 mile winds. When it started out I'm like Oh No I know this all to well, Not good. I hope that all that have been effected by IKE are safe and getting things back to the norm.
I don't know how people live in these hurricane regions at all either,although I do Love the Sun/heat.
Hugzzz,Kathy

Yes, Cincinnati is still feeling the effects of Ike. I was planning on spending Sunday in my sewing room, but the power went out about 2 pm. It came back in my neighborhood yesterday afternoon, but many are still without power. The grocery store was open today, but they had no meat, no eggs, no dairy except for a bit of milk, and nothing frozen. We had a tree down at the edge of our yard, but no other damage, fortunately. I don't know how those of you who live along the coasts put up with this year after year! The beauty of the ocean must make up for it (no, the Ohio River can't compete with that!) Blessings to you all!

The last I heard from Karen (wren1010) was Fri the12th. She mentioned that they would probably lose power and it was estimated to be out for two weeks so I am hoping that is the only reason not to hear from her and Lynn too.

Karen

I have been wondering about Lynn and Karen too. Praying for them and anyone else we haven't heard from.

Saturday we had some very high winds and I was a little worried about a couple trees but no damage thankfully. I decided not to go to Saturday service feeling a little under the weather and found out a tornado touched down near the church but church had no damage either. So feeling very fortunate here. Hurricanes amaze me with their far reaching effects.

Too funny, TOMORROW is my eldest daughter's birthday! Maybe it's because we're all quilters... only I wasn't, back in 1971! Here in northwest Arkansas, all we got was 1-1/2 inches of rain and some gusty wind - maybe 40 mph. I think Ike just nicked our area before heading northeast.

Wanda, there wasn't much traffic either going toward San Antonio, or coming back south again. There were big signs along the roads, though, saying people should not try to drive to Houston or Beaumont, as there is limited fuel and it's not safe. I do hope everyone is safe. I'm always glad when another of our members checks in to let us know they're okay.

Pat in Rockport, TX, where it's a lovely cool day.