Dolly, Gustav and Ike

Well, we have worked all three hurricanes that have hit the US this year--WOW!!! Many miles and many friends made, looks like our year is winding down. We finally have some time to breath a little. Our claims have slowed way down and we have actually gotten to sleep in the last 2 mornings--it has felt great.
Cory came and spent 10 days with us here in Houston helping and learning. It was a great time and we enjoyed it so much. You will see some pictures that I took while he was here, one being the dangerous move to use a ladder as a bridge to get from one roof to another and the other enjoying the ocean side in Galveston. We currently have a friend from Oklahoma working in Galveston, so we took Sunday afternoon sight seeing the damages of Ike. It seemed so surreal seeing such damage and being 2 months since the storm has hit and everything still so far from being repaired. Some of the pictures makes you think that the storm just hit. Down town Galveston seemed as a ghost town, not one business is open, they are all gutted and just have studs showing. Totally amazing to see such devastation. We spent 2-3 hours just driving and looking--we still were not able to take the ferry across to Port Bolivar (where the eye of storm actually hit)--only emergency personnel allowed, after 2 months, still only emergency personnel--one would think that all emergencies would be handled by now.
As I said Cory stayed 10 days with us, he did all the hard climbing and steep roofs for Curtis. It was amazing see him just trek right up those 2 story steep roofs like nothing to it. I have witnessed Curtis hugging the ridge and both of us wondering just how he was going to get down. We have many humorous memories of these moments---not having a seat in his pants once he scooted all the way to the ladder. Today was one of the scariest moments for me, I really thought he was going to slide off the roof, he screamed for me to hold the ladder, he was coming down on his stomach. I held the ladder with all my might and his foot caught him---way to dangerous.
Today our boss confirmed this storm too is coming to a close, we have no idea how long we will be here, but we do know our work is slowing to a crawl. It is so hard to re-gear yourself when we are so used to working 12-14 hours per day, then go to working 6 hrs or so. Makes us take a look at how much time has passed since we have really be plugged in with the rest of the world, our family and our friends. I personally am ready to stay at home for a while, we just never know when and for how long but I do know it is looking like soon, no complaints from me!!! I will keep updating more often and keep posting things that we are doing--at least we are in a huge city to site see a little.
We have a couple of friends that we have met and have worked the 2 storms with, they too work as couples, one being from Lafayette, La, (Mike and Robin) and the other Harrel and Kelly from Ohio. We are planning a reunion together this weekend for all of to get together, we haven't all been together since Dolly in Harlingen, Texas, but we have stayed in close contact with one another.
We did meet Mike and Robin last Saturday evening and spent a long time visiting with them, I will take pictures and post so I can share our friends that we have met with everyone.
Until Then................................................................