Hurricane Harvey made landfall on August 25 near Rockport, Texas and came calling just before dawn on August 26. We tried to sleep that night, but the howling winds and blowing rain kept us awake. Dale and I sat in the living room getting updates on the storm path and wind speed, until we lost power at 2:30 am. Our cell phones then became our only means of getting information and updates. During the strongest winds.....approximately 130-135 mph we watched as our oak trees were violently whipped back and forth, tree limbs were torn off the trunk and came sailing by the windows, and a big oak gracefully fell across the driveway barely missing a water faucet. The wind continued blowing, gradually getting weaker and the rain continued for most of the day. Over 15 inches of rain fell during the storm, but we suffered no flooding. We got a chance to go outside finally and survey the damage.....it looked like a war zone, debris covered everything. Luckily the house and shop were okay, but we did have several trees down.Then it was time to get the generator hooked up so that we would could have power.....little did we know we would be without power for almost 11 days. The purr of the generator became a very comforting sound and the little window AC unit kept us cool at night. We were lucky to get a crew out here and they cleaned up the debris on our 4 acre front yard. Thank God.....we would still be raking if they hadn't come.
We had fueled stored up before the storm, but Dale did have to go in and get more! We had family come our to shower, since they had no water in town. We carried water into town for Mom and helped neighbors and family with their generators. Everyone pulled together!
Dale celebrated his birthday, one that he will never forget! My daughter baked him a cake....as she got power back before us! We were lucky, it could have been so much worse! Our lives are getting back to normal, but we will always remember when Harvey paid us a visit!
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