Yeah, I just moved a little farther from Bellaire, but used to share a bayou tributary in my backyard with the folks in Bellaire on the other side, for 10 years. I lived in Bellaire 6 years, too.
And, in fact, when I was a young'un, I also lived in Meyerland, across the street from where I lived recently, and we (my family and I) were transferred out the year before Carla, so missed it.
I'm near the bayou, but not *real* near it. I was on Beechnut (my last house) for TS Allison and didn't get any water in the house, after 36" of rain. That's why I'm feeling OK to stay here, since I'm not far from there.
Braes is several blocks away, but that same tributary (ditch, lol--"crick?") is across another street from me. I saw them in Oct '94 when they were splashing over the Braeswood bridges and they didn't get this far up.
"...for TS Allison I didn't get any water in the house..."
Wow. For living in Houston environs with 36" of rain that was VERY good. My brother lives north of Houston near the airport near a bayou(Greene?) and he got 3' of water in his apt. with Allison. Needless to say he lost most everything including his car.
That said though, I'd still reconsider staying there through a cat 4 or 5 hurricane. Even if you are high and dry there is still the 140+ mi/hr wind to contend with. That's like one huge tornado sitting over your house for several hours. Not a pretty thought.
"...(ditch, lol--"crick?")..."
Lol, indeed! Boy, did those words bring back memories. We used to live down the street from a "ditch" with creaky old wooden bridges over it. It was a huge magnet for us kids who went there to find all sorts of creepy crawlies. Fun times.