So, I live in Houston, part 2 of the Hurricane Season Drama. Hurricane Rita is cat 5 right now, expected to land as a cat 4 in Madagorda, just SW of us down the coast, friday afternoon or evening. i.e. being in west Houston, my area is in what is called the "dirty" side of the storm, so we will probably be hit by a tornado. Most of the gas stations are empty, and most of the grocery stores no longer have bottled water of any size. Drew, as a representative of the water company, is staying. Kat and her family are staying. Matt's girlfriend and kids are staying with him, though whether the 4 of them will take a mini-vacation or not is still up in the air (work was canceled for us friday, saturday and sunday). Charles is leaving tonight with his girlfriend and I think her family, since they live far south of houston and are in the real danger area. Michelle is going somewhere with her cats, probably A&M. My family may or may not leave, but I'm staying, with Kat if nothing else. I may invite Drew to stay here or at Kat's so he isn't threatened with not being able to work because of water in between his house and our area (his work area). I don't know if I will lose power, but I would put money on it. I don't know when I'll be back (after the storm of course, since I'll stay connected up until we have to turn off the breakers to avoid a crazy unexpected surge), but I'll be here tomorrow and some part of friday I hope. [smiles happily] and I'll be sure and describe in great detail all the weather I subject myself to. I'll try to stay safe, because although I plan to die someday doing something exhilerating, I do not want that day to be this week. But if I can watch a tornado approaching, I'm going to. Au revoir, blogger. Until again.