[sweet_diane]

Thanks Rte. I feel better knowing that Trinity is a good bit inland. My sister has sat in Tx watching our mom and my family go thru so many storms (Alabama coast) and now we feel so helpless to help her! Her last email they were considering staying in League City, but that was when Rita was still a Cat 2.

Stay safe!

[Rte66]

Thanks! Here's a little bit from IWIN, but I'm watching local news for more current items, too:

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.EVACUATION INFORMATION...
FOR GALVESTON AND BRAZORIA COUNTIES...VOLUNTARY EVACUATION IS IN
PROGRESS. MANDATORY EVACUATION OF NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED-LIVING
FACILITIES WILL BEGIN AT 6 AM THIS MORNING. ON GALVESTON
ISLAND... BUSES WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER ON
BROADWAY THIS MORNING AFTER 10 AM FOR PERSONS WITH NO OTHER MEANS
OF TRANSPORTATION. IF THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE OF RITA'S TRACK
IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS...A MANDATORY EVACUATION OF GALVESTON AND
BRAZORIA COUNTIES IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AT 6 PM TODAY.

VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS ARE ALSO IN PROGRESS THIS EVENING FOR LOW LYING
AREAS OF CHAMBERS COUNTY... HARRIS COUNTY... AND THE CITIES OF
HOUSTON...SEABROOK AND BAYTOWN

DECISIONS CONCERNING EVACUATIONS FOR OTHER COUNTIES AND COMMUNITIES
WILL BE MADE TODAY.

.SCHOOL...GOVERNMENT...AND HOSPITAL FACILITY CLOSINGS...
MOST INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GALVESTON...BRAZORIA...AND
SOUTHERN HARRIS COUNTIES WILL BE CLOSED BEGINNING TODAY. IN
ADDITION...ALL SCHOOLS IN THE SAN JACINTO COLLEGE DISTRICT AND
BRAZOSPORT COLLEGE WILL BE CLOSED BEGINNING TODAY. GALVESTON
COUNTY GOVERNMENT FACILITIES WILL ALSO BE CLOSED BEGINNING TODAY.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH (UTMB) IN GALVESTON WILL BE
CLOSING ALL FACILITIES AT 8 AM THIS MORNING. NO MEDICAL CARE WILL BE
AVAILABLE AT UTMB HOSPITAL FROM THIS POINT FORWARD.
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