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January 25, 2010

In the December 15, 2009 Peregrine Hurricane Ike update, the process for obtaining permits to rebuild the infrastructure for Peregrine Townhomes was discussed. In addition to the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers, we now have approval from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to install the waste water treatment facility.

With these two approvals in hand, we are finalizing the remaining governmental petitions to obtain the required building permits for the construction of the waste water treatment Facility, the public water system well, the repairs to the bulkhead barrier, the rebuild the swimming pool area and replacement of all of the driveways and landscaping.

We have completed the engineering and design of all the above mentioned projects, but our petition must still be reviewed and approved by the County Health Department, the County permitting office, the General Land Office of the State of Texas, and the Brazoria County Commissioners Court. Both the Corps of Engineers and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality had to approve the sewer design first before these other agencies would consider the request.

Once these projects are approved and permitted, the various contractors associated with construction above projects will begin work simultaneously, and we should be in position to give you an estimate of the Peregrine re-opening date.

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December 15, 2009

After 9 months of discussion the US. Army, Corps of Engineers, we received on December 10, 2009, their final approval for the new Peregrine sewer location on the property. Once this approval trickles down through the red tape of the State of Texas and Brazoria County officials (sewer design already approved by all), a permit for construction will be issued by the County. Once the permits are issued, construction of the sewer, the water well, the bulkhead surrounding the property, the buildings damaged or destroyed and the pool reconstruction will begin immediately (contracts for each already in place).

Now it is even colder - it's Freezing Here.....{BURRRRR}

More Wild Weather in Houston ~

We had snow on December 4th and the kids got out of school.    It has been a cold fall and winter (so far)  It my get down to 20 F on Saturday morning - so much for global warming ~ most winters here,  I don't use my big coat.  I have used it a lot this winter.  The cold made the holidays fun.  Happy New Year!

We have power ...

The power has been connected to our condo and now they are working on the water and sewage, that should be done by the end of the year. They are still working on the parking area - not sure what they are going to do. Soon - we will be hanging out at the beach again.

Update - 1-3-10 - We still do not know when we will have water or a sewer.  I was hoping by Spring Break, but that doesn't look good as of now.

We have Stairs now -

A lot of work has been done at the beach condo - we have stairs and the inside is being cleaned up. It seems the west side of the house got more damage inside than the parts that face the east. The bathrooms really got messed up - not sure why. Anyway here are two photos - the kitchen looks pretty bad - it is by the west side of the condo. I will post more as the works get done. I don't think we have power yet - in this photo of the stairs it is not hooked up.

Hurricane Ike Surf

I took this photo of this pier and the photo below shows the pier with Ike out in the gulf ~

Hurricane Ike Surf, originally uploaded by antsypantsy.

This is Pensacola, FL - my kids fished off this pier in Jan,09 almost 4 months after IKe. See first photo from our hotel balcony.

Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Ike, originally uploaded by bamboosage.

Here is storm surge in Alabama -

One year later...

we have stairs at our condo now and the insurance company has been inside taking photos - the electricity is being fixed and soon the water will be done =) this photo I got online - it is about the storm surge - that is what messed up our condo. Here are the boats that ended up on the causeway.

Hurricane Ike September 9 2008 NASA

Hurricane Ike September 9 2008 NASA, originally uploaded by 敏.

It has been a long hot summer {and we are not done with it yet}. I don't think it rained at all in June and it was in the 100''s a lot of the days and it hasn't rained much since...but we sure don't want another hurricane. We have our fingers crossed around here.

Update on our condo ~

Now, a lot of Work has been done -

 But - No work has been done on the Flagship.
No work to the pier (above) two guys were fishing on the San Luis Pass fishing pier - not sure  how they got up there.

Tom went up into the beach condo to check it out - said it just needed a good cleaning.
A beach house that still needs repairs but with beautiful flowers around it.
My photo of the 81st Street fishing pier with the red truck still stuck on it.
And....the island is starting to get green again - look at these flowers.
The pool above -

We went back to the beach and a lot of work has been done since we were there in March.  Just about all the cement has be moved and loads of dirt have been placed at the condos grounds.   So, it is even with the beach again.  (I just hope we don't have even a small storm that causes the water to come up high - it could wash away the new dirt.)  The road is done and it is nice and the beach access road next to our place is done.  Bright Light is open and the beaches are great.  Tom and Taylor went fishing with a guide in the Bay and he said it was nice - no big debris ( like a couch or a fridge.)  They are working on the electricity and the water system soon.  Maybe next summer we will be staying here again.

Remains of the Galveston Fishing pier

Remains of the Galveston Fishing pier, originally uploaded by J-a-x.

This was on the news because some "stupid" people stayed here during the storm and had to be rescued the next day. They are lucky they are a live.

Hurricane Ike Aftermath ~ Kitty's Purple Cow ~ 9/13/08

Hurricane Ike Aftermath ~ Kitty's Purple Cow ~ 9/13/08, originally uploaded by adamdevaney.

This restaurant is now open again at Surfside Beach

Welcome

Blue Water Highway is Open today ~

Blue Water Highway update

Flood - 4-28-09 - Houston- update

This is Lakeside Country Club in west Houston after the rain we had on 4/28/09.  I have seen a lot of houses with the carpet pulled out and piled in front of the houses.  So quite a few houses did get water inside of them around here.   What Allison and Ike didn't mess up - this big rain storm got.   You never know what will happen in Houston.     We have had the end of last summer, a tropical storm, hurricane Ike, snow, hail, and now a torrential down pour.   We hope this swine flu  mess doesn't have the kids missing school again.

Hurricane Ike - Galveston - Street Signs

Hurricane Ike - Galveston - Street Signs, originally uploaded by rhaaga.

Photograph from Flickr

Flooding In Houston -April 2009

This is what our street looked like this morning - we had a water front home.  We had a hail storm in March - I threw that photo between the two photos of our flooded street.  At least our house did not get water in it.  Some homes a couple streets from us did get flooded.

Hurricane Ike ~ photo

Hurricane Ike, originally uploaded by Coast Guard News.

Update - now they say Peregrine Condos will not be open until 2010 ~

{they say by spring break ~ we'll see}

Six Months Later....It doesn't look Good

This is a house in Surfside beach near the jetties:

The pile of cement they have cleaned up:

Our unit - the last one -see how all the grounds are washed away?
This is the {was} the road to be the beach that was by our condo.  Two houses by here are gone.
This is the only part of the grass and ground that is left. (by the pool) :
 This is by the pool:
This is a unit on the last row on the east side:
This is where the laundry building was:
Another view of our unit:
The driveway/parking lot:
I don't see how these will be open in September - it still looks awful.  The web site says they completed the cement removal- but there still is a lot of cracked cement.   I didn't see any big trucks or cranes to do more work.  I wonder what is going on?