We are currently sitting at our friends's house south of Fort Worth, waiting (impatiently) to see what the damage is. It looks like the worst of the storm passed well to the east of the Houston area -- good for us, not so good for those in the vicinity of Beaumont, TX. My college roommate lives over there, so we are obviously eager for news.
Our answering machine is not picking up at the house, so we're assuming power is out for us. Apparently three quarters of a million customers are currently without power in the area, so our situation is not unusual. We don't know much else, although what I can infer from the news coverage leads me to believe that we avoided flooding as well. So as long as there are no fires, looters, broken windows, or other wind damage, we should be OK!
The big concern now is how to get home. All local officials have said "Don't come home yet!" The concern is that there is no gas, power, food, or reliable police/fire/medical service in the evacuated areas. I don't want to rush to get home and end up putting the family in danger again. I also don't want to be part of the problem from a public safety perspective. So we're waiting to see how things develop.
Kim just got off the phone with a relative from the Houston area who says that things are looking good down there, and that communities to the north of ours are being cleared to return.
We will update again when we know more.
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