As all who live in this area know, on the evening of September 12th - 13, we were hit by hurricane Ike. For the week prior, Ike's landfall was predicted to be as far ranging as the Louisiana - Texas border to Brownsville, TX. so there was no way to predict where a safe area to evacuate the horses would be. We decided then to batten down the hatches, double the mooring lines (sorry, retired Coast Guard Officer coming through) and weather in place. After lashing everything down and putting the horses to pasture, the family and I went to my brother-in-laws office building in Houston to weather the storm. After the storm passed and the water in town receded enough for us to leave, we returned to asses the damage and were extremely pleased to see first off that no animals suffered any harm and for the intensity of the storm, the damage was mercifully light. Mostly downed trees, some roof damage and some fence work. We want to thank all of our dear friends and boarders that came by after the storm to help remove the trees, clean up the debris and drop off the food that kept us going. Below is a slide show taken the day after the storm. Once again for all those that came by and helped get the ranch back in operational order, a deep felt and from the heart 'Thanks partner!"Saturday, November 08, 2008
Hurricane Ike
As all who live in this area know, on the evening of September 12th - 13, we were hit by hurricane Ike. For the week prior, Ike's landfall was predicted to be as far ranging as the Louisiana - Texas border to Brownsville, TX. so there was no way to predict where a safe area to evacuate the horses would be. We decided then to batten down the hatches, double the mooring lines (sorry, retired Coast Guard Officer coming through) and weather in place. After lashing everything down and putting the horses to pasture, the family and I went to my brother-in-laws office building in Houston to weather the storm. After the storm passed and the water in town receded enough for us to leave, we returned to asses the damage and were extremely pleased to see first off that no animals suffered any harm and for the intensity of the storm, the damage was mercifully light. Mostly downed trees, some roof damage and some fence work. We want to thank all of our dear friends and boarders that came by after the storm to help remove the trees, clean up the debris and drop off the food that kept us going. Below is a slide show taken the day after the storm. Once again for all those that came by and helped get the ranch back in operational order, a deep felt and from the heart 'Thanks partner!"
