prayers in Houston as Hurricane Ike is coming

real soon my aunt and uncle and myself are going to Houston Texas so i can see my Grandmother and mother. in the meantime Houston, is dealing with hurricane Ike and it threatens to be as worse as Hurricane Rita which did much damage to my grandmother's home and impacted my family's way of living for a while. hopefully this time it won't be so bad. i want to send prayers to all the people of the Texas area and what have you effected by this storm and other disasters that are seemingly forthcoming. in times like these prayer and clear thinking are much needed. i talked to my family there this morning and they appear to be going elsewhere for the night and are prepared for this storm unlike the past one and really are you ever fully ready to deal with the impact of something so powerful and life changing? i believe things will get better when it is all said and done.