Getting ready for the hurricane was a scary, but quiet experience. We did not do much except pick up everything from the yard that we thought might fly.
As the evening sun was setting we got the reddest sun we have seen in a long time. It was a sign that something magical and bigger than anything we've seen was approaching with fury and enormous steps.
As the evening sun was setting we got the reddest sun we have seen in a long time. It was a sign that something magical and bigger than anything we've seen was approaching with fury and enormous steps.
El Jueves cerraron las escuelas y nos mandaron a la casa cerca de las dos de la tarde. El dia estaba lindo,igual que el viernes, entonces fue dificl imaginar que la tormenta estaba cerca (claro que las estaciones de television no nos dejaban olvidar. Lo unico diferente fue la puesta de sol que estaba mas roja que nunca. Tambien la tele mostro todo le Viernes el agua que estaba llegando e inundando las calles de Galveston mucho antes de que llegar el huracan. 
At around 3 am the wind was pounding so hard against our bedroom window that I decided to take a mat and put it in the bathroom when Carlos caught me.El viento azotaba tan fuerte que decidi irme al bano ya que este no tiene ventanas entonces no lo escuchaba tanto, pero si sentia el viento azotando la puerta de entrada y asi yn ruido como de un silbato agudo que daba miedo!!
El dia despues de la tormenta decidimos manejar por nuestro barrio para inspeccionar que habia pasado y nos encontramos que en general nuestro barrio habia aguantado la tormenta muy bien.
This traffic light was down for several days
As we drove around we could see the damage was minimum, just some roofs were leaking and some broken fences were evident.
Estos postes de electricidad quebrados se cayeron unos pocos metros antes de pegar con la casa. Solo romp[ieron la cerca y me imagino que una semana despues aun estas personas no deben de tener luz. 
These are all fallen electric wires as the poles did fell as well.
The best part of the hurricanes is that we got to spend some time with our friends Carolyn and Ben who came over as they had no electiricty and cooked a wonderful chinese meal for us.
Lo mejor de todo esto es que nuestros amigos Ben y Carolyn vinieron a nuestra casa y nos cocinaron una rica comida China.
Ben is a great cook but I couldn't get all his secrets!
These picutres were taken in The Heights, an older neighborhood in Houston by our friend's Masoud and Alice's neighborhood. As you can see they have a lot more damage in that part and after 9 days, they still have no electiricity.
A branch fell on their car but it seems like the car is ok.
