Glad it was only minor damage. Trees fences and shingles are easy to fix. BTW I know that town. My dad grew up in Buna. Did the stinky paper mill survive

Pray for my brother, and many others. We're afraid that his (soon to be)retirement home is probably gone. It was in Gilchrist.

Well right after my last message here we lost power again..this time till last night at 8pm. (24 hours or so) They got it going, then the phone line was out...so no internet. They had the phone line up when I got up at 9am this morn. Trees down around here, knocking down lines, poles,...transformers knocked down...even last night we had traffic lights out all over...what a mess. They just put in stop signs and made everything a four way stop. It was a mess, and still is. I sure did a bunch of praying before, during, and after that storm. It did worse damage here, than Katrina did. (which I was amazed at that)

I lost power for 30 minutes yesterday. I thought it odd that it was out for 30 minutes (not 25 or 35) and wondered if they were doing rolling blackouts.

30 minutes is not so bad. I am gonna have to replace food that was ruined. At least we have power now. Lots of people still do not in my area. The good thing is the cold nights ...which beats sweating like the first night of this. Tonight the low is 55 or so. It was about 83 deg in the house when the power went out the first day, and I hate sleeping in that heat. I cannot tell you how happy to see the electricity come back on I was. I saw more damage out there today, while driving around some. Trees down in almost every neighborhood. This was much worse then Katrina was. (to my area anyway) I hope Meadowlark is okay and gets power back, and that all is well. It may be some time before those who live closer to the coast get power. I know the electric company is working hard to get things going again.

Brother posted today that all he has left is a slab and some oleander bushes that he's tried to get rid of for years. Guess I need to brush up on my house building skills.

Brother is someone from this forum? I don't recall that name. What forum does he hang out on in TFF? This is very sad news. Poor guy.

He's my brother. He posts occasionally on here as PREACHER. He is Hambone911's dad. He was supposed to retire around Jan 1st and move down there. We'll get him going again. The major concern is the folks who lost their primary homes and all of their belongings. We really need to pray for them.

Agreed TCF. I do remember the name Preacher. I have already been praying for people like him, I will add him to my list. Poor guy. It is good he has a brother like you, to help him out. I cannot remember which forum I read messages from, that he wrote, but I do remember his name...it is kind of hard to forget that one isn't it?

In Longview, workers faced 113 downed wires, 50 blown transformers and 82 broken poles, according to SWEPCO. In addition, repairs were necessary for 13 main lines that carry electricity from the power stations to the community. (taken from Longview's website News-Journal.com)

KLTV article said this, "For some, it could be days, maybe even weeks before their power is back". (speaking of power in East Tx)

It may be some time before we hear from Meadowlark...hope he is okay!! Anyone else unaccounted for on the forum?