A Little Stressed

I'd be a lot more stressed out if I could get out of town, I think.  But since it's out of my hands, all I can do is wait and hope for the best.  Taylor knows a bad storm's coming, but I don't think she has any idea what a hurricane is like.  I remember Alicia in 1983, but that was actually kinda fun.  This one's not, because I'm worried about 100 mile an hour winds and flooding, and I'm more adult now.

Tami's upset because she thinks the house might be off again, if damage is too bad.  I don't know what to say about that except that what's meant to happen will happen, and what's not in the cards won't play.  I'm not even upset at the county's inability to get people out of town.  Well, I am a little, it seems pretty stupid to wait this long to open up both sides of the freeway, but mostly I'm just stunned at what's happening.  I've never, ever seen it like this.  And yet people still seem to be acting civil to each other, which is amazing to me.

I'll post as much as I can, but don't expect too much after noon tomorrow.

Comments

[Adam]

Just do what they do in Puerto Rico. Have all your friends over and get drunked.

[Morganironwolf]

Well man, here we are in the Houston Heights, and all is very quiet. I got up at 6:00 am this morning to hunt and gather some ice and other ingredients I need to make hurricanes. I expected to be fighting off angry mongrel hordes, but they were nowhere to be found. Neither was any store from which to get my supplies. I couldn't forage, I couldn't hunt and gather. No hordes to fight anywhere. N. Main Street was empty, and no traffic on I-45 either way. McDonalds, Exxon, Fiesta, Kroger, the mom and pop stop-and-robs, all empty. I was getting really freaked out. It kind of reminds me of The Stand, or Resident Evil, where everyone is basically gone.

We have boarded up our house with plywood downstairs and stocked up on water. We have full tanks of gas, and we are all set to go with the camping equipment if we have to leave at some point.

The plywood over my windows actually makes it look like a crack house. We might have the makings of a small home-based pharmeceutical business after this. It has kept it very cool however but I feel like I am living in a cave.

Take care of Taylor and Tami and if you happen to get on TV, remember to act civilized.