Before Rita: Thursday Late Morning

This morning we awoke to the local NPR station listing hat service stations HAVE gas...the list was about 3 out of what must be at least 100 stations inside the inner highway loop. The mayor was having press conference on evacuating the three zones, all of which are way far south of here. No call for even voluntary evacuations up here.

After coffee and WAY too much time spent in front of the television watching the chaos on the roads and general mess of evacuation, SHG and I ventured out to get some last-minute stuff: Prescriptions, chili makings, and gas. Well, no gas to be had. At Kroger, there were tons of people out and about, which was eerily soothing. Lots of people staying here. Kingwood is very quiet this morning. It's like Christmas Day, the degree of quiet here.