I'm with you...not leaving...I was a little kid during Carla...had no flooding, kept electricity...during Alicia...no flooding, kept electricity...and that house was poorly built...compared to what I live in today...I understand it's going to be bigger and stronger...Dan Meador over at KHOU says lots of rain and chance of fallen trees but he's not even recommending leaving in non-surge areas...
If I lived on the coast or in some place like Clear Lake, Friendswood...I'd be out of there...this location does not warrant it...