Hurricane Ike says hello

Just a quick note to let everyone know that our power is out, and it could be several days until it is back up. Hurricane Ike came through central Ohio last night and effectively took our neighborhood's power (and much of Columbus) out with it's departure. It was mostly a lot of strong wind, and a little bit of rain. It was a little scary, as there were some huge trees that were totally uprooted and many that came crashing down into streets, yards, and onto houses. Thankfully our home and cars are fine, but we had some close calls. Our truck was parked on the street out front, and it was barely missed by a tree that fell into the street. We also lost a tree out back that thankfully fell into the yard instead of on the house. Praise God! Pray for us if you think about it, so hopefully our power comes on soon. I know many of our friends don't have power either, so it is a strange time for all of us! Some parts of Columbus were given 7 day estimates for when their neighborhoods would get help getting their power back on. I took some pictures yesterday so I will post them when our power is back up. Talk to you all soon!