The Calm Before the Storm

Thursday, September 22, 2005 | comments (9)
I'm in a bright and sunny Houston Texas in Hobby Airport. The calm before the storm. About to hop a Southwest flight to Baltimore. Driving south on I-45 on the way down to the airport, there was just a line of sitting cars moving North out of Houston. Apparently, it's like this on every major highway out of town. This morning, I got to Hobby around 8:00 am and it was about 10:00 am when I got through the security checkpoint. I think Katrina has scared the shit out of Houston and they're not wanting to mess with her cousin Rita.

My mom was planning on heading to Dallas, but with the stand-still traffic, is now thinking of just riding out the storm at home. Several people in her apartment complex are staying in town so hopefully she can camp out with one of them so that she doesn't have to be alone. Looking forward to being back in DC. Think good thoughts for my mom!

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nothing but the best thoughts.

Posted by j on Sep 22, 2005 at 2:29:01 PM
Sending pure love and good thoughts to protect your mom.

Posted by kim on Sep 23, 2005 at 12:00:45 PM
:-) Thanks, guys.

It's looking like the strongest part of the storm is going to go slightly east of Houston, which is good. (For her, at least.)

Posted by Rothko on Sep 23, 2005 at 12:02:55 PM
David, If she doesn end up here and needs a bed, please give us a call.

Posted by Sarah on Sep 23, 2005 at 1:03:29 PM
Thanks Sarah! But she's definitely gonna buckle down in H-Town.

Posted by Rothko on Sep 23, 2005 at 4:43:01 PM
Well, the worst part of the hurricane went just east of Houston. Talked to my mom this morning and she had a lot of wind and rain last night, but not as bad as they had anticipated. Electricity is out, but her phone works and she's fine.

Posted by Rothko on Sep 24, 2005 at 9:24:34 AM
hang in there!

Posted by Laundro on Sep 24, 2005 at 9:49:25 AM
Glad that everyone sounds OK.

Love that you link to Lisa Whiteman, one of my faves.

Go, Texas. It sux that most of the country associates TX with Bush.

Posted by mistereagans on Sep 26, 2005 at 12:29:30 AM
Thanks. Yeah, when we used to live in Texas and we went to another country and said we were from Texas, they would immediately say, 'Oh, George Bush.'

Posted by Rothko on Sep 26, 2005 at 8:11:29 AM

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