This is what our house looked like when we left yesterday evening around 6:45 pm. We made it safely to Austin & TR's mom's house around 1:45 am. We stopped on the drive to eat and stretch our legs for roughly 1 hour. The rest of the time was spent in the car in a lot of traffic. Fortunately, the traffic kept moving and we rarely were at a complete stop for long periods of time. Of course the time we spent in the car on the way to Austin last night pales in comparison to the stories we've all heard from the Rita evacuation 3 years ago where it was taking 24-36 hours to get from Houston to Austin. It is good to have that drive behind us and we are safe, sound and very much enjoying the hospitality of DH and RH. I have to say, it is a much more comfortable feeling watching the weather reports from our current location as opposed to watching it at our house yesterday afternoon! Stay safe ZCM and CM!!We chose to go to Austin because it looked like Lafayette would have more severe weather. At any rate, we will be here until we hear that JSC is reopening their operations. Then we'll know for sure we will be headed back to safe conditions with electricity and other utilities back in place. No need to head back with the kiddos any sooner if we don't know what we will be encountering.
Rest assured we have all of our hurricane party provisions ready plus the fine retail establishments in and around the Austin area to replace our consumed inventory. We are doing well and hope all of you are as well.
2 comments:
Glad to hear that you are safe. I've been thinking about you guys as I remained glued to CNN.
I must say that I am impressed with the boarding up of your house. It looks so neatly done! How long did that take??
That is great news that you all are safe and sound in Austin. It looks like Houston is a mess and may be for a little while. Thanks for letting us know your status and I hope you guys get to go home again soon.
I'll be sending good thoughts to all of you.
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