Landfall

It is now 4am and Ike has made landfall. The trees outside are swaying in the breeze...they look like rubber trees with their leaves being violently shaken every which way. The rain is deafening on the roof in the lobby and the electricity has gone out too many times to count here at the hospital. Adam say that the electricity has yet to go out as of 1am at Matt and Jeanne's. Go figure. We just had a fire alarm...not really amusing after the reports of a fire in galveston and a little girl getting burned. We've had a security guard accosted by a mother trying to get into the hospital to see her son. She drove here in the midst of the hurricane only to be turned away. Note to all those out there....DO NOT try to go to the hospital in the middle of a hurricane to visit family members. You may come if you are dying because that is the only way you will get in once a hospital has been locked down. Not too much more to report. Adam called at 1 to let me know he was going to bed and there hasn't been anything major. He went out with the dog earlier and the vent from the chimney flew off and landed 10 ft. from him. Not much else. We are just waiting for the eye to cross and the other side of the storm to hit...that is going to be the whopper. At least that's what they say.