survivor nacogdoches

I heard from Stephen today and it sounds like things are crazy down in Texas. He and Stacey and her family are OK, but with no power still. He is back in Alabama and hopefully Stacey will be back online soon. Please continue to keep them in prayer! Here is an excerpt from his e-mail:

Even though the hurricane came through and it cooled things off, the temps have soared back into the low 100's and the heat index has been 105-110 in the area. Thus, people have been miserable, and cold showers have been welcome for once in our life. Not only have the temps been high, but the tempers have been raging in the area. What is not being told in the media is that the locals are having to compete with evacuees from Rita and Katrina for supplies. Moreover, far NE Texas has sent many of the evacuees back to the Nacogdoches area to re-stock and supply prior to returning home. Intermittent power outages in the city of Nacogdoches (and county) has turned driving into an adventure. Road rage and absence of reason has been the norm on the roads. Whenever ice, water or gas was present, it was grounds for all out choas. Both Stacey and I have had encounters with road rage where we almost were run over for being at the wrong place at the wrong time. We have spent two days watching Houston folks congest every road known to man trying to return and it has been amazing watching to gridlock and congestion forcing local traffic to be re-routed.

I never thought of how much I take these cool Michigan fall mornings for granted! I'm sure they would kill for 56 degrees right about now.