A year ago this week we were keeping all eyes on the Gulf and Hurricane Rita. We eventually decided to pack up the things we love most, secure the rest, and head for Dallas - an evacuation we now refer to as The Runaway Scrape. Everyone around here has an evacuation story - ours is worse than some, but not as bad as others - still, it was a Living Hell. Nineteen hours to Dallas with two kids and two dogs is no picnic, let me tell you. We saw things that absolutely shocked us. Basically, it sucked.
This year Hurricane Season has been kinder to us - we are only up to the letter H instead of R, and only one or two of the storms have even come into the Gulf. Most seem to meander around out at sea. While the season isn't over, we are certainly relieved at our fate thus far. Today it is a beautiful day here - a touch of fall in the air - woke up to temps in the high 60's and will only top out at the high 80's today! It's sunny and breezy and beautiful. Not a hurricane in sight! Here's hoping there won't be any in sight for the rest of the year........
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You packed up and left Houston ~ we sat right here in the piney woods of deep East Texas and slept through a Cat 2 hurricane by the name of RITA on my husband's 60th birthday, September 24th.
Like you said, it's not November 1st yet but things look pretty good so far. Thought when we moved to Lake Sam Rayburn from Beaumont that we were out of any hurricane's way ~ well, no that appears to not be the case. We'd have to move further north to get out of a Cat 2 hurricane that comes through Port Arthur/Beaumont. After having lived in Houston for 10 1/2 years and then Beaumont for 21 years we had only experienced one hurricane and that was Bonnie in the late 80's. She was a minimal hurricane when she reached Beaumont.
Keep ya fingers crossed!!!!
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