Reply #15: I moved from Houston to Austin a year ago.. whew.

[ananda]

I lived in a suburban city of Houston during Alicia and
went north to Spring and stayed with my aunt and uncle.
The storm didn't harm or flood my home, but it knocked
down a big tree in my front yard. Utilities were out
for two days to a week, and it was awful going a week
without air conditioning.

I evacuated during Rita, and nothing happened because
Rita turned. That was a seventeen hour driving nightmare.

I'm so glad to be in Austin now I can't tell you. We're
just hoping for some of the rain now.

I sub in schools a couple of days a week, and today I was
in a high school that is going to turn its gyms into
shelters. Tomorrow I'll be in another shelter high school.

Austin is ready to help the evacuees.

Ike is different from Alicia, and more like Carla in its
ability to send a huge tsunami-like surge over the Galveston
seawall. There will be huge and widespread flooding.

Blessings and good luck to all!

Sue