Hurricane Update #2

It's supposed to be here tonight.

I went around Clear Lake and Kemah today to take "before" pictures. The police station down the street from my apartment had boarded windows (something I didn't expect to see). All down Kemah and Seabrook were boarded windows and very full marinas. One thing that I did see and take pictures of that disturbed me is that the water in Kemah is already rising - and there's been no rain. The water is almost over the Seawall in Galveston and Surfside is getting flooded, which isn't surprising, but I wasn't expecting to see the low areas of Kemah already getting extra water. I took pictures of the streets right up against the water - the water is spilling over into the streets.

My neighbors and I are taking our cars two blocks away to a parking garage to keep them safe, which means my method of charging my phone after my power goes out is far away. I'm going to program my blackberry to not accept e-mails so that the battery won't die as quickly.

My next door neighbor is staying, and my neighbor below is wavering. I think he might actually stay, and I'm giving him a key to my apartment so that if he floods during the night he can come up here with his cats and computer and be safe.

I'll update more later. I don't know much more right now. My mom is worried, and I'm trying not to...

Cheers!