Godless Mom in the Bible Belt

Thursday, September 22, 2005

The calm before the storm

I thought I'd be running around like a wild woman tonight but as it happens all is calm here on the home front. We are as ready as we are ever going to be. Food, water, radio, batteries...We've got it all.

We have five people who are staying with us, they have evacuated from an area closer to the coast. It took them over 12 hours to drive the 40 miles between their house and ours. The mass evacuation from the Houston area has been very difficult but things are starting to look much better, most of the areas near the coast are ghost towns now.

I know a few people who are being stubbornly stupid and refusing to evacuate from areas that are in danger. Hopefully they will be the exception and not the rule. As of now it looks like the eye of the hurricane will be passing east of us which puts us on the clean side and in less danger of tornados and horrible flooding. Unfortunately all of that damage will be happening in our ship channel near our refineries...Not a good thing for the price of gas over the next few months.

I'll post when I get a chance. Thank you all for your kind thoughts, I'll let you know how things go! Meanwhile, check out this article.
posted by GodlessMom, 7:48 PM

8 Comments:

Blogger Lila said:

Geez. I'll be thinking of you! I sure hope it misses you, and does as little damage as possible.
Posted at 8:24 PM  

Blogger United We Lay said:

My uncle is in Houston, he says on higher ground, and is staying to protect the house fom looters. I'm hoping you will ALL be okay. Good luck, Godless bless, and keep your head down!
Posted at 5:55 AM  

Blogger dAAve said:

You'll be fine up there as long as the bayous and creeks behave. Same here in Montrose.
See ya when the power come back.
Posted at 9:10 AM  

Blogger BarbaraFromCalifornia said:

Stay safe, GM.

All good thoughts are with you and our other bloggers in Houston.
Posted at 10:50 AM  

Blogger The Lazy Iguana said:

Calm is GOOD!!!

If you were running around that would mean you were not prepared. This is not good.

There are always people who refuse to leave. Always. They usually end up learning the hard way - if they survive. It is pointless to "protect your house from looters" when there is no house to protect.
Posted at 11:27 AM  

Blogger Fred said:

The news this morning is showing Houston in relatively good shape. Everything OK?
Posted at 7:29 AM  

Blogger Zeppellina said:

you take care, godlessmom, and let us know that you are safe and well.
We are all thinking of you.
Posted at 8:39 AM  

Blogger BarbaraFromCalifornia said:

Just checking in to see how you are doing. I am happy the hurricane is now down-graded to a tropical storm.
Posted at 1:35 PM  

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