Texas Prepares for Ike (merged)

[BillGent]

It's 4:21 am. My Friend in Conroe just Text messaged me and asked me

"r u praying?"

That kinda freaked me out a bit.

I told her I was.

She texted back and said
"Coming prety strong for an hour. I am in hallway journalling, no power. Song in my head is God with us, sing it with me."

That got to me.

My phone rang and it was her but she didn't speak and it went dead. That REALLY got to me, but then I thought, It's a miracle anything is getting through at all.

If it's been going on an hour then they should be just about done with it. I'm hoping so anyway...

6am: She texted again.. said they just lost a huge oak tree. It uprooted and went into the street, didn't hit anything else.

On another note. A reporter for NBC was on air and kept getting blown over a small hedge. he'd struggle to get up and get blown over again.. it was pretty funny.