I don’t mind being called a refugee; we’re taking refuge from Rita in Fort Worth with relatives. Maybe it won’t be as bad as Katrina since we don’t live in the New Orleans “bowl”—no levees to break. Anyway, we’re here until Sunday at least. We’ll know by then what Rita hath wrought.

We left yesterday (Wednesday) morning, apparently just in time. Word is that I-45 out of Houston/Galveston is gridlocked with cars bumper to bumper all the way up 100 miles north of Houston. Governor Perry has blocked the southbound lanes of I-45 and opened them for northbound traffic all the way through Houston and beyond.

All our neighbors in southeast Houston were preparing to leave as we left yesterday. Everybody boarded up their windows as best they could and made plans to get out. Even those who said earlier in the week that they would stay changed their minds as Rita turned into a category 4, then a category 5.

The weather is great here in Fort Worth–warm with a bit of a breeze. I’ll try to keep everyone posted on our adventure in hurricane evacuation. Oh, yes, the news article I just read helpfully reminded me that hurricane season doesn’t end until November 1. 🙂

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