Another tree in a house. 

House with lots of trees on it. 

Firewood, there is plenty! 

Tree in trailer. 

This house was behind ours, I guess power lines hit it or something during the storm and it burnt. 

Wal-Mart. Only 50 people were allowed in the store at a time a week after the storm. It was open from 10am to 3pm. The town was under a curfew. 

Puncture hole from a tree. 

Yum, Waffle House kept power. We ate lunch here when we went back the week after the storm. 

U LOOT WE SHOOT 

EnGlobal, the company my husband works for. 

Gas station 

First Baptist Church of Silsbee 

Brookshires 

Downtown Silsbee 

Dairy Queen in Silsbee. 

Rebel Food Store's roof on a house next to it. 

Our local gas station, Rebel Food Store. They opened their doors and told everyone who stayed if they needed anything just come in and get it before it went bad. 

House on the other side of our circle. 

Shop in Jasper County. 

House 3 doors down. Pine tree limb in the middle of the roof. 

My house, not much damage! You can see the limb that Thomas sawed on. 

Across the corner from my house. 

My next door neighbor's house. 

Tree split this house in half. 

Rita Aftermath

We went back home the Sunday after Hurricane Rita. The drive home was slow, tiring and worrisome. The closer we got to our hometown the worse the damage was. Trees everywhere, lines down and homes gone. We had to wait in line at the gas stations for a very long time. Most were all out of gas and the ones who did had lines miles long. We finally made it to our street, we turned and both entrances to our house had trees blocking the road. We had to maneuver around them, partly driving in yards. I just knew looking at the damage to the other homes on our circle ours would echo the same. Houses were gone, trees in roofs. We rounded the curve and there my house stood. Yes, it stood as if nothing had happened. We had two limbs down. One of the limbs T sawed on before the storm and got tired, gave up and said he would let the wind take care of it. We did have minor roof damage and water got in the master bedroom. Everything else was untouched, a miracle.
We are still without power and water was just turned back on. I am STILL at my parents house. T went back to work at the first of this week. I already miss him. Hopefully by the weekend our house will have power and I can go back home to stay for awhile. I am going to add some pictures of what the storm left behind.