There's no way to board up my home. It is a high elevation two-story and I'd likely kill myself falling off the ladder in the process. If I had a crew of men and a cherry-picker, it could be done, but I don't.
And I see that the new GFDL model run also chooses Houston now. It was pointing well east this morning.
NOGAPS 12Z still has Brownsville:
https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/CGI/PUBLIC/wxmap_PUBLIC_area.cgi?dtg=2005091912&area=ngp_namer
SwinneySwitch has the inside dope as to where it is heading...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1487405/posts?page=7#7