Good afternoon. Where in Texas are the preparations taking place for Rita? I heard Galvaston on the radio. Are you high and dry?
The approximate center of the margin of error looks to be Corpus Christi which is Southwest of Galveston. Galveston is preparing and there already is a voluntary evacuation issued by the mayor. I would imagine that similar things are happening all along the coast.
"Where in Texas are the preparations taking place for Rita? I heard Galvaston on the radio. Are you high and dry?"
In San Antonio, where they've been taking in Katrina victims, they've already opened even more places for evacuees from the gulf coast to come.
There is also this:
Texas declared a disaster area ahead of time
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1488107/posts
As for David and me, we're about an hour and a half from the part of the Texas gulf coast if Rita chooses Corpus Christi or Port Aransas. We are on high ground, but would be cut off from San Antonio, which, even though it is 28 miles to our north, is at a lower elevation. We're already making preparations here at the house if the worst case scenario comes; all patio furniture and deck furniture being stored, getting ready to put extra concrete (David has a small concrete mixer) around the storage sheds, storing water from our RO system in all the bottles and closable containers we can find, etc. Our biggest worry is of tornadoes; we live in a double wide and are concerned about the sign on our roof that says, "Hit here" lol.
I think we'll be OK :)