Although I posted earlier that we were evacuating Houston, my husband decided at 3:30pm to drive back to Houston to get Grandma. We begged her to evacuate with us but she wouldn’t leave. So, when the media said Hurricane Ike was headed straight for Houston via Galveston he said he was going to get her and would throw her over his shoulder kicking and screaming. Of course, with visions of Katrina victims stuck on the road, I panicked.
I began to sms and pin faster than a starved lab rat to find a solution of meeting her on the west-side of Houston. Unfortunately, my phone began blowing up with messages like "Tell him not to come, they want everyone off the road!" and "The freeways are going to be shut down, he won’t make it and he will be stuck on the road!" That was when I really panicked. Oh my, he and Grandma will be stuck on the road when the hurricane hits!
He made it to Houston in record time (possibly without speeding…) and when he walked in the house she asked him "what are you doing here?" Apparently, she hadn’t been watching the news. I’m happy to report that hubby and Grandma have made it safely back to Austin; However, my mother would not leave her Central Houston Hi-Rise.*
UPDATE: Just heard Brennan’s Restaurant is on fire! It’s one of my favorites and where we had our rehearsal dinner. And my mom still has power.
*Dear Looters,
My mother has a gun, she knows how to use her gun, she has used her gun before and she will use it on you.
** Dear Non-Texans,
Yes, we have guns. That’s how we roll.
Hurricane Ike Photo NASA
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