Morning After
While the NOAA info (07:00 pic/stats posted to FLICKR) says it's still a 100 mph storm, we think it's over for Houston, and our home seems fine (we didn't even lose power!).
Winds are dying down, and the rain has been much less than expected (we got about 2 inches) so there won't be any flooding in the general Houston area, unless Rita stalls (like Alison did in 2000), parks, and dumps rain here for 24-36 hours.
In 1985 I had my first hurricane: Gloria, which came up the eastern seaboard, across Long Island, into and through New England, and WHAM! into our Boston neighborhood. For days afterwards you could hear chain saws, clearing roads of debris. On my first inspection of the neighborhood, Rita was kinder to Houston than Gloria was to Boston.
We're going to walk the neighborhood now. Thanks for your concern and prayers; they seem to have worked for us. I'm still praying for the people in Louisiana.
Winds are dying down, and the rain has been much less than expected (we got about 2 inches) so there won't be any flooding in the general Houston area, unless Rita stalls (like Alison did in 2000), parks, and dumps rain here for 24-36 hours.
In 1985 I had my first hurricane: Gloria, which came up the eastern seaboard, across Long Island, into and through New England, and WHAM! into our Boston neighborhood. For days afterwards you could hear chain saws, clearing roads of debris. On my first inspection of the neighborhood, Rita was kinder to Houston than Gloria was to Boston.
We're going to walk the neighborhood now. Thanks for your concern and prayers; they seem to have worked for us. I'm still praying for the people in Louisiana.
posted by Vince Polley at 7:44 AM
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