10 pm Update

We have sort of stayed away from the news tonight ... perhaps the ostrich has the right idea keeping its head in the sand?! Anyways, the 10 pm update is in and it looks like Ike will come in at Galveston ... which puts the Townsends on the WEST side of the storm ... which puts the Townsends on the GOOD side of the storm! (Although, after typing that, it sounds like an oxymoron if ever there was one! Like there is a good side to a hurricane!) It also doesn't appear to be increasing in wind speed, so we are still holding at a category 2 ... still bad, but not a 3! Maybe the power lines will hold after all! We will be up early-ish to get last minute stuff finished ... laundry done, outside stuff in, cookies baked, movies watched ... will update again in the morning!