Gee - we made it thru the delivery - all seemed well with life. We went from Deale, Maryland to Seabrook, TX in 17 days - around Florida - during hurricane season and saw no tropical weather - thunderstomrs for most of the trip - but no Tropical weather.... So its September now and the weather is fine - I see a Tropical disturbance called Ike out in the Atlantic and my first thought was "that thing sure is close to the Equator for this time of year - bet it gets into the Gulf." Sure enough - within two weeks we are waiting on the Hurricane called Ike to pay a visit. At first they say - it is going to South Padre Island - then Port Mansfield, then Corpus Christi, then Matagorda and then
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