Dodged a bullet
So far it looks like Rita is going to turn out to be a non-story for us. Thank God he answered our prayers and spared us from the fury of this storm. So far no casualties reported in the entire affected area, but we have to continue to pray since there are usually a lot more casualties due to the flooding afterwards in situations like this…have to be particularly concerned about Northeast Texas where the storm is expected to stall and dump a lot of rain.
At this time I highly doubt we will be returning to Houston until sometime on Sunday. The gas situation is still a major concern, and right now I-45 is still getting pounded by rain. Hopefully the return will be much less chaotic than the exodus was. I’d certainly like to be able to make it back to Houston in under 10 hours at the most.
September 29th, 2005 at 11:17 am
Hi,
Hope everything’s ok now?
September 29th, 2005 at 12:12 pm
Yes, got back to Houston and everything was intact … except for a boiler chimney that had been bent over by the winds in my apartment building. Return journey took us only 5.5 hours - we were smart enough to avoid I-45 this time.