Looks like it, doesn't it?
I think it was Hurricane Ike that made landfall in September '08; my Texas Gulf Coast relatives came here to get away from it. They had been here a couple of days when early on Sunday morning the winds started roaring and uprooted a tree between my neighbor and me. It was amazingly right on the line and its roots were on that line as well, so there was no damage. However, the wind wiped out the electricity, no internet, no TV for miles around here, but cell phones worked. So my Texas relatives called home and since Ike was long gone, they already had electricity back on and with minimal damage.
They left that same evening to travel back to Texas and here in W KY we went for about a week with no electricity, nothing, all from Ike. I think my relatives were without electricity only for about 3 days.
So we had our one and only hurricane right here in western Kentucky that year. Left a big mess too, but not much rain as I remember. Just very strong winds. Ya just never know!
