We did not shoot JR.

John and I (and Lotus and Yasha) have safely arrived in Dallas at Ron and Jeannie's refugee location. Rachael and Grant are also here and were going to head back to Baton Rouge, but will have to wait to Ike passes to see what damage they get from that one too.

So here we are, the dogs are boarded nearby, and we are well prepared for a few days stay. We'll of course be watching to see what Ike does before we can predict what's going to happen with us in the next few days.

We are also in touch with most of our friends from Houston and pretty much everyone from our Clear Lake area has already left and is safely out. The traffic was very good this time and extra good for us because we left before the rest of Houston woke up to find the mandatory evac orders for Clear Lake and Galveston. For those not familiar with or location, Clear Lake, home of NASA-JSC, is located very near Galveston Bay which is why we all must go to avoide the potential storm surge and high winds that will occur nesr the water. Score one for Ike at this point making us leave.