My daughter lives on the south west side of Houston. I’ve been calling her every few hours to keep track of what is happening.
She lost power a short time ago and her apartment building is getting hammered.
On the plus side, her apt is facing south west and she is having no problem with water entering the house.
She has been keeping her patio door open and is listening to trees cracking everywhere. She has a portable battery powered Tv which she is watching the storm on.
With the way the storm is moving, she may come through it with no damage at all.
There is a drainage ditch running along the road by her apt which usually floods in heavy rain. It is so dark, she can’t see the ditch and doesn’t know yet if it is flooded. She is smart enough to not go out of the house just to see whats happening.
She has already made arrangements to go upstairs to a friends apartment if the water reaches her apartment.
If she does get flooded out, she may wind up visiting us for a few weeks here in Florala.
Water will be the big problem. This thing is just lingering and dumping water.
Best wishes for your daughter. Sounds like she has a handle on it
Prayers go out to all of you for her safety.
After tons of searching, I did confirm something I suspected that when HDTV comes out next year, battery operated portable TVs will become useless. And that includes emergency channels. I have one too.
Will need a portable HDTV converter ( not the same one that will go in house ) which doesn't exist yet. Or we will all have to buy a portable TV with HDTV tuner if we want a replacement. It looks like there's only one model currently available that has that and they cost about $200.
Thank you Congress for forcing that on us.