Not much change here in Friendswood. Everyone in the neighborhood is pretty much holed up in their homes. We have periodic gusts up to, I estimate, 20-30 MPH. Just sprinkles of rain from time to time. We still have power (obviously), water, sewer, etc. As we get closer to this evening, we will fill both bathtubs with water - to flush toilets if they turn off our water, for washing hands, and for the animals. We have not yet closed off the back door (kind of like closing the door of the ark!).
All that video you might be seeing on the news from Galveston Island just isn't happening here. Our Friendswood City website has announced that there is no danger in Friendswood from storm surge. However, those that live beside or near creeks may be in danger of flooding when the rains come. The creeks drain into Clear Lake. When the full brunt of the storm surge arrives, the creeks will back up. Once the eye crosses over, the storm surge will retreat back into the Gulf.
For good links to find out what's going on in the area go to:
http://www.click2houston.com/
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Also, if you have Google Earth on your computer, you can enable "weather" layers. That will show you the current location of Ike and it's projected path. Plug in our address, and you will see how close the eye will come to us. Latest trends show the eye making landfall just east of Galveston Island. The more the eye moves east, the better for us; because we begin to be on the "clean side" or west side of the storm. But, worse off for someone else.
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