Sorry to hijack so many threads this late at night. We just got back to Htown after 10 days away, since IKE, didnt take a hike. Very lucky to be right in the teeth of it, with only some old(since Alicia) fence down and a few branches from the red maple in the front yard. The neighborhood looks pretty shoddy, but not like the poor folks in Crystal Beach, Galveston, Bridge City, others. My wife was at the pond in Miss., and had to prepare for Gustov; I stayed nort of town with son and family. They were fortunate, too. Then headed to Miss. where lots of mowing, bush hogging, and tree trimming awaited. The weather has been great, though. Unfortunately, when the weather gets good, the hay fever sets in. Such is life.
