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My grandparents lived in Seabrook (2 blocks from the Gulf) during Carla - they stayed, but after that, they got out of town anytime a cat. 4 or 5 was looming.
I was going through rush when Alicia hit (!), and going home saw signs of flooding, and downed trees. I think my parents had no electricity for a day or two.
My parents left for Rita, but my father has mad navigational skills - he went by backroads to Tyler.
The problem with going north is that often that is where tornadoes form.
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I lived in Baytown (was a baby, not tooooo old
) during Carla, my dad was an chem engineer at the Exxon Refinery, we lost EVERYTHING! The house flooded and it was unrepairable, so we moved into town.
During Alicia, I was recovering from surgery at Memorial City Hospital. The hospital (and that whole side of town) lost power (parents house was out for 2 weeks). There was no air conditioning in the hospital, and the water pumps were out, so the nurses were having to flush the toilets with rain water collected in trash cans. I was so morphined up that I wasn't uncomfortable, but I have weird recollections of my dad visiting me dressed like the Gordan's Fisherman, head to toe in yellow weathers.
My dad lives in Shoreacres now, right on the water. He will pack up and come stay with me in west Houston about 45 minutes from the bay.
People in my neighborhood evacuated during Rita, which is so stupid!!! The old adage is "Run from Water, Hide from Wind" and no storm surge could reach where we are. Best you can do is board up the windows to protect from flying debris and hope a tree doesn't fall on your house!
Also, at the age my dad is now, 83, he just locks the door and says goodbye to the things, because his attitude is, "they're just things". His health is what's precious now...
