So it was pointed out that:

• We hardly ever get around to doing anything with this site
• A good deal of our Friends and Family are not season hurricane veterans from the Coast and aren’t sure what to expect and if they should be concerned and what not.

So, that being said, I just wanted to let everyone know what’s going on.

As of right now the hurricane is expected to make landfall later this evening, but given the size of it, we’ll likely start feeling it effects in the next few hours.  We have decided that our safest bet is to just shelter in place, as we are only in a Voluntary Evacuation zone and are in one of the higher spots in town.  We’ve boarded our windows and have food stocks for a few days, in case we lose power for any period of time (Which is likely given these things tend to knock down power lines).

Right now, it’s actually quite pleasant for a Houston August.  Breezy and slightly cooler than usual, albeit cloudy (Go figure…)  Anyhow, we’ve both got our phones and we’ll be available until the towers go down (if they do).  We’re expecting heavy rain and some flooding, but nothing devastating, mainly just flooded streets (Remember, New Orleans is below sea level; We’re above and we have no levees to break).  As for wind. we’ll you do what you can, and you clean up the junk afterward.  We’ll keep in touch with everyone, and if we can post here, we will.  In the meantime, don’t pay attention to the news.  It’s 1000X more boring than they make it out to be.  Talk to everyone soon.  We love you all.