Shingles spread ALL over the property...gutters too. The one in the background isn't ours, but you will get to see ours in a later pic! I knew I heard something scratching and banging the side of our building. Apparently, it was the gutter coming loose!
One of many tress at our complex.
Every single tree in the courtyard behind out building was uprooted. Keep in mind, all of these trees were also newly planted and some were pine.
Another tree that did not make in through intact.
Uprooted...We are so lucky that we did not have any large trees around us. The only one close was about 15 feet infront of our bedroom window, but we were fortunate that it did not break or uproot!
This was our major problem of the night. Water was pouring into our apartment from around the windows. The office had a steady stream (not just drips) that you could hear. We really did think the window had a crack in it or that it was busted because so much water was coming from the top and the bottom. This picture is actually in the bedroom, where it was leaking from the same places, just not as severly as in the office.
Weird right? How does water come in from an inside wall and from the electical switch. We noticed this and immetiately turned the breaker off and grabbed the fire extinguisher to be safe. Can you see the paint peeling up around the plug?
This is our gutter! It is also the first thing I saw when I woke up!
Ryan and I usually park our cars in the same area that this car is parked in...this makes us so glad that we put ours in a parking garage! (Can you see that his back window is smashed out?) We are thinking that our gutter might have been the culprit.
The poor dogs. They were so confused and scared. When the storm first started, Raider was barking at every little noise. Once he got used to the storm noises, he became my shadow. Star was so scared that she actually peed! Ryan and I layed down to try to nap when we heard a train like howling. We grabbed the pillows, ran into our safe room and started putting more pillows. I reached for Star to put her in and she peed all over!! Poor girl.
That is all for now. I have some more pictures that are of Houston and then even a couple more of our apartment. Perhaps tomorrow I will give you more to look at, but right now I am exhausted, out of words and confused as to what is going to happen next. I am going to get started on my big project that is due Monday in case I do have class first. As far as the test that I am supposed to have, I will study for that once I know for sure. :) Everything is just up in the air.
1 comment:
Glad to hear you guys are ok! I think I would have been scared shitless! Little storms that come through here at night I freak out about (especially being in tornado alley)! I can't imagine a hurricane!!
Thank goodness you parked your cars in the parking garage!!
And, I love the tic-tac-toe on the window! Very original! I saw a picture on ABC13's website for "hurricane car safety". Someone had wrapped a water hose or something of the sort around their car a few times and then around a tree trunk...guess it wouldn't help much though if the tree were uprooted?!?!
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