Uh-oh!!

[Marilyn]

Originally Posted by DianaB

Keep us posted on what's going on! How bad does it have to be for you to evacuate? I know that you're not directly on the coast, Marilyn so I don't know how big of a threat you have to have. Do you just wait for the announcement to evacuate?

We would probably wait for a mandatory evacuation. We weathered a direct hit from a category 1, Hurricane Claudette in 2003. We did evacuate for Hurricane Rita in 2005, but it was occolating between being a category 4 or 5 and was coming directly for us. There was a mandatory evacuation order issued, so we boarded up, packed what we could and left. It veered north however and hit near Beaumont/Port Arthur, so we ran for nothing. As a result, lots of folks are saying they won't run again.

Today, our govenor declared 14 counties in Texas disaster areas and we are one of them. Thought you might enjoy a pic of a disaster area. Attached is a photo out our back yard this afternoon. If you look closely, you can see golfers on the 14th green in the background. (The white PVC thing is our neighbor's soccer back stop. He broke it down for some reason.)

Disaster Photo.jpg

We aren't seeing much at all from this hurricane, at least not yet here. So far have had a couple of very small showers. We may get some rain tonight or tomorrow.

Our hotels are all packed with evacuees from the valley. Lots of RV's in parking lots around town. I feel for the people in the valley. There are lots of poor people, especially in northern Mexico who will suffer from this storm.

We will be fine here though ladies, so your thoughts are appreciated, very much, but save most of them for later in the season. We may be running next time.