First Gustav, now Ike!

We have had a very busy couple of weeks weather wise at Ridgway Christian. Below is the projected path of Hurriane Ike as it moves its way from the Gulf of Mexico. We are just below Little Rock. 'This picture represents the last few hours. The red represents a tornado watch. We are projected to get 2-4 inches of rain and gusts of 50 mph. Here is a picture of Hurricane Ike as it made its way to landfall. My son Daniel (and a graduate of Three Rivers Christian-Cornerstone Campus-2005!) had to hole up in the cafeteria of his dorm with 130 other students last night while Hurricane Ike roared its way through Houston. Luckily they still have power (unlike 3 million other Houston residents) but they do not have water and do not know when they will. He described the sound of the wind and rain as 'deafening' as it came though.

Below is a picture I snapped in the front of my house today just as our tornado warning siren went off. It missed my subdivision but touched down 2 miles north of where I live.

Here are my students as the rain and wind from Tropical Storm Gustav buffet us early last week. We ended up with 6+ inches of rain in 12 hours. Which explains the pictures below.

Here are my students having class in the library. My room ended up being flooded by the sheer amount of rain we got.

Yes, this is my flooded room. Luckily, we only spent one day in the library!