Hurricane Ike Damage

The banana trees in our backyard did not fare well:


Next two photos are from our backyard:




As you can see, our neighbors took it MUCH harder than we did:




This is the main thoroughfare near our 'hood:




We are very lucky. It could have been so much worse.

UPDATE:

We just got a call! The neighbor says our power is back on! PRAISE SWEET JESUS!