[jestmaty]

My family and I are stuck in West Houston (Katy, Tx). I have four automobiles and I don't dare take even one of them to try to leave.

Everything closed early this afternoon.

I have relatives in Austin and Waco offering their homes to my family, but I can't even consider attempting a drive of 160 miles or more if I went to Waco.

Again, I am in extreme West Houston and expect some extensive damage to my property, but plan to get into the center of my home and wait this thing out.

My mother lives about 10 miles from me and has had her parents (in their 80's) living with her for 3 weeks. They live....rather they lived 9-10 miles ease of downtown New Orleans. Satellite pics show catastrophic water levels on their street. Can't leave....

My sister, who had a high-risk pregnancy had a baby boy yesterday (WED.)at a hospital about a stone's throw from the Astrodome. She is with my mother.... Cant leave..

This sucks!!

 

[jestmaty]

Hurricane is about 60-70 miles south of Lake Charles, La at 8pm CST.

Over here in Katy, Tx. the winds are gusting, but nothing I haven't seen before. I guess we dodged a bullet this time.

We never did leave. If you saw the chaos yesterday (Thursday) on tv, it was insane.

Unfortunately, good news for one city is always bad news for another when hurricanes change direction.

This storm is still very large and I think some seriously bad spin-off tornadoes and flooding could be in my immediate future.

Thanks for all the good wishes and support, now direct those thoughts to our neighbors to the East.

Jestmaty