I never imagined when we relocated to North East Texas that I would ever live through a hurricane!  Ike’s center of circulation did pass right over us on Saturday and it was an experience.  Though we had some pretty good gusts of wind and lots of rain, we were very fortunate in that no trees fell on our property and there was no damage to our home.  We are very thankful that we were all safe and just experienced about 30 hours without power and water.