Blast (and all the other Texans in Ike's path),
Best of fortune to you, keep your head down, the myriad of flashlights handy, the shot glass half full, and be sure to laugh at the knuckleheaded newspeople on TV standing in the rain and wind, reporting the obvious.
Andy
PS. Have you taken the "before" pictures of house and property? Be sure to park the neighbor's Lexus in front of your house for the picture so you can say, "well, I guess the wind must have blown it away..."
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In a crisis one does not rise to one's level of expectations but rather falls to one's level of training.