We woke up to a calm morning on Belmont Drive. However, it was tough to tell it was morning because all the windows are boarded up. We have left the back door unboarded for now. The board is on the deck, ready to go and will take about 30 seconds to install. We will wait as long as we can (probably this evening) to close out the back - that is our only window to the world right now. Both vehicles are in the garage - a first for us.
Right now, it's kind of like a breezy day in Friendswood. As far as we know, everything is closed. As you may have seen on TV, Galveston is seeing very high surf and the western end of the island is already under water. To give y'all an idea of geography: we are 27 miles from the coast and 13 miles from Clear Lake (the upper portion of Galveston Bay). We are at 33 feet above sea level. I checked the most current storm surge predictions: we are several miles beyond the 5% chance for storm surge line.
The local news stations have been broadcasting in "news mode" for the last 30 hours. Pretty impressive, but that has to be wearing on their personnel. But...this is the kind of stuff they live for.
Sorry for rambling. I will probably post again late this afternoon or evening.
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