"I too rode out Alicia in League City. It was actually rather exciting when the eye passed over us. We broke the rules (young and stupid) and went outside to get a bit of fresh air because being stuck inside a boarded up house without AC during a hurricane gets to be rather miserable. The worst of it for you guys that stayed will be the power outtages."
I think it was the right decision for me to leave League City for this storm. My feeling at this point is that with the current storm track, LC will get some wind and rain, and would have been survivable. However, the game is still in the 3rd quarter. If the storm shifts west, then I could have 10 feet of water in my living room. Not fun in a 1-story house.
The problem with power outages is that they often last a lot longer than the storms. During Alicia a metal shed flew away and wrapped itself around a local power substation. Shed got spot-welded to the breakers by the shorts. It took TWO WEEKS ((in a Houston August) to get power back. Ugh!
So that is a problem whether or not you evac.
Oh definitely if you are in League City. I would have hauled my fanny out of there as quickly as possible with this one. It's all the people that left that are much further inland that evacuated that blew my mind. I have friends in Spring that are in Dallas.