I can still go. I can get to the river just this side of Eagle Lake driving section roads 80% of the way. No one but farmers or duck hunters could find their way on those roads.
That's good to know that you still have that option. Rita is probably a good 36 hours from landfall, and the high fives that the people living on the western side of Houston are giving each other (and I'm as guilty as anyone) could still turn out to be premature.
Rita is a very powerful storm. It's still predicted to hit as a Cat 4, and that prediction comes with no guarantee. It wouldn't take much of a course correction to put us in serious trouble again.
We're still going to be in trouble. Rita is a massive storm, and even if the eye passes east of Galveston, both of us will still experience hurricane force winds.
I can't find gasoline anywhere for my chainsaw, but I just made a deal with my neighbor. He'll donate a half gallon to the cause and we'll both clean up our part of the subdivision after the storm passes.