Well, I didn't make the list....but here's my report anyways! I'm in Bryan-College Station, which is about 90 miles northwest of Houston. Our town has received about 10,000 evacuees from various places. We were initially right in the projected path of the eye of the storm, but when it made it's little eastward jog Thursday night, that meant we were now west of all the hot spots.
So, this morning, Saturday, at 9:30 a.m., we have winds gusting up to about 40 mph, and lots of clouds. No rain at all yet. The eye of the storm is about 170 miles directly east of us at the moment (in Jasper).
The best to come out of this - we picked up ALLL the junk out of the yard and had to clean up the shed to put it away! The kids are still sleeping, and will probably be slightly disappointed that we still have power.... :-)
10,000!?! WHERE are y'all putting them? I'm in Lubbock, and we've only got public "shelter" spots for around 2,000! (Not counting the self-evacuees who came up to our hotels and residences) Of course, we have 8,000 hotel rooms, but some of those this weekend are occupied by college football.
I woke up at 3:00 AM and looked outside. Our sidewalk & the pavement was wet from a light shower.
But when I looked back outside at 8 this morning, its all dry.
Whatever raindrops we got, it isnt enough to settle the dust.
10,000? Where on earth did you put them all?
I doubt 10,000 evacuees, also. However, there were a lot of people from the Houston area that came up to stay with the college kids in their apts and they didnt stay in the shelters.