[UPDATE Monday @ 10:24am CDT]

I just spoke with the property manager for our apartment complex. Apparently, we got our water restored Sunday afternoon. Power is still not on, but there is hope that it will come on in the near future. Power has been restored a few blocks away, so we’re hoping that it will come back sometime today. That said, our intentions are to return to Houston after lunch. We will stock up on dry goods here in Round Rock and go from there.

I’m happy to say that we survived the hurricane that rolled through Houston early this morning. Sometime between 1am and 2am we lost power and water. It made for a very hot night that was interrupted every couple of hours by noise or phone calls from concerned family members.

I’m sure everybody is aware of what has gone on. Just to give you an idea what we saw, there were several downed trees in our neighborhood. Our apartment complex lost a lot of trees because they were recently planted (in the last few months) and didn’t have a chance to grow a strong root system. The 288 freeway by our house was flooded. It looked more like a river than a freeway. Lots of streets around the area had fallen trees, stop lights, etc littering the roads.

Not wanting to spend the day/night w/o power and water, we decided to pack up and head to Austin, where Diane’s brother lives. It’s very nice to have electricity again and to be able to shower. :) Here are some pics from our drive around town this morning.

Our vaulted ceiling is leaking a little bit (we had to move the furniture)

Our courtyard suffered minor damaged. A few small trees fell down.

Downed trees next to our apartment complex

Hurricane aftermath

Exxon gas station

Downed tree by house

Armada of ambulances traveling to Houston