While the journey has been arduous, we have made it through!

For those of you who didn't know, just two weeks after we moved into a brand new office and launched a virtually "new" Poetic Systems, Hurricane Ike hit Houston and our building. Wind tore off the building's roof and the next day rain did the rest. The entire building, including our office space and furniture, were ruined. We had no option but to go back to designing websites at home. For about a month, employees worked right off my kitchen table.

We were eventually blessed with an opportunity, and our good friends at Creative Switching Designs took us in. Meanwhile, we wondered for months when on earth we would ever be back in our office. Well, we finally have a date!

We have been given February 1st, 2009 as the day our building should be like new. The wait has been irritating and frustrating, but it has also been healthy. We now view the hurricane as a mixed blessing, because we have proven just that much further that we can make it through quite a hit. From mail-forwarding issues to clients thinking we were out of business to some random missing office chairs, these past few months have definitely been a test of patience.

We would like to thank our clients for putting up with us and for being supportive. We could never have made it through any of this without them.

As of this moment, we are hoping to be back in the Kirkwood Atrium by mid-February at the latest. Despite the disaster, we have been growing in knowledge and experience and hope to continue to bring you the latest in web design and search engine marketing techniques for your Houston business!