Not Evacuating!!

Its Thursday Night and we have decided to stay put in Katy! We will ride the storm out.

The decision was taken based on two things:

– Storm changed course to move eastwards! The reason is that the High pressure area over Houston had started moving eastwards earlier than expected… and the storm is basically moving around the periphery of this High Pressure area. So instead of Galveston .. the storm eye will be in Beaumont! That means that the storm will be more towards a little east side of Houston. We are in Katy – the west most suburb of Houston… so the chances are that Rita will be felt here as a tropical storm! In fact according to one estimate the speeds will be around 40 mph… bearable. These houses are built to withstand winds upto 115 mph.

– All roads out of Houston are clogged and GAs stations have run out of gas…. people are stranded on roads with food, water, AC, or gas.. and may be moved to shelters soon lest they be victims of the storm themselves! We are better at Home!.