Hurricane Ike

[TubaBobH]

Just wondering if there are any fellow TubeNet members who live in SE Texas who were effected by Hurricane Ike. And if so, specifically what impact, if any, has it had on your "tuba life".

We live in Spring, TX, justy north of Houston. We lost three large trees, one shutter, and one basketball hoop. Our pool has a foot of debris on the bottom, and the water has turned pea green. It will need to be drained, but one needs power to accomplish that, and we still have no power -- and probably won't for some time. However, compared to the devastation and misery being experienced on the coast, we have nothing of real consequence to complain about at all.

Negative Impact on my tuba life:

Our Woodlands Concert Band rehearsal was cancelled last Thursday evening as we were all preparing for the Hurricane, and rehearsal has been cancelled this Thursday as we are all recovering from the Hurricane. (Plus the church where we practice has no power.) Hopefully, next Thursday we can resume rehearsals. A band rehearsal would be a nice respite from the stress and hassles of post Hurricane life.

Positive Impact on my tuba life:

With no power at the house, and therefore, no internet, no emails, no ability to perform office work on the home computer, no homework to help the kids with (there is no school this entire week), and no errands to run, I have been able to devote at least an hour, or so, a night to practicing my tuba. I take a flashlight with me upstairs, go to my study, turn on my battery operated stand light, close the door and play away. It is literally just me, my tuba, and the lighted music in front of me, all in a sea of total darkness. It is really kinda of cool. I typically try and make time to practice 30/40 minutes three times a week. So to be able to play an hour every night has been great. Although, I am sure that luxury will stop when power comes back, and things return to "normal".

Not to make light of a bad situation, and no pun intended, but I guess every dark cloud has some small silver lining.

[Craig F]

I know what you're going through. I survived Charley, Frances, and Jeanne in 2004. I was pretty fortunate as well, but lost almost all my trees, including a huge live oak.

Hang in there.

[John Caves]

I live in Tomball Tx, not too far from TubaBobH and had similar experiences (abut no green pool!). We had collapsed ceilings in two rooms due to roof leaks... it was a mess. Power came on quickly - Sunday 8am. According to the media, everyone else will be restored in a week or so.

The Houston Civic Symphony rehearsal and our churchinstrumentalist group were canceled. All in all, we came away from Ike rather unscathed compared to others.

God bless others who lost everything.

[tofu]

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