Hurricane Ike

It's about 10:36pm. Jeff spoke to his brother who lives northwest of Houston. They lost power at 9:40pm. Jeff's parents live on the southwest side of town and when he spoke to them earlier, they were doing fine. They've boarded up some of their windows. We've not yet spoken to them, they may be part of the 200,000 that have lost power. I was most worried about his sister, Jenny, who lives farther south. She's gone up to stay at her parents house, thank goodness. Unfortunately, her husband, Ryan, since he's a cop had to go on 24 hour watch so he's unable to be with them.

Jeff just got off of the phone with his parents and they are just experiencing strong winds and sprinkling. And they still have power.

It looks like the eye is going to hit Galveston in about 1.5 hours.

Our thoughts and prayers are with our family and friends and all others who are going through this insanely large hurricane!!