We spent a few days after the storm in Lubbock and finished up Ryans golf tourney. (yeah he finished tied for 12th). We then started home and decided to stay in Austin because we would have gotten back into town after dark and at this point were unsure whether there would be power. Unfortunately there were few hotels that would take our cats so we headed to San Marcos for the night. Tuesday we returned home with 3 coolers filled with ice. Luckily, we didn't need it and were able to donate it all to others. We had power, water (questionable for drinking for a few days) and gas! The local stores and gas stations were up and running at minimal levels. We were thankful that Home Depot was open and had most supplies everyone seemed to need. There were stocks of plywood, cement, generators, cleaning supplies, 4x4's etc stacked out the in parking lots. Man I have never seen that place so packed!
It looks like school won't start until the Oct 6th, but many of the students won't have living accomadations. I plan to house a few friends, but I think that it is going to be tough for many. I think that many of the apts and frat houses are destroyed. I think that every building was flooded on the 1st floor. My lab, according to my boss, is fine and the freezers were all going. I'll let you know how it looks when I get the chance, as of now only residences of the island and emergency personel are allowed.
Wish everyone in the gulf coast area luck that this will be the last hurricane of the season.
One destroyed screen,
A handful of missing shingles...but not nearly as bad as many homes around us. Luckily we have not found any water damage and we home it stays that way.
One of our two trees has fallen over, but we don't know yet if we can right it. It may have to go...then the homeowners assoc. will be on our case because we don't have 2 trees in our front yard! 
Our gate blew off. One two by four was ripped off at ground level and this one chipped off where the hinge was. So we began replacing them.
My honey, the handyman...with his new tool kit, Thanks mom and dad!
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