This thread is a little odd. Many don’t seem to understand that Houston hasn’t been hit by a hurricane. It’s just a big rainstorm that is a remnant of a hurricane. The winds have ranged from 5 to about 25 mph. Perhaps there have been some higher gusts, but the problem is just rain on a flat coastal plain, much of which has adobe clay for soil. There will be property damage, but most of the handful of fatalities have resulted from idiocy, e.g. driving into an underpass with 8-10 feet of water (must be drugs or booze). The number of people who are affected by flooding is a small percentage of those in the Houston area. Katrina was far worse. Grocery stores, fast food places, and other businesses are open in most of Houston. For the vast majority of us the storm is just a nuisance. The media dramatics are ridiculous.
I have two nephews in Houston. They are high and dry and well provisioned. Being from NOLA they know what to do. I did suspect that this is a localized, not Katrina event.