Hurricane Ike is coming! Is it bad that I am excited? I am infatuated with weather!

Well we won't know what the storm will do until it happens. I understand this, and we are prepared for it. I am actually looking forward to seeing what happens. I know this might sound bad, but I am not meaning it to be. I am saddened that there will be so much devastation, but I also understand that what I need to do is pray.

My family is under mandatory evacuation so it is close to me. Most of them are in Austin now so my grandmother will be close to a hospital. My two youngest brothers and a few animals are coming to our house tonight. The kids are very excited their uncles are coming! 

Today I spent the day getting a few last things together and taking my camera along with me while I did. This is a little of what getting ready for a hurricane looks like...

Rodney doesn't like to be without electricity, so we waited in line for a generator at Home Depot. 

While Rodney was doing that, I took some pictures of the lines at the gas station. 

Here is another shot of the other side of the same station.

Here is westbound 290 at 2pm on a Thursday. You may not know this, but all that traffic means that something is up!

Here is my honey humoring me for a picture. He was really laughing at me because I looked like a dork. :)

This line may look bad, but oh my goodness!! I can't begin to tell you what  GREAT job Home Depot did for this storm!!! Everything was so well organized!! We spent only 1hr 18min in line and that was time for them to unload the truck, organize the generators, and I was at least 60 back in line!!

The generators were well guarded!

That is our generator there on the right. Yippee!!!

They actually let me sneak back for a quick picture! I felt very special...just like I was one of the Home Depot team!! :)

Well, I will be taking as many pictures as I can as long as things are safe. I will post again as soon as I can!