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sarasmile2009

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Perfectly Mara's 2nd AWARDS CONTEST!

8th Jan 2009 17:50

17 years, 5 months & 22 days ago

Since Maramail is down...

8th Jan 2009 14:30

17 years, 5 months & 22 days ago

yuckko

26th Oct 2008 10:35

17 years, 8 months & 6 days ago

On Graphic Haitus

16th Sep 2008 10:01

17 years, 9 months & 15 days ago

Perfectly Mara XD

30th Jul 2008 21:17

17 years, 11 months & 1 day ago

new obsession!

28th Jul 2008 15:56

17 years, 11 months & 3 days ago

birthdays =D

8th Jul 2008 14:54

17 years, 11 months & 23 days ago

sarasmile2009 30 Comments

On Graphic Haitus

17 years, 9 months & 15 days ago

16th Sep 2008 10:01

For those of you who don't know, I live in Houston, Texas. If you aren't aware of any current events, my city was recently hit by hurricane Ike, which left the US's 4th largest city in shambles. There is so much devestation, and so many people have lost everything because of this storm. No, it wasn't the "second Katrina", and it wasn't nearly as powerful, but this city has some major rebuilding to do.

My own house was severely damaged. Yes, I still have a house. No, I can not live in it anymore. During the storm a lot of the shingles from my roof blew away, leaving my attic exposed to the elements. A ton of rain got trapped in my attic, and started coming through my celing and walls. Eventually, the weight of the water became too much and my celing began to cave in. The celing caved in 3 different rooms, including my own bedroom. Our roof was recently patched up, but it the insulation from our attic fell through and made a mess of the affected rooms. This insulation is made of fiberglass, so it's not safe to touch or breathe in large quantities. This would not be a major problem, except that my home currently has no electricity, making the cleanup almost impossible. To effectively cleanup the mess, we'll need a power supply to be able to run a shopvac.

So, unfortunately, my family doesn't have a place to stay right now. Without any power at my home, I wont have any means of getting online, even if we are eventually able to stay there. Currently, we're staying at various friend's houses, most of which have electricity luckily.

I will likely not be able to make any graphics for a month or two :[

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sarasmile2009

sorry to hear that, Elizabeth. My grandmother used to live in Florida, and I remember one year when she evacuated about 6 times.

I know that this is why we have insurance, and that we're going to get brand new stuff. It's just hard to be excited about it when the walls around you are literally collapsing.

17 years, 9 months & 15 days ago

16th Sep 2008 10:28

Awhh. =[
Ill pray for you.
I hope everything turns out okay.

I know what its like.
I live in Florida & I had the same problem a couple years ago, but now we have a brand new house that was made to withstand most hurricanes. One hurricane was even on my birthday.

But anyways, the point is that it will all eventually get better. =]

17 years, 9 months & 15 days ago

16th Sep 2008 10:23

8th Comment. Sooo Sorry.. XD

17 years, 9 months & 15 days ago

16th Sep 2008 10:22

sarasmile2009

lol, Sirius. just a hotel room would be nice at this point. There aren't any in the city, and my family can't go very far because school starts up again like next week. FEMA told us we qualified for hotel reimburcement, but we have to find a hotel room first.

17 years, 9 months & 15 days ago

16th Sep 2008 10:19

I wish i could bring a palace for you people to live in =]

17 years, 9 months & 15 days ago

16th Sep 2008 10:15

Yeah, we've been hit badly too.
We just recently got internet, but still no power. Dx

A tree fell through our master bedroom too. Dx

I hope you get better too!

17 years, 9 months & 15 days ago

16th Sep 2008 10:13

sarasmile2009

thanks guys for the concern. Some days I wake up and hope it was just a dream.

But, my family was one of the lucky ones. At least we have a house still, no matter how bad of a condition it's in. My family is all safe though, which is what's really important.

17 years, 9 months & 15 days ago

16th Sep 2008 10:11

awwww, come and stay with meh sara! :-]

Hope your house gets better soon