When we lived in San Diego our biggest concern for Labor Day weekend was if it was going to be too hot, or the weather a little "too dry", what we should BarBQ and if we had all our school supplies ready. Our first labor day in Houston was spent sweating in the back of a tractor trailer handing out supplies to Katrina victims. Once of the most worthwhile weekends of my life. Three years later we are watching the Gulf again, seeing if Gustav will make up its mind.Since moving here I adapted the philosophy that before panicking, see how the natives are handling it. With Rita - they panicked. With Gustav - not much is happening. Maybe more people buying gas for fear the oil companies will find an excuse to raise prices. Some here are preparing their homes and work for a hurricane -mainly because they are leaving town for the weekend and won't be able to come back in time to make any necessary preparations.
What are we doing? Well we did book a hotel. Last time we were burned by booking the only hotel available that (key words here) "looked nice on the Internet", only to find it next to a double freeway with roadkill on the way to the pool. Our room then was so small would couldn't open the door once the foldaway bed was put up - the word "deathtrap" kind of came to mind. So this time - waaaayyyy before I needed to I booked a room that would accommodate us, Kristal, her boyfriend if needed, and our dog. I will hope we don't have to use it because rooms that size are not cheap - but worth it if you need it.
Today I am going to try to find my insurance policy and continue to video the house room by room for the records. Every time there is a storm I say I need it - I figured I might as well do it! So that's it - if anything changes I will keep you posted.
These are some websites to check out for yourself that we use:
http://blogs.chron.com/sciguy/
www.khou.com
www.abc13.com
http://www.noaa.gov/
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