I trying hard not to think about the reconstruction costs of rebuilding a significant portion of the Texas coast (especially a highly urbanized and or industrialized portion), as well as the Miss. and La. gulf coasts.
It's looking more and more inevitable though. :o(
I wonder how many people who evacuated from New Orleans to Texas and had decided that they were'nt going back to NO making Texas thier new home are now having second thoughts?
I don't know...but their not in Houston any longer...they took flights throughout the country...most went to Arkansas. Some griping their heads off about being an evacuee again...others were pretty civil...I thought what thankless bunch of people. There getting a free flight by a commerical airline at the governments expense [taypayer]...LOL..
Here's a link to a map of the area likely to be the landfall area...
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?city=Freeport&state=TX&zoom=4
Lots of little communities there that need to be evacuated. I hope my stupid niece in Alvin gets her butt to my grandma's or out west to my dad in West Texas. I can't even call her cause she doesn't have a phone. She's been in a phase where she doesn't like to talk to her parents. And she's got two little kids in tow, too...
I am scared for her....