[dirtboy]

I am thinking about getting out of here if it turns into a Cat 5 and goes north.

If you are going to do that, you will need to leave by early tomorrow morning - early as in 4 am or so.

And realize - there are NO HOTELS anywhere to be found until you get to Oklahoma or New Mexico - and the storm is going to be tracking north through the Dallas metroplex and up into Oklahoma.

I called as far west as Midland and Fort Stockton and all the hotels were booked.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

Lots of churches, Salvation Army, RC, and some civic groups have booked blocks of hotel rooms. Anybody in the evac zone should not wait. West to San Antonio may be a good bet. Yhe RC has info tents set up on the evac routes. There are signs directing people to the info centers and shelters.