AttyVette
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Yes, where we live just got hit by Hurricane Ike on Sept. 13 this year, (along with many other cities/towns on the Gulf Coast), Hurricane Rita hit our area as a category three storm three years ago on Sept. 24, 2005, and Hurricane Humberto hit Port Arthur last year and Tropical Storm Edouard hit our town about a month ago.....We had a mandatory evacuation in our county when Hurricane Gustav was approaching our coast and thankfully, that particular hurricane did not hit us but Ike sure did hit us only two weeks later! This is getting really old as evacuating from our home is not fun at all. 
We were able to return home last Sunday from the hotel we were staying at in Meridian, Mississippi after power was restored to our home in Pt. Arthur, Tx. The return home was bitter sweet, however, because our home was okay overall as is our 1982 Charcoal/Silver Corvette parked inside of our garage. However, we are one of the lucky ones as there as many people in Bridge City, Sabine Pass area of Port Arthur, Bolivar/Galveston, High Island, Orange, Texas, etc. who have literally lost everything they owned to Hurricane Ike's flood waters! I rejoice in our good fortune but I am saddened by other people's losses. Please, those of your so inclinded to do so, pray for everyone hurting from this devastating hurricane on the Gulf Coast.
By the way, I found your Corvette forum while searching the internet in Mississippi for information about Corvettes to occupy my mind while we were forced to live elsewhere because of the mandatory evacaution. For those of your wondering why I did not drive my Corvette out of Jefferson County when the mandatory evacuation was called for, well, it was because as I was working at my job in the Houston area when our local county officials called for the evacuation of Port Arthur. Thus, I was not allowed back into our county to get my Corvette out of our garage and drive it out of town so I had to leave it in our garage when Hurricane Ike approached the Gulf Coast.
We were able to return home last Sunday from the hotel we were staying at in Meridian, Mississippi after power was restored to our home in Pt. Arthur, Tx. The return home was bitter sweet, however, because our home was okay overall as is our 1982 Charcoal/Silver Corvette parked inside of our garage. However, we are one of the lucky ones as there as many people in Bridge City, Sabine Pass area of Port Arthur, Bolivar/Galveston, High Island, Orange, Texas, etc. who have literally lost everything they owned to Hurricane Ike's flood waters! I rejoice in our good fortune but I am saddened by other people's losses. Please, those of your so inclinded to do so, pray for everyone hurting from this devastating hurricane on the Gulf Coast.By the way, I found your Corvette forum while searching the internet in Mississippi for information about Corvettes to occupy my mind while we were forced to live elsewhere because of the mandatory evacaution. For those of your wondering why I did not drive my Corvette out of Jefferson County when the mandatory evacuation was called for, well, it was because as I was working at my job in the Houston area when our local county officials called for the evacuation of Port Arthur. Thus, I was not allowed back into our county to get my Corvette out of our garage and drive it out of town so I had to leave it in our garage when Hurricane Ike approached the Gulf Coast.
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Jane Ann
