Hurricane Rita: House intact

We received a phone call from Dickinson earlier this evening. Since power was back on in Dickinson they were allowed to return. At first glance everything seems OK with Lisa's parents' house. No windows have blown out and the roof is still in place and intact. Like I said, power is on and the telephone is working as well (how else would they have called us...). The only thing they don't have yet is hot water. My take on that is that the gas must have been turned off for safety reasons...

This news is a great relief to me, to Lisa, but most of all to Lisa's parents! We only had a brief conversation. They just wanted to let us know everything seems OK, but they had to go back to Lisa's sister's to get their stuff. They want to do that as soon as possible and preferably before traffic starts getting bad... So, I guess they'll be sleeping in their own bed tonight and waking up in their own house tomorrow. Once again, a great relief to all of us!