No hurricane can stay that big for that long... It HAS to weaken... It is like rolling a snowball down a hill... it will eventually get much larger and pick up other snow, but it will come apart after a while... All hurricanes like this begin to weaken after a day or so of that strength
Now, if you are in Texas and watching the news of any kind, they are telling you to GET THE **** OUT!!!!. Texas, if you choose to stay, do not blame anyone when you don't get help quick enough.
Sister-in-Law in Houston spent the day moving as much as possible to the second floor of her home. She has heard that an expected strike would be at high tide and the bayous would not drain. Of course, a bayou is directly behind her home. They are pulling out and headed to Austin in the AM. Hoping they don't suffer the losses my family in NOLA and Ocean Springs had.
Just saw that is expected to go directly over Austin after it hits the gulf area, she mau want to head elswhere if she can. My sister, brother in law and our nieces, nephews etc, that they have been harboring(from New Orleans) are all heading to West Texas.
All depends how you look at it..... Half the people here say things like "you can't believe models--these storms are so unpredictable" ... And my stance is, "Well, if they're so unpredictable, how can anyone claim it will be like this for the next 10-20 years"???
It is a good thing she is moving out. My associate had a well built house at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi that got wiped out by the storm surge. His house was actually on the water (north side of the tributary that drains into the bay) 4 to 5 miles from the coast. But the surge went all the way up the bay and mowed down the house probably with the help of the mountain of debris that it carries along. It is amazing that the houses on the south side of the waterways survived, but not the ones on the north side. It's way too risky for anyone to ride out the hurricane. ________ Lovely Wendie
