As a Houstonian, this is certainly a very signifcant event. The city has been spared of any bad hurricane activity for 25 years with a bad tropical storm here and there in the interim. A landfall at or around Freeport, which is forecast right now, could have a catastrophic effect on as many as 600,000 people.
After the fiasco that was Hurricane Rita preparation, the city is being very careful about what they tell residents to do. They've just now extended the mandatory evacuations inland from Galveston bay.
For those of you that live east of Houston, I hate to say it, but this is eerily similar to the days leading up to Hurricane Rita as the forecasts started gradually shifting east. Of course, I hope somehow we can all be safe, but I don't think that's in the cards.
NT
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