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I live in Katy … Hurricane Ike did not spare us … but many of us here were not hit as hard as Houston and so many of the other local communities - I was one of the really lucky ones even out here in Katy … a few shingles blew off my roof and my son-in-law fixed it within a week after the storm … my water was off but it came back on … was it that Saturday or Sunday evening? … so that I could again be able to flush my toilet. My power went out at 3:10 AM that Saturday morning while the hurricane rolled into Katy and Houston with all it’s windy rage … my power came back on Tuesday afternoon!

Deer Park is a long way away from me - about 60 to 70 miles to the

While I was busy surviving without electricity just like the rest of Houston after Hurricane Ike went through, KRBE radio station asked a question one day that I thought about a lot and am still thinking about for being prepared for the next hurricane:

What supplies would I buy differently for next time after surviving through Hurricane Ike and knowing the reality of what may or could happen? Before Hurricane Ike, I bought my hurricane supplies thinking that