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The weather man on the news said the hurricane was causing people to see unusual colors in the sky. So I went out to see for myself.

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It didn’t take long for us to lose power. After a few wind gusts, and well before Ike even made landfall 50 miles away in Galveston, the power popped.

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Trivial Pursuit with candles and flashlights…

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The back of the storm was still blowing through around dawn.

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Later in the morning we walked around the house checking out the damage.

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Trees were down all over the place. Otherehouses in the neighborhood lost whole trees, only a few had hit houses and garages. Most were in the streets, backyards, golf course, or on drive ways.

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Driving around, we found tons of commercial signs, road signs, traffic lights, and all kinds of debris laying around.

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