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quote:Originally posted by Texbbfan:
Gloveman, ORmom
We too are staying put. We are on the NE side of Houston (lots and lots of trees). Most people are still here. Incredible community. The locals have already started an email chain with citizen work crews to start clearing the critical streets for emergency workers as soon as the wind subsides (no one wants to rely on the local government.) Many house are boarded up. The place is like a ghost town. For those who are not in Houston, just an idea what it is like. There has been no gas available any where for at least 24 and 48 hours in certain places. There have been no D batteries available anywhere for 72 hours. Most bottled water was also gone 48 hours ago. The grocery stores had been cleared of most food for at least 2 days (many closed for two day.) Most other businesses closed at noon yesterday, incuding most pharmacies (unknown to all of us who still needed prescriptions filled). We had to fight the 59 North traffic (using the back roads) to Porter where a single pharmacist and pharmacy tech kept the doors open at a CVS under very scary circumstances. There were dozens and dozens of stranded cars in the parking lot without gas. People had been buying all the food they could get and trash was strewn all over the ground. While I waited for my prescription the tech, who was visibly scared, told the pharmacist that people were outside stealing gas out of the parked cars and she wanted to close the store. Then another person called and she said that they would stay open for whoever it was on the phone if they would get there soon. We are beginning to get a little rain, and there have been gusts of wind similar to the usual storms that come through here. We have a generator, so hopefully I will keep all informed if we still have the Internet. Sorry for writing so much, but it has been awful just waiting and watching. I will never complain of 100 degree temperatures at a ball game again.
