They've begun mandatory evacuations in Galveston, Sabine Pass and other coastal communities. Please pray for the entire texas and louisiana coastal residents over the next few days.

Here's the projected path:

http://www.weather.com/maps/news/atlstorm18/projectedpath_large.html

As of now, we're not going anywhere, we're not in a flood zone and the home is stable, that may change over the next couple days tho once we see what's happening. We have enough food and water for a couple weeks (for 2 people) if needed, ya'll come if you need a place to stay - bring some food and water tho, we tend to eat a lot

Hey Allen, my husband offered to host the site on our server here at our house ... until you get back

We're hosted in California, thanks anyways.

Praying for all of that coastline. Stay safe.

In all things God is Good! /

(...oh and...nice try Jenn. I would have paid ya for the key to the men's room... )

yeah, i know, it woulda been great. i tried to sneak that one in there, but it didnt fly. phewey!!

Hurricane Rita has reached Cat5 status and we may be directly in her path - we'll know more in the next 24-48 hours. Currently they are pointing it southwest of us, meaning we'll be getting the bad side of it with rain and wind. We may be heading north sometime tomorrow if they call for a mandatory evacuation.





HURRICANE RITA BECOMES THE 3rd MOST INTENSE HURRICANE
The pressure in dangerous hurricane Rita fell to 898 mb making Rita the 3rd most intense hurricane in the Atlantic basin. Katrina is now the 5th most intense at 902 mb behind Allen. Gilbert at 888 mb and the 1935 storm at 892 mb are the top two storms.


www.accuweather.com



The angle has been adjusted a bit our direction

OMG...all you Beaumont and vicinity people...do NOT wait too long tomorrow. Start out early and just keep driving North. I am praying for all of you. You are covered by the blood of Jesus. God is Good! /

Well come what may I won't be going anywhere...trying to get the kiddos outta here though...swallow my pride and let them go even though their dad is wanting gas money because it's my fault that I can't leave!! What part of "they're your responsibility too" doesn't he get?? I'm not left with any choice...the hospital has us on lockdown from noon on Friday for all employees scheduled to work the weekend...happy, happy, joy, joy...I would say to helblabla with the job but apparently it's considered abandonment and well there goes my liscense...so anyway, I guess I'll swallow the pride I don't have and "allow" my kids to go with their cheap blablabla dad and pay gas money and food money...just cause he had to pay for the divorce he wanted to get b/c "the grass looks greener in Austin" oops did I say that...and yes that's where he's taking them to Austin to his "lady friend's" home...along with my sister and her family...guess I'm not invited to the party...ok so I'm p.o'd that I have to stay and the kids don't want to go with him...and heck I'm just ****y...enough said...pray for us all that Rita will dissipitate into nothing...and that we can instead enjoy Rita's on the rocks with salsa and chips...hurricane party at Baptist Hospital this weekend...what else are we gonna do...maybe invite the chaplains to join us...especially...one last gripe...went to 2 groceries today and both out of cheetos!!!and btw administration at the hospital were so kind as to take the rest of the week off!!!sucks to be me...

My brother and his wife and kids phoned me as they crossed into Louisiana on their way to Pensacola to my brother-in-law's - I guess they didn't feel like calling before they left

Max sustained winds are currently 175 mph with gusts up to 215 mph

ps: I've spent the evening re-writing the disaster-preparedness plan for the new hospice

Mandatory evacuation called for Jefferson county called this morning - it's angled even more this way looking like even if the eye-wall doesn't pass right over us we'll definitely be in the worst east side of the storm.

We'll be boarding up today and heading out by this evening. If someone needs a ride, let me know - call my cell phone at 498-3792. We'll have a couple spots available.

where are yall going ? my husband's family was supposed to come here, but they are *rocket scientists* and think they can sit it out. if you have a place to go, and you had tons of time to go, why stay ? they dont have work demanding them to stay. wish i could kidnap you haze and leave a ransom note and then yall can run up here. forget austin. well, we are in frisco, just north of dallas, right off the tollway, super easy to get to. so any of you i know are welcome.

let us know what is happening.

Anyone heard from Steve? I left messages on both Steve and Dena's cells, but no call back yet.

Dear Jesus, I'm believing that Your faithful hand is upon all of my friends in TX. /

Hazel, offer to fly with a patient out and then both of you fly here. I've got room and my life is only half as scarey as Rita...

Spent the day boarding up windows at 3 homes - temperature 100+ all day - I musta drank 2-3 gallons of fluid and still cramp everywhere.

Rita has turned a bit more north and looks to be heading straight here now. We'll be headed out shortly as soon as I get a shower. Traffic on the highway is a parking lot and has been all day. We're hoping it will thin out a bit tonight, but if nothing else at least it will be about 20-25 degrees cooler.

I think we'll plan on coming back if they let us Sunday night.

We're in Pensacoloa at my Bro-in-law's home. Rita is headed straight at my hometown, should hit tonight sometime.

The levee's in N.O. have been breached again, please pray for level-headedness there and that people have went to safety.

yeah, we are in touch with our in laws who decided to ride it out at a shelter in silsbee. they say the winds are at about 45 right now, and they are told they should pick up this afternoon around 4. there are about 400 people at this shelter (at the high school) and they are pretty prepared, or as much as they can be.
i thought it was supposed to make landfall, the eye tomorrow monring about 4. i will keep yall posted as we hear from beaumont.

it's my hometown too. i hate to see this happening.

Did somebody move Beaumont? Geraldo on Fox news is doing a horrible job of pronouncing the names of places there, I don't recognize most of it and he's only 20 miles from my house

that is what you get when you send him there. what time is it supposed to be "hitting" ? they keep saying around 12:30 or 1:00. then they change thier minds.

talked to people in beaumont. they were already out of power at 6:30. keep praying. it is supposed to get much worse.

I left houston tuesday...we are in Kentucky we were on our way there any way doing a huge BBQ fundraiser...so we are safe...

Fox News was broadcasting live from Beaumont all night. I kept tuning in to see how you all were fairing.

Saw lots of "landmarks" from your town. Believing they will all remain standing when you return.

Stay safe. God Bless!

They keep showing video all around my house, but stay 2 blocks away Pretty good amount of damage, but it looks like places that never boarded up their windows. I imagine if something happened to the house they'd have it on there by now, you got to go down my street to get to some of the places they are showing.

Very thankful we headed to Pensacola when we did o/

They're not letting anyone back in yet, maybe tomorrow, probably Monday or Tuesday - lots of powerlines down across streets, emergency services are down to barebones while trying to dig out, etc.