Anyone actually worried in houston or galveston area bout this hurricane??

Seems like it might actually be a real bad one compared to Rita and Gustav, I'm just gonna "hunker down" but what about you guys?
Any preperations?

 

I just evact from gustav, and it only hit land as a cat1(supposed to be cat3).. but if Ike was comin into my town i would stay... but its gonna be a ride, have u been in one before?? cuz i have NOT

 

Anyone remember hurricane Elisha?

That ***** was mean...

 

how long ago was Elisha?

 

mid August '84

I packed all of my belongings into my Rabbit convertible, (simpler times then)
stopped by my cousin's (waterfront, Galveston Bay, near Sylvan Beach)
talked me into staying for the hurricane party....
wasn't much of a party for long...

worked outside in rising knee high water, re-covering a window that blew out cutting one of us...
watched the roof blow off and float away like a boat-upside down-
we hunkered down into the stairway closet and amoung other promises...
"I swore the next hurricane party I attended would be MILES away"...

Speaking of ...
NTEC seems to be turning our Sat. Cruise into a Hurricane Party!!
Come join us!!!!

 

Man..keep safe down there. I lived in Galveston for 3.5 years. That seawall is just a false sense of security. That whole place floods with a small storm. I'd be outta there. Better safe than sorry..right?

 

I wouldnt stay there guys... CAT 3 would be no fun... I would say leave tomorrow

 

Hope all you TX fellers be safe out there!! Hurricane sucks.

 

been in a few being from jamaica then living in miami. Andrew, Gilbert both cat 5's a few cat 3's,2's, 1's and tropical storms. u get the point. just make sure u have lots of bottled water, canned food and stuff to do your goign to get bored if its bad. ply board on all the windows, pray the roof stays on. and if u lose a window or door open one on the opposite side of the house to relieve the perssure in and out. stay safe man. good luck, gods be.

 

Being from Houston these storms dont worry me, but if your in Galveston you really need to leave. Happy that I live in Austin at the moment.

 

And the winds blow outside and the things ricochet off my house.. Let It Begin....

 

best of luck guys/gals.

 

I lived through Alicia as well, actually kinda cool for a 16 yr old..

Y'all have fun on the cruise tomorrow, wish that I could be there to join ya!

 

I was 7 in 84 and I remember the hurricane.

Was it Elisha or Alicia? 7 year olds don't spell well

 

i had to leave my house in port neches. it's already flooding in that area,so i evacd' to my parents place in pasadena to ride it out. hopefully it wount flood here. but the sad part is i just got my lady a dd (99') prelude. before we left we put it in the garage to be "safe"