Damage

I spent the day at Marrissa and Kevin's house, still anxious over what was happening and even more so knowing Ken was in the middle of it and I couldn't reach him. Power was out and water for a time and you could not get any cell phone signals. Ken said it was like a war zone.

Here is the front of the house from across the street. We lost some gutters in the front and a little in the back.

The backyard gate.

The side yard fence attached to the gate. Notice our neighbor in the background with missing siding.
Part of the backyard fence and our orange tree. It had fallen into our neighbors yard so he pushed it back over and cut it up a bit.

Bye-bye banana trees. Don't worry. Nothing actually kills these trees. They'll be back within 2 months.
The far back corner. These were the tree that survived.

We are so blessed that this tree fell away from the house and the bit that remained was the part tangled up in the power lines. We are going to have to wait to take down the whole tree until the power company comes to untangle the branches. It is very lopsided now and dead so I hope it won't take too long. The cedar tree in the background uprooted.

A Week Before Ike.

After Ike.
Notice how all the branches and needles are permanently bent one direction. We have seen this all over the place.

Back to the front, opposite side as the gate. Ken really likes the lone standing fence. It is a bit artistic.

Close ups of roof damage from the street. The only leaks we have found was in the garage attic. The garage ceiling has little bits of the sheet rock falling. Very grateful it is not the main house.

We are going to need a new roof, but it did not leak as far as we can tell. We feel truly blessed and looked after. The damage could have been so much worse and we have friends who have experienced much worse. Our goal is to get ourselves cleaned up as soon as possible so we can be available to help others.