Wind Storm 2008

Sunday afternoon the aftermath of hurricane Ike hit us. The winds reached peaks of 76mph here in the cincinnati area. They lasted for a little over four hours. We lost power Sunday afternoon. Michelle got her power back up Monday morning about 11:00am. Jesse got his power back Wednesday morning about 7:00am. Our company is still without power, running on backup generators. The amount of damage done was pretty amazing. 1.2 million households without power. Thousands of downed trees and powerlines. The grocery stores had many things wiped out when they finally did get power back due to the amount of food lost by everyone. Gas stations have been taped off by police due to the lack of gas and prices have risen to reflect the shortage. As amazing as the force was here we are all thankfull that everyone is safe and that we experienced nothing compared to the full force others have in the gulf.