They've "upped" the possible total to some areas to
30 inches...
. Now predicted to be a Cat. 3 storm at landfall in Corpus area late Friday night/early Saturday morning. Ironic...the one hurricane engraved in my memory as a child was during the '60's...Hurricane Carla. She went into Corpus area as a Cat 3 and trained all the way to our area where we also had 60+ mph winds and heavy rain. Along with my cousins, we were all staying at Grandma's house. Daddy and my uncle had to go out during the eye to nail the barn door shut (Grandpa did NOT want his hay to get wet
); they got caught out when the eye passed over and had to crawl on their hands and knees to get back to the house.
They couldn't walk against the wind! Preparation plans have changed a little and a few more "must do" items added to the list for today. The plus...I don't
think we'll have volleyball this weekend
...hopefully the other coaches involved in the tournament will overrule our coach...'cause she'd probably PLAY!
) on the concrete until tonight when I heard a gentleman behind us at the volleyball game. He'd been in Washington, DC yesterday and described the same thing that he saw on the sidewalk there. Pretty cool...don't understand how and why but thought it was neat! The sun would have been shining through our tall trees over the roof of our house. Can anyone explain it?
A lot of "if's" and Lord knows we need some rain here but NOT 8-10"s...and they keep "upping" the amount. Here's the "kicker" for our area. There's a cool front to our north...with a little rain...moving south. With our luck the front will block the whole system and we won't get ANY rain! 
DH didn't believe me when I sent him a picture but walked outside where he was working and saw the same thing...a lot smaller but it was similar. Discovered it totally by accident...never would have thought that would happen. 
DH did yard work this afternoon and the snails are already "climbing" the walls of the house. DD went to HEB this afternoon to get supplies for school lunches; shelves were already empty in the bottled water section and bread was gone. I must be the only one 
that has a "hurricane box" with extra supplies and plenty of bread in the freezer! 
I was looking for City Hall but guest relations is close enough! 
! So far shelves were stocked but don't think that will last long. Little concerned about the trees in our back yard...DH has been planning on trimming for the entire spring/summer and not done yet 
so I'll be keeping my fingers crossed. 
Currently, it's predicted to make landfall at Corpus late Friday night/early Saturday morning. It's then predicted to re-enter the Gulf and skirt the coast, remaining a Cat. 3 storm into Sunday and Monday making additional landfalls along the way. This would be the first time ever a hurricane has made multiple landfalls in Texas. The Gulf waters are around 90 degrees...very warm waters encouraging major development. We're along the edge of the line to receive up to 24 inches of rain in addition to the tropical storm force winds. Some coastal communities are under mandatory evacuation now. It's gonna be a l-o-n-g weekend. 
